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Ask not what your country can do for you;
ask what you can do for your country.

John Fitzergerald Kennedy
Thirty-Fifth President of
the United States of America

First they came for the Jews and I did not speak out
because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for the Communists and I did not speak out
because I was not a Communist.

Then they came for the trade unionists and I did not speak out
because I was not a trade unionist.

Then they came for me and there was no one left
to speak out for me.

Martin Niemoller
German Protestant Pastor, 1892-1984

We have the option to live in a modern, decent society, and if we choose to have equality, it must be for everyone

Cllr David Ervine MLA

NI Assembly debate on Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2006, Monday 11 December 2006

If you run, you might lose. If you don't run, you're guaranteed to lose.

Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up.

Jesse Jackson

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live
in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their
skin but by the content of their character.

That old law about "an eye for an eye" leaves everybody blind

Martin Luther King Jnr.

We are all of us living in the gutter,
but some of us are looking at the stars

Oscar Wilde

Be part of the solution, not part of the problem

Stephen R. Covey
Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

"The cause of our homosexuality is irrelevant to our quest for justice . . . What's really important to gay people is not why we're gay but the ostracism, prejudice, discrimination and violence that many of us experience."

Peter Tatchell

"The traditional notions of absolute and indivisible national sovereignty and territorial jealousy are now so inadequate that their promotion is destructive. It is important that the debate on European harmonisation is based on the right questions - not least in Britain. The emphasis must be, not on whether national sovereignty is being diluted, but whether democracy is being dilated

All this clearly has significance for Ireland, given that the historic difficulties in relationships within the island, and between Britain and Ireland, have hinged on attitudes and aspirations concerning sovereignty, territory, and the achievement or maintenance of separateness. The new European scene offers a psychological framework in which such issues can no longer be pursued in absolutist terms. There is growing appreciation that interdependence can be achieved without sacrificing independence."

John Hume MP MEP
Social Democratic & Labour Party

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