“It would be a real failure if agreeing that it [abortion] was not an electoral issue provided an alibi for taking it seriously as a public issue.” IfsRealWould BeIssuesFailureAbortion Author:Rowan Williams
“Perhaps a good resolution for the new year would be to keep asking what world we want to pass on to the next generation. Indeed to ask whether we have a real and vivid sense of that next generation.” WorldWantYearsRealWould BeNextAsksGenerationsAskingEnvironmentalResolutionSustainabilityNew YearVividNext Generation Author:Rowan Williams
“Institutions develop because people put a lot of trust in them, they meet real needs, they represent important aspirations, whether it's monasteries, media, or banks, people begin by trusting these institutions, and gradually the suspicion develops that actually they're working for themselves, not for the community.” PeopleNeedsImportantRealCommunityMediaInstitutionsAspirationSuspicionMonasteries Author:Rowan Williams
“Nobody...likes talking about enforceable international protocols and yet unless there is a real change in attitude, we have to contemplate those very unwelcome possibilities if we want the global economy not to collapse and millions, billions, of people to die.” PeopleIfsWantRealDiesEnergyAttitudeTalkingMillionsEconomyEnvironmentPossibilityClimate ChangeInternationalBillionsLikesCollapseContemplatingGlobal EconomyProtocolReal ChangeUnwelcome Author:Rowan Williams