Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote by Captain Hank Bracker, The History of Liberia & West Africa

Quote by Captain Hank Bracker, The History of Liberia & West Africa

“Col. James N. Rowe, a United States Army officer who spent five years as a prisoner in Vietnam before escaping in 1968, was shot to death yesterday (April 21, 1989) by gunmen near Manila, where he was a military adviser to the Philippine armed forces. He was 51 years old. Colonel Rowe was being driven to work at the Joint United States Military Advisory Group headquarters in Quezon City, a suburb of Manila, shortly after 7 A.M. when at least two hooded gunmen in a stolen car fired more than 20 bullets into his vehicle. His driver, Joaquin Vinua, was wounded but was reported out of danger. Colonel Rowe was pronounced dead at a nearby military hospital. Communist Rebels Suspected No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but Philippine officials said they believed the killers were Communist rebels. The rebels have threatened to attack American targets unless the United States closes its military bases in the Philippines and ends its support of the Philippine military's fight against the insurgency.”

Quote by Captain Hank Bracker, The History of Liberia & West Africa

Create image

Author

Captain Hank Bracker, The History of Liberia & West Africa

Browse famous quotes and profile details for Captain Hank Bracker, The History of Liberia & West Africa. more

You May Also Like

“I learned a lot about systems of oppression and how they can be blind to one another by talking to black men. I was once talking about gender and a man said to me, "Why does it have to be you as a woman? Why not you as a human being?" This type of question is a way of silencing a person's specific experiences. Of course I am a human being, but there are particular things that happen to me in the world because I am a woman. This same man, by the way, would often talk about his experience as a black man. (To which I should probably have responded, "Why not your experiences as a man or as a human being? Why a black man?")”

WorldTalkingBlindGenderOppressionWomanQuestionExperiencesHuman BeingSystemsSilencingBlack Men
Book:We Should All Be Feminists
Create image

“In den beginne: de kracht Hier en nu: de kracht Aan het einde van het einde: de kracht Hier, daar, overal: de kracht Van alfa tot omega: de kracht In de hemel, op aarde: de kracht In het grootste, in het kleinste: de kracht In het vuur, in het water, in de aarde, in de lucht: de kracht In mij, in jou, in iedereen: de kracht Boven mij, onder mij, rondom mij: de kracht In mijn gedachten, in mijn woorden, in mijn daden: de kracht De kracht is alles Al het leven, alle intelligentie, alle liefde De kracht is de enige realiteit en zo is het!”

Spirituality
Book:De gelofte
Create image

“The language I learned was pretty, full of passivity and silence. I had no proper language for the issues of blood and anger, yet much of what went on when I was a child made me angry. There were no words a nice girl could use to describe anger; her options were to remain silent or to use indiscreet language, the kind that curls in a room like smoke and soon disappears. We girls were taught to speak safely and to bandage our anger with polite, pretty words. We might talk about the anger only in questions and sighs, unable to curse, yell or break windows in the beautiful garden.”

LanguageAngerSilencing
Author:Beth Bagley
Create image