“But I am not discouraged. I do not despair for our country. I believe tonight, as I always have, that the essential decency, compassion and common sense of the American people will prevail.” PeopleBelieveCountryI BelieveCommonCompassionEssentialsDespairCommon SenseOur CountryTonightDecencyDiscouraged Author:Jimmy Carter
“I believe in the efficacy of prayer and I have a deep and sorrowful sympathy for one who is without faith. I believe our Father answers every prayer-all prayers-with His matchless, inscrutable wisdom, with infinite compassion and with love.” BelieveFatherI BelievePrayerAnswersCompassionInfiniteI Believe InOur FatherEfficacySorrowfulInscrutable Author:Loretta Young
“I take no pleasure in seeing DeLay swing gently in the wind. But the thing I believe in the most is ethics. If someone has lost his moral compass and has to go to jail to find it, then I believe it will make him a much better person.” IfsBelievePersonsLostI BelievePleasureCompassionMoralSeeingWindEthicsI Believe InJailSwingsDelayCompassBetter PersonMoral Compass Author:Tom DeLay
“I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they will be moved to act.” PeopleIfsBelieveShowsProblemSuccessI BelieveMoneyBusinessCompassionSolutionsMoved Author:Bill Gates
“We are all implicated when we allow other people to be mistreated. An absence of compassion can corrupt the decency of a community, a state, a nation. Fear and anger can make us vindictive and abusive, unjust and unfair, until we all suffer from the absence of mercy and we condemn ourselves as much as we victimize others. The closer we get to mass incarceration and extreme levels of punishment, the more I believe it's necessary to recognize that we all need mercy, we all need justice, and-perhaps-we all need some measure of unmerited grace.” PeopleNeedsBelieveStatesSufferingI BelieveNationsCommunityJusticeLevelsCompassionGraceMassMercyExtremesAbsencePunishmentUnfairUnjustDecencyAbusiveIncarcerationVindictiveMass IncarcerationMistreated Author:Bryan Stevenson
“For the past 25 years as an adoption attorney, I have witnessed the extraordinary courage and compassion of women - from age 14 to 40 - facing unplanned pregnancy. Not once did I believe that the government should interfere with their personal and private decision.” ShouldYearsBelieveGovernmentAgePastI BelieveDecisionCompassionExtraordinaryPregnancyAdoptionInterfereAttorneyUnplanned Pregnancy Author:Ann McLane Kuster
“Justice is possible without equality, I believe, because of compassion and understanding. If I have compassion, then if I have more than you, which is unequal, I will still do the just thing by you.” IfsBelieveStillsI BelieveUnderstandingJusticeCompassion Author:Bell Hooks