“This Civil Rights Act is a challenge to all of us to go to work in our communities and our states, in our homes and in our hearts, to eliminate the last vestiges of injustice in our beloved country. So tonight I urge every public official, every religious leader, every business and professional man, every working man, every housewife - I urge every American - to join in this effort to bring justice and hope to all our people, and to bring peace to our land.” PeopleMenHeartCountryStatesHomeLastsCommunityChallengesReligiousJusticeInspiringEffortLeaderRightsLandInjusticeEqualityCivil RightsBelovedOfficialsTonightUrgesOur CommunityHousewifeWorking ManReligious LeadersPublic OfficialsBeloved CountryCivil Rights ActUncontrollable Urge Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“We are already engaged in World War III. It is a war against nature, and it is simply no contest. As a result, the threat from the skies is no longer missiles but ozone-layer depletion and global warming. Leaders who assert they will not concede one square meter of national territory to an invader should think of the hundreds of square kilometers of topsoil eroded from their countries each year.” ThinkingWorldShouldYearsWarCountryResultsLeaderSkyLandThreatWar Of The WorldsEngagedGlobal WarmingTerritorySquaresWorld War IiLayersWorld War IContestsMissilesMeterInvadersOzoneOzone LayerTopsoil Author:Norman Myers
“The frustrated follow a leader less because of their faith that he is leading them to a promised land than because of their immediate feeling that he is leading them away from their unwanted selves. Surrender to a leader is not a means to an end but a fulfillment. Whither they are led is of secondary importance.” MeanEndsSelfFeelingsLeaderLandImportanceSurrenderFulfillmentFrustratedUnwantedPromised LandMeans To An End Book:THE TRUE BELIEVER Source: THE TRUE BELIEVER
“As elected leaders, we must each recommit ourselves to work together toward putting our country on a prosperous, sustainable path and restoring Americas promise as a land of opportunity.” CountryTogetherOpportunityLeaderPathLandPromiseOur CountryWorking TogetherProsperousRestoringLand Of OpportunityElected Leaders Author:Martha Roby
“Trout fishing is like any other sport. It is waste of words to try to give anyone who has never tried it any idea of what it means to land a five-pound trout on a gossamer leader.” GivingTryingMeanIdeasSportsLeaderFiveLandWasteFishingPoundsTroutTrout Fishing Author:Cornelia Parker
“Since Moses was in Egypt land, Gods people have been struggling for justice while singing freedom songs. Theology can be clarifying. A good sermon has its place. But nothing is more essential for the life of faith in a community than liturgy that invites us to sing the freedom songs that are sung around the throne of God. Brother Ken Sehested is a song leader in that great cloud of witnesses. Receive his words as gift-and keep singing.” PeopleHas BeensSongCommunityJusticeLeaderStruggleLandBrotherEssentialsSingingCloudsTheologyWitnessInvitesThronesEgyptSermonsMosesLiturgyClarifying Author:Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
“In both the Holy Land of the New Testament and the promised land of the Book of Mormon, [our Savior] spent considerable time teaching and instructing and training His councils and council leaders, and then He sent them forth to share what they had learned with others.” BookLeaderShareTeachingLandHolyTrainingSaviorTestamentCouncilNew TestamentPromised LandHoly Land Author:M. Russell Ballard
“I think one of the beauties so far of the so-called Spirit of Seattle is there aren't any leaders, pop stars, or guru figures that everyone else is falling in line with and following. No [Nelson] Mandela, Havel, or Subcomandante Ski Mask riding in on a white horse and everybody else just wanting to follow them to the promised land. We're stitching it together and doing it ourselves.” ThinkingTogetherSpiritFallStarsLinesWhiteLeaderLandFiguresHorseFollowingPopsMaskRidingGuruSeattleSkisNelsonPop StarsPromised LandWhite Horse Author:Jello Biafra
“You know, being America, being the land of "number ones", everyone wants to be a leader before they follow.” KnowsWantAmericaNumbersLeaderLand Author:Branford Marsalis