“2009 was a tough year, but Australia rose to the challenge of the global financial crisis. It shows what can be done when we all join together and work together, governments of all persuasions state, territory and local; businesses large and small; unions and local communities right across the nation.” YearsStatesDoneShowsGovernmentTogetherNationsCommunityChallengesToughCrisisUnionsRoseFinancialLocalsAustraliaWorking TogetherTerritoryPersuasionFinancial CrisisLocal CommunityLocal Business Author:Kevin Rudd
“Public-opinion polls show that Americans split about evenly on civil unions. But when the words 'gay marriage' are presented, they break 3-to-1 against it.” ShowsOpinionBreakGayUnionsSplitsPublic OpinionPollsGay MarriageOpinion Polls Author:Dick Morris
“Communism is born out of misery, and if the West does not show more understanding, those people will take up arms and turn to others, that is the Soviet Union.” PeopleIfsDoeShowsTurnsUnderstandingBornArmsUnionsMiseryWestCommunismSovietSoviet Union Author:Francois Mitterrand
“The freedoms which had been so hard won from colonial domination were being crushed by Soviet-inspired and funded military and political forces. Their clear intention was to deprive the people of their democratic freedoms. As history shows, this is what had happened in the Soviet Union and in Cuba, and continues to be the case in other parts of the world.” PeopleWorldHardShowsPoliticalForceCasesClearHappenedMilitaryUnionsDemocraticIntentionInspiredSovietSoviet UnionDominationCrushedCuba Author:Augusto Pinochet
“I had to show that the Bible dealt with an encounter between God and Man. I thought only of the apartness of God. What I had to learn after that was the togetherness of Man and God - a union of two totally different kinds of beings.” MenKindTwoDifferentShowsUnionsEncountersDifferent KindsTogetherness Author:Karl Barth