...used the controversy surrounding his Notre Dame address Sunday as a lesson on the need to bridge cultural divides in America, as he urged graduates to seek common ground on issues, like abortion, that stir passion on both sides.
But Obama called for "open hearts, open minds, fair-minded words" in the midst of such persistent debates.
“We make men without chests and we expect of them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and we are shocked to find traitors in our midst. We castrate and bid the geldings be fruitful."- C.S. Lewis in The Abolition of Man
Monday, May 25, 2009
Obama's Common Ground
In his commencement speech at Notre Dame a short time ago, President Obama:
Common Ground
(Rootsweb.ancestry.com)
Open Hearts, Open Minds
(Breathe-easier.com)
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