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...think the image that I'd like to see is the picture in the Gospel of John, chapter 13, of Christ washing the feet of his disciples. I think the church has got to take the form of a servant in stooping and sharing, in caring action. The person whose feet we are washing? Well, it could be the homosexual, it could be the starving poor. It could be the very rich man who has no need of God. So the church has got to be the servant of all, and if it is, then it will be the kind...
...rebel army to a civilian government that can resuscitate a region devastated by 30 years of war, a land where fields are barren and industries are still. Otherwise the leadership risks a split in the unity that has brought the independence movement this far. As an Eritrean civil servant put it, "We have our independence. That's good. Now, where are the jobs...
...right; it is not correct; it should not occur. These things may not be illegal, but it is so important for a public servant to sort out what is legal from what is ethical. I tell appointees, "You must not engage in any fine-line drawing." Ed Meese as Attorney General did that many times. It is not enough for the Attorney General to say, "I have not violated...
...think there are certain enduring ethical standards, enduring values that don't change with the times. My definition of the ethical public servant is one who acts in the public interest, who is truthful, credible, honest, and who is able to turn from greed and selfhood to think in terms of others...
...after 1 p.m. Sunday. William Barry, a former FBI agent who was a guest for the weekend, answered the door and told the officers that the Senator was not there and that his nephew might have already left town. In fact, both men were at the house, and a servant later told investigators that Barry and the Senator conferred in the kitchen right after the police left. Police say that when they phoned an hour later, a housekeeper told them Barry had taken the Senator and Smith to the airport. Yet Kennedy did not depart until the next...