Every Other Monday, by John Kasich: on Civil Rights


John Kasich: Admires courage of Aung San Suu Kyi & Rosa Parks

There are examples of grace and faith and courage all around, as we live and breathe. I especially admire the example of contemporary women, who stand with certainty in an uncertain world. Aung San Suu Kyi, the young woman from Burma who took such a forceful stand for democracy against a brutal military regime. Anna Politkovskaya, the Russian journalist wand human-rights activist who was killed for taking up the cause of the Chechen people and blowing the whistle on her own government. Rosa Parks, who proudly claimed her seat in the front of that bus in Montgomery, Alabama, and jump-started the civil-rights movement. The women in Iran who march bravely through the streets and dare to take off their chadors. These women are everywhere, and all around, and they bring about change on the back of their conviction.

Certainly, some of these strong women found their models in the stories of the Old and New Testaments, but it's clear to me that all of them were answering to a higher power.

Source: Every Other Monday, by John Kasich, p.132 Jun 15, 2010

  • The above quotations are from Every Other Monday
    Twenty Years of Life, Lunch, Faith, and Friendship    , by John Kasich.
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