Quotes of the week
Published 12:00 am Friday, March 18, 2016
- Bishop Tim Smith prays with fellow protestors Monday morning on the campus of Lenoir-Rhyne University. Susan Shinn/For the Salisbury Post
“Our calling is to work for justice, to be kind, to show love, to welcome the stranger and include everyone.”
— Bishop Tim Smith, N.C. Synod of the ELCA, leading Lutheran clergy and others outside a Donald Trump rally at Lenoir-Rhyne to demonstrate for peace
“This is the best outcome of what has been a very contentious issue. … It’s a community symbol.”
— Bryce Beard, former Rowan-Salisbury school board chairman, on the schools’ new administration building, the Wallace Educational Forum
“It was me and they made me prove it was me. That’s a good thing.”
— U.S. Sen. Richard Burr, on failing to have identification with him when he went to vote
“You don’t have to look far for someone who needs help.”
— Crystal Karriker, organizer, Love Thy Neighbor race
“You don’t talk about somebody’s doctrine. You talk about everybody’s doctrine.”
— Tonya Brittain, newly ordained minister, on why she chose to study at Hood Theological Seminary