Quote(s) Of The Week - 3/23/20

“Rather than heed the warnings, embrace the planning and preserve the structures and budgets that had been bequeathed to him, the president ignored the risk of a pandemic,”

Susan Rice, Former National Security Advisor in the Obama Administration via in an open letter criticizing the decision to dismantle the NSC Global Health Security and Biodefense Section by the Trump Administration

 “I don’t know anything about it.”

President Donald Trump at a press briefing when queried about the decision to dismantle the NSC Global Health Security and Biodefense Section 

“Because of the coronavirus outbreak, I see a lot of people right now thinking… that we’re all in this together — every continent, country, class, religion, race, age, or gender. We’re all subject to this crisis. Suffering has an ability to pull you into oneness.”

Father Richard Rohr, a Franciscan priest and spiritual leader from one of his daily messages from the Center for Action and Contemplation (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)