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On 7 July 2005, in response to her first of eight trips to Israel Palestine, Eileen Fleming established WeAreWideAwake
This site was established for Eileen's run for US HOUSE in 2012.
In January 2014, she became the first non-Arab Correspondent for USA's The Arab Daily News and in 2015 became their Health Reporter
Eileen's books are available online HERE
In 2016 Eileen assumed responsibilty for USS LIBERTY CENTRAL II
Favorite Quotes
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- In Solidarity YES WE CAN "begin the world again."-Thomas Paine...
- He who is not angry when there is just cause for anger is immoral. Why? Because anger looks to the good of justice. And if you can live amid injustice without anger, you are immoral as well as unjust. - Aquinas...
- HOPE has two children. The first is ANGER at the way things are. The second is COURAGE to DO SOMETHING about it.-St. Augustine...
- Never doubt that a few, thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world: Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." Margaret Mead...
- PREAMBLE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS: Whereas it is essential, if man is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion against tyranny and oppression, that human rights should be protected by the rule of law, Whereas it is essential to promote the development of friendly relations between nations, ...
- You cannot talk like sane men around a peace table while the atomic bomb itself is ticking beneath it. Do not treat the atomic bomb as a weapon of offense; do not treat it as an instrument of the police. Treat the bomb for what it is: the visible insanity of a civilization that has ceased...to obey the laws of life.- Lewis Mumford, 1946...
- The age of warrior kings and of warrior presidents has passed. The nuclear age calls for a different kind of leadership....a leadership of intellect, judgment, tolerance and rationality, a leadership committed to human values, to world peace, and to the improvement of the human condition. The attributes upon which we must draw are the human attributes of compassion and common sense, of intellect and creative imagination, and of empathy and understanding between cultures." -William Fulbright...
- Observe good faith and justice towards all nations; cultivate peace and harmony with all...and passionate attachments for others, should be excluded; and that, in place of them, just and amicable feelings towards all should be cultivated. The nation which indulges towards another a habitual hatred or a habitual fondness is in some degree a slave...a passionate attachment of one nation for another produces a variety of evils.- George Washington, Farewell Address 1796....
- I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.- Abraham Lincoln...