It sometimes looks like our sense of community and shared values is fast disappearing. It feels we are living in times of crisis when politicians threaten to shut down parliament or defy congress.  We need  to cherish democracy and its instruments and not forget about the alternatives.  More than that, we need to look beyond the horizon of our borders and build supra-national friendships not only based on trade, but also on culture and sharing.  We need to weave links and relationship across the world.Today’s quotes on the fragment of poster are:

“I am for freedom of religion, and against all maneuvers to bring about a legal ascendency of one sect over another.”

― Thomas Jefferson

“No idea is above scrutiny and no people are beneath dignity.”

― Maajid Nawaz, Islam and the Future of Tolerance: A Dialogue