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"Life constrains us, almost continually, to compete in various ways with many other individuals. If we retain the right attitude toward others, such competition need not be destructive to our feelings toward or our relationships with them. . . . Our primary concern must not be the victory but only that we do the best we are capable of doing."

—Phillip J. Bryson, professor of economics and associate director of the David M. Kennedy Center for International and Area Studies, in a devotional address given July 11.

"In my mind the fundamental cause that precipitates without fail ethnic differences into tension and open conflict is economic disparity between different communities living side by side. Even in a homogenous society, poverty and desperation can so easily flare into conflict. . . . For my own country and island nations in similar conditions to ours, we cannot be complacent. We need to do everything we can to close the disparities and imbalances in our society. And education is the ultimate piece in that noble goal."

—Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaioi, Prime Minister of Samoa, in a speech given
Sept. 28 as part of the David M. Kennedy Center's Ambassadorial Lecture Series.

"Newspapers are a key ingredient in helping each of us be informed and productive citizens. The amount of news contained in a typical 30-minute news program on TV, if printed out, would not fill the front page of the Los Angeles Times.A country that depends on sound bite broadcast journalism for its news and information runs the risk of not having a citizenry that is sufficiently well-informed that it can ensure we remain a free and responsible people."

—Mark H. Willes, retired chairman and CEO of Times Mirror and a visiting
Distinguished Professor of Management, in a forum address given Sept. 26.