Violence is not to be undertaken by private persons. If a state or administration acts without due and visible attention to agreed international process, it acts in a way analogous to a private person. It purports to be judge of its own interest.
Rowan WilliamsEven when I was Archbishop of Wales and working with new bishops, I used to say, not realising quite how true it was, 'One of the things you will do as a bishop is disappoint people'.
Rowan WilliamsActual human discourse happens within a number of contexts, not in some sort of unified public forum.
Rowan WilliamsThe planet should not be used as a warehouse of resources to serve humanity's selfishness
Rowan Williams