Man's naked form belongs to no particular moment in history it is eternal and can be looked upon with joy by the people of all ages.

There are certain moments in the history of a nation when the choices made define the decades to come.

There is a spirit and a need and a man at the beginning of every great human advance. Every one of these must be right for that particular moment of history or nothing happens.

In history as in human life regret does not bring back a lost moment and a thousand years will not recover something lost in a single hour.

In a sense words are encyclopedias of ignorance because they freeze perceptions at one moment in history and then insist we continue to use these frozen perceptions when we should be doing better.

This is a moment in history where it is almost hard to catch your breath.

September 11th was a moment when America had the sympathy of the world.

There is nothing new about these Republican attacks on our family planning decisions. In fact from the moment they came into power Republicans in the House of Representatives have been waging a war on women's health.

Think for a moment about what Obamacare has done: The federal government has come up with its own (ever-evolving) definition of 'health insurance ' which now includes free access to sterilization contraception and certain abortifacients such as the morning-after pill.

This is a historic moment in global public health demonstrating the international will to tackle a threat to health head on.