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“The Department of Education should not be producing paid political advertising for the president, it should be helping us to produce smarter students.”

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Dick Gephardt

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“Despite the obvious fault in the universe, it cannot be used as an excuse for not trying to be your best self. Instead, use unfairness as a starting point to be sure that your actions are the best you can muster, and find peace in navigating your time here with grace and humor whenever possible.”

Trying Self Use Action Used Universe Grace Faults Starting Obvious Excuse Despite Finding Peace Starting Point Unfairness Best Self Muster Be Your Best

Author:Valerie Plame

“As we think of power in the 21st century, we want to get away from the idea that power’s always zero sum — my gain is your loss and vice versa. Power can also be positive sum, where your gain can be my gain.”

Thinking Want Ideas Inspiration Motivation Loss Century Gains Vices Get Away Zero 21st Century Vice Versa Being Positive Your Loss

Author:Joseph Nye

“Iraq has no history of ethnic conflict.”

Conflict Iraq Ethnic Conflict

Author:Paul Wolfowitz

“I think all foreigners should stop interfering in the internal affairs of Iraq. Those who want to come and help are welcome. Those who come to interfere and destroy are not.”

Thinking Want Should Helping Affair Iraq Welcome Internals Interfere Foreigners Internal Affairs

Author:Paul Wolfowitz

“Public action should seek to expand the set of opportunities of those who have the least voice and fewest resources and capabilities.”

Should Action Opportunity Voice Resources Capability

Author:Paul Wolfowitz

“The most striking thing is that even before Osama bin Laden was killed, he seemed largely irrelevant to the Arab Spring.”

Spring Irrelevant Bin Laden Osama Bin Laden Arab Spring

Author:Paul Wolfowitz

“I don't know of a single instance of these Arab freedom fighters holding up pictures of bin Laden. I know many instances of them displaying American flags in Benghazi or painting 'Facebook' on their foreheads in Cairo. The idea of freedom . . . is absolutely contradictory to what bin Laden stood for, which was . . . taking Muslims back to some medieval theocracy and encouraging people to die not for freedom but to go to paradise and to kill innocent people along the way. The contrast is really striking.”

People Knows Way Ideas Dies Painting Innocent Instance Fighter Paradise Flags Contrast Contradictory Medieval Bin Laden Foreheads Freedom Fighter American Flag Theocracy Cairo Benghazi

Author:Paul Wolfowitz

“We did not go to war in Afghanistan or in Iraq to, quote, 'impose democracy.' We went to war in both places because we saw those regimes as a threat to the United States.”

War States United United States Democracy Saws Threat Iraq Afghanistan Regimes

Author:Paul Wolfowitz

“Intelligence is not a science.”

Intelligence

Author:Frank Carlucci

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