“Make no mistake, our military readiness is already suffering. According to a recent RAND study, the Army has been stretched so thin that active-duty soldiers are now spending one of every two years abroad, leaving little of the Army left in any appropriate condition to respond to crises that may emerge elsewhere in the world.” WorldYearsMayLittlesHas BeensTwoSufferingCoursesLeftMistakeEnemyStudyConditionsMilitaryDutyWeaponsArmyCrisisThreatLeavingSoldierActiveSpendingNuclearErasAppropriateTwo YearsElsewhereNuclear WeaponsContinuingUrgentIrresponsibleReadinessProliferationContinuing On Author:Russ Feingold
“If a senator or congressman notices 25 phone calls, on any issue, on any given day, it is noted.” IfsGivenIssuesPhonesSenatorsPhone CallsCongressman Author:Russ Feingold
“I would rather be an opportunist and float than go to the bottom with my principles around my neck.” PrinciplesBottomNecksFloatsOpportunistOpportunism Author:Stanley Baldwin
“Power without responsibility - the prerogative of the harlot throughout the ages.” AgeResponsibilityPrerogativeHarlots Author:Stanley Baldwin
“The poor ignorant fellah [Arabic for peasant] does not worry about politics, but when he is told repeatedly by people in whom he has confidence that his livelihood is in danger of being taken away from him by us, he becomes our mortal enemy. . . The Arab is primitive and believes what he is told.” PeopleBelieveDoePoorEnemyWorryTakenDangerIgnorantMortalsPrimitivePeasantsHave ConfidenceLivelihoodMortal Enemies Author:Chaim Weizmann
“There must not be one law for the Jew and another for the Arabs....In saying this, I do not assume that there are tendencies toward inequalirty or discrimination. It is merely a timely warning which is particularly necessary because we shall have a very large Arab minority. I am certain that the world will judge the Jewish State by what it will do with the Arabs, just as the Jewish people at large will be judged by what we do or fail to do in this state where we have been given such a wonderful opportunity after thousands of years of wandering and suffering.” PeopleWorldYearsHas BeensStatesLawCertainSufferingOpportunityGivenWonderfulFailingJudgingAssumingJewIsraelDiscriminationTendenciesWanderMinoritiesWarningJudgedZionistTimely Author:Chaim Weizmann
“We will establish ourselves in Palestine whether you like it or not...You can hasten our arrival or you can equally retard it. It is however better for you to help us so as to avoid our constructive powers being turned into a destructive power which will overthrow the world.” WorldHelpingJewDestructivePalestineConstructiveYou Like ItArrivalsZionistZionismRetardDestructive Power Author:Chaim Weizmann
“As a senior in high school, you figure out what you want to do with your life. I asked myself if I wanted to get back into acting and thought: 'Yes, but under my own terms and nothing like it was before.'” IfsWantWantedSchoolTermMy OwnActingFiguresHigh SchoolWhat You WantGet BackSeniorHigh School Senior Author:Macaulay Culkin
“The hopes of Europe's six million Jews are centered on emigration. I was asked, 'Can you bring six million Jews to Palestine?' I replied, 'No'....From the depths of the tragedy I want to save two million young people...The old ones will pass. They will bear their fate or they will not. They were dust, economic and moral dust in a cruel world...Only the branch of the young shall survive...They have to accept it.” PeopleWorldWantTwoYoungAcceptingMoralMillionsFateEconomicBearsSixEuropeTragedyDepthJewDustBranchesPalestineCruel WorldEmigration Author:Chaim Weizmann