“Our brave soldiers and support personnel are engaged in a battle as important as any the United States has ever before waged, for the success of democracy in Iraq is a crucial test of the ideals this Nation was founded upon.” ImportantStatesNationsUnitedUnited StatesSupportDemocracyBattleIdealsTestsBraveSoldierIraqEngagedCrucialPersonnelBrave Soldiers Author:Virginia Foxx
“There will come a moment when the most urgent threats posed by the credit crisis have eased and the larger task before us will be to chart a direction for the economic steps ahead. This will be a dangerous moment. Behind the debates over future policy is a debate over history-a debate over the causes of our current situation. The battle for the past will determine the battle for the present. So it's crucial to get the history straight.” MomentsPastCausesBehindsSituationStepsEconomicDangerousPolicyBattleTasksCrisisThreatInvestingDetermineCurrentsCreditDebateCrucialUrgentCurrent Situation Author:Joseph Stiglitz
“I have a lot of friends who were stand-ups, and they just stopped after a while, because they didn't like that battle, or they just couldn't do it. And then they would get on a sitcom and get visible and get back into it, because the audience was just way easier on them. But they lost those crucial years of learning to turn any audience into your audience.” WayYearsTurnsLostAudienceEasierBattleVisibleGet BackCrucialSitcomLots Of Friends Author:Patton Oswalt
“It is crucial that civil liberties in this country be preserved, otherwise the terrorists will win the battle against American values without firing another shot.” CountryValuesWinningLibertyBattleShotsTerroristCrucialCivil LibertiesFiringAmerican Values Author:Russ Feingold
“There are various forms of weaponry, intellectual weaponry, spiritual weaponry, political weaponry, economic weaponry. Because we are on the battlefield, and there are bullets flying, some symbolic, some literal and the life of the mind is a crucial place where the battle goes on.” MindSpiritualFormPoliticalEconomicGoes OnBattleIntellectualVariousFlyingCrucialBulletsSymbolicBattlefieldsLiteralWeaponry Author:Cornel West
“The only real difference between a wise man and a fool, Moore knew, was that the wise man tended to make more serious mistakes—and only because no one trusted a fool with really crucial decisions; only the wise had the opportunity to lose battles, or nations.” MenRealOpportunityNationsLosesDifferencesDecisionMistakeWiseSeriousFoolBattleCrucialTrustedSerious Mistakes Book:Clear and Present Danger Source: Clear and Present Danger
“Intellect takes us along in the battle of life to a certain limit, but at the crucial moment it fails us. Faith transcends reason. It is when the horizon is the darkest and human reason is beaten down to the ground that faith shines brightest and comes to our rescue.” HumansReasonMomentsCertainReligionFailingBattleLimitsShiningIntellectHorizonCrucialRescueMetaphysicsBeatenHuman ReasonCrucial MomentsBattle Of Life Book:Soul Force: Gandhi's Writings on Peace Source: Soul Force: Gandhi's Writings on Peace