“The failure of the White House and Congress to seriously address the nation's fiscal situation is certain to broaden the belief among many voters that the U.S. political system is broken.” PoliticalCertainHouseBeliefNationsWhiteSituationBrokenCongressAddressesWhite HouseVotersPolitical Systems Author:Ron Fournier
“There are certain moments in the history of a nation when the choices made define the decades to come.” MadeMomentsCertainChoicesNationsDecadesChoices Made Author:George Papandreou
“The powers-that-be understand that to create the appropriate atmosphere for war, it’s necessary to create within the general populace a hatred, fear or mistrust of others regardless of whether those others belong to a certain group of people or to a religion or a nation.” PeopleWarCertainNationsGroupsHatredAtmosphereAppropriateMistrust Author:James Morcan
“War and, apparently, hurricanes are very good for the oil business. But I've got to believe at a certain point, as a nation, we're going to go in a different direction toward an increased sense of personal responsibility, a lowering of each individual's carbon footprint and a real collaborative effort to help sustain our planet.” BelieveDifferentWarRealHelpingCertainIndividualEnergyNationsEffortResponsibilityPlanetsVery GoodOilAlternativesCarbonOur PlanetHurricanesPersonal ResponsibilityFootprintDifferent DirectionsCarbon FootprintCollaborative EffortOil Business Author:Stephen Gaghan
“In a brave new world, a post-September 11 world, anyone is going to make certain mistakes. The mistakes that have been made on homeland security, on protecting our Nation from another terrorist attack, are mistakes of omission. We are simply not doing enough.” WorldHas BeensMadeEnoughCertainNationsMistakeSecurityBraveTerroristPostsNew WorldSeptemberHomelandSeptember 11Terrorist AttacksOmissionBrave New WorldHomeland Security Author:Charles Schumer
“There is something to be said for government by a great aristocracy which has furnished leaders to the nation in peace and war for generations; even a democrat like myself must admit this. But there is absolutely nothing to be said for government by a plutocracy, for government by men very powerful in certain lines and gifted with the money touch, but with ideals which in their essence are merely those of so many glorified pawnbrokers.” MenSaidWarGovernmentCertainNationsPeaceLinesPowerfulLeaderGenerationsIdealsEssenceDemocratGiftedVery PowerfulAbsolutely NothingAristocracyPlutocracy Book:The days of Armageddon, 1900-1914 Source: The days of Armageddon, 1900-1914
“The one absolute certain way to bring this nation to ruin ... would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities.” WayWould BeCertainNationsAbsolutesEqualityRuinsPermitNationality Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“The life of the nation is shot through with a certain falseness and hypocrisy, which are all the more tragic because they are so often subconscious rather than deliberate ... The soul of the people is putrescent, and until that becomes regenerate and clean, no good work can be done.” PeopleSoulDoneCertainNationsShotsCleanHypocrisyTragicGood WorkSubconsciousDeliberateFalseness Author:Frantz Fanon
“A large body of people, sufficient to make a nation, have come to the conclusion that they will have a government of a certain form. Who denies them the right? Standing with the principles of '76 behind us, who can deny them the right? ... I maintain on the principles of '76 that Abraham Lincoln has no right to a soldier in Fort Sumter. ... You can never make such a war popular. ... The North never will endorse such a war.” PeopleWarBodyGovernmentFormCertainNationsBehindsPrinciplesStandingIndependenceSoldierDenyConclusionSufficientRepublicSovereigntyAbrahamForts Author:Wendell Phillips
“Freedom of religion, as the Founding Fathers saw it, was not just the right to associate oneself with a certain denomination but the right to disassociate without penalty. Belief or nonbelief was a matter of individual choice - a right underwritten in the basic charter of the nation's liberties.” MatterCertainChoicesFatherIndividualBeliefNationsLibertySawsAtheismOneselfPositive AtheismPenaltiesAssociatesFoundingCharterFreedom Of ReligionDenominationsIndividual Choice Author:Norman Cousins
“Our obligation to the world is, primarily, our obligation to our own future. Obviously, we cannot develop beyond a certain point unless other nations develop, too.” WorldCertainNationsUnited StatesObligation Author:Eleanor Roosevelt
“The rationale which accompanies that imposition of male authority euphemistically referred to as 'the battle of the sexes' bears a certain resemblance to the formulas of nations at war, where any heinousness is justified on the grounds that the enemy is either an inferior [part of the] species or really not human at all.” HumansWarCertainNationsSexEnemyBearsBattleAuthoritySpeciesMalesFormulasInferiorsJustifiedAccompanyResemblanceImpositionRationaleBattle Of The Sexes Book:Sexual Politics Source: Sexual Politics
“The certain way to victory...lies in making everything on Imperial soil contribute to the war effort...combining the total material and spiritual strength of the nation...” WayWarSpiritualLyingCertainNationsEffortMaterialsVictorySoilCombiningSpiritual Strength Author:Yoshijiro Umezu
“Trusting each other is the beginning of a certain secular faith, a faith that allows us to live in families and communities and nations. Democracy, above all other forms of government, requires this faith.” GovernmentFormCertainNationsCommunityDemocracySecularForms Of GovernmentTrusting Each Other Author:Sue Halpern