“I've never been impulsive. It's always been in my nature to consider things carefully and then decide upon the best solution. Except, sometimes the circumstances change. Sometimes things get so complicated and so bad that your nature just doesn't matter anymore.” SometimesMatterCircumstancesSolutionsComplicatedImpulsiveDecide Upon Book:Smoulder Source: Smoulder
“To me this question whether liberty is a good or a bad thing appears as irrational as the question whether fire is a good or a bad thing. It is both good and bad according to time, place, and circumstance, and a complete answer to the question, In what cases is liberty good and in what cases is it bad? would involve not merely a universal history of mankind, but a complete solution of the problems which such a history would offer.” ProblemAnswersLibertyCasesFireMankindCircumstancesOffersSolutionsUniversalBad ThingsIrrationalGood And Bad Author:James Fitzjames Stephen
“This absence of similarity among military questions naturally brings out the inability of memory to solve them; also the sterility of invariable forms, such as figures, geometrical drawings ( épures ), plans ( schémas ), etc. One only right solution imposes itself:;: namely, the application, varying according to circumstances, of fixed principles.” FormMemoriesPrinciplesPlansMilitaryFiguresCircumstancesSolutionsSolveAbsenceDrawingFixedEtcApplicationInabilitySimilarity Book:The Principles of War Source: The Principles of War
“I don't want a one-state solution. I want a sustainable, peaceful two-state solution, but for that circumstances have to change.” WantTwoStatesChangeCircumstancesSolutionsPeaceful Author:Benjamin Netanyahu
“The repeated requests for us to 'wait,' and 'wait,' and 'wait' while our people are suffering, while our people are besieged, while our land is being colonized, and while the two-state solution is being destroyed and the prospects for peace are evaporating, must understand that such requests are not viable under these circumstances and are unsustainable.” PeopleTwoStatesSufferingPeaceWaitingLandCircumstancesSolutionsDestroyedRequestProspects Author:Riyad Mansour
“Chile needs Bolivian natural resources and Bolivia needs access to the sea. Under those circumstances, it must be possible to find a solution in the interest of both countries.” NeedsCountryInterestNaturalSeaCircumstancesSolutionsResourcesAccessNatural ResourcesChileBolivia Author:Evo Morales
“There are no cookie-cutter solutions that you can apply from one circumstance to another. They're different. Our interests, as implicated, are different. The tools we have at our disposal are different.” DifferentInterestCircumstancesSolutionsToolsCookiesCuttersCookie Cutters Author:Susan Rice
“Hard power makes sense under some circumstances. But there's not a universal solution to global problems. A major country like the United States has to have a broadly-conceived program for effective international action, influence and cooperation with others.” CountryHardStatesProblemActionUnitedUnited StatesInfluenceCircumstancesMajorsSolutionsProgramUniversalInternationalMake SenseCooperation Author:Zbigniew Brzezinski