“I find Chinese debates about their political system domestically, but also about China's claims in the international system, to be among the most original and surprising and exciting of our time. The starting point is a system that none of us had anticipated, which I call Leninist capitalism, but also obviously because it is the most important emerging power. The question of China's relations with the United States in particular, and the rest of the world in general, is the question of war and peace in the 21st century.” WorldImportantWarStatesPoliticalUnitedUnited StatesCenturyParticularCapitalismExcitingClaimsRelationOriginalsStartingInternationalChinaDebateChineseOur TimeSurprising21st CenturyEmergingPolitical SystemsStarting Point Author:Timothy Garton Ash
“I'm starting to like muggers more than congressmen. At least the muggers don't claim they're doing you a favor.” ClaimsStartingFavorsDoing YouCongressmanMuggers Author:Paul Jacob
“If we do nothing, we are handing our children a ticking time bomb that will require they pay ever greater payroll taxes just as they are beginning their careers, starting their own families and staking their claim to the American Dream.” IfsChildrenDreamPayCareersGreaterTaxesClaimsOur ChildrenStartingBombsAmerican DreamPayrollTime BombPayroll TaxTicking TimeTicking Time Bombs Author:John McCain
“I'm perfectly willing to say no more Iraqs, which means no more unilateral starting of the war on false claims, false information, and a complete misunderstanding of the nature of the situation in the region.” MeanWarSituationInformationWillingClaimsStartingIraqRegionsMisunderstanding Author:Zbigniew Brzezinski
“This is the problem we have with many Muslim leaders: They claim to differentiate between domestic and foreign issues and they are obsessed with being accepted, at sitting at the table of power in order to talk (or rather to listen) and to be tolerated. This is the starting point of our weakness. It is in our minds because we do not realize we are part of the system.” MindProblemOrderRealizingLeaderIssuesWeaknessSittingClaimsTablesStartingAcceptedObsessedStarting PointDifferentiateBeing Accepted Author:Tariq Ramadan
“Optimism is not only a false but also a pernicious doctrine, for it presents life as a desirable state and man's happiness as its aim and object. Starting from this, everyone then believes he has the most legitimate claim to happiness and enjoyment. If, as usually happens, these do not fall to his lot, he believes that he suffers an injustice, in fact that he misses the whole point of his existence.” IfsMenBelieveStatesWholeFactsHappensSufferingFallExistenceMissingObjectsOptimismClaimsAimInjusticeStartingDoctrineEnjoymentDesirablePernicious Book:The World as Will and Representation Source: The World as Will and Representation