“This is America, and our commitment to religious freedom must be unshakeable. The principle that people of all faiths are welcome in this country, and will not be treated differently by their government, is essential to who we are.” PeopleCountryStatesGovernmentAmericaChurchReligiousPrinciplesEssentialsCommitmentTreatedWelcomePresidentialWho We AreReligious Freedom Author:Barack Obama
“There is a general sense of guarded optimism. There have been too many false dawns over the last 60 years. There have been more tears than smiles, but I sense there is a commitment from Abbas and Sharon, a new determination to make a reality of the goal of two states living side by side.” YearsHas BeensTwoStatesRealityLastsSidesGoalTearsCommitmentDeterminationOptimismDawnGuardedSharonAbba Author:Jack Straw
“We need safe communities that are free from methamphetamine and a federal commitment to stand next to state leadership and law enforcement in the fight against this epidemic.” NeedsStatesLawFightingNextCommunitySafeCommitmentPoliceSafetyLaw EnforcementEnforcementEpidemicsMethamphetamine Author:Rick Larsen
“In almost every case (where the United States has fought wars) our overwhelming commitment to freedom, democracy and human rights has required us to support those regimes that would deny freedom, democracy and human rights to their own people.” PeopleHumansWarStatesUnitedCasesUnited StatesSupportDemocracyRightsCommitmentHuman RightsDenyOverwhelmingRegimesDemocracy And Human Rights Author:Gore Vidal
“I think clearly the United States, as well as other western nations, should stand by their commitments to human rights and democracy and should try to influence other countries to move in that direction.” ThinkingShouldTryingHumansWellsCountryStatesMovingNationsUnitedUnited StatesDemocracyRightsInfluenceCommitmentWesternHuman RightsOther Countries Author:Samuel P. Huntington
“With respect to the environment in our state and our state's future - in addition to water which is very important here - I think it is crucial for him to make a sincere commitment to energy efficiency, fuel efficiency, by helping us to produce those cars of the future” ThinkingImportantStatesHelpingEnergyWaterEnvironmentCarProduceCommitmentFuelSincereCrucialEfficiencyEnergy EfficiencyFuel Efficiency Author:Jennifer Granholm
“For Christians, the first priority may be theological self-understanding. For Jews it is, and after Auschwitz must be, simple safety for their children. In pursuit of this goal, Jews seek - are morally required to seek - independence of other people's charity. They therefore seek safety - are morally required to seek it - through the existence of a Jewish state. Except among the theologically or humanly perverse, Zionism - the commitment to the safety and genuine sovereignty of the State of Israel - is not negotiable.” PeopleFirstsMayChildrenSelfStatesChristianUnderstandingGoalSimpleExistenceCommitmentSafetyIndependenceCharityJewIsraelPrioritiesPursuitGenuineSovereigntyTheologicalZionismAuschwitzSelf Understanding Author:Emil Fackenheim
“The idea that UN commitments should be followed by action is indeed a radical one, especially for the United States, where wilful neglect of its own commitments is the rule.” ShouldIdeasStatesActionUnitedUnited StatesCommitmentRadicalNeglectUnesco Author:Jeffrey Sachs
“Our country, the United States of America, may be the worlds largest economy and the worlds only superpower, but we stretch ourselves dangerously thin by taking on commitments like Iraq with only a motley band of allies to share the burden.” WorldMayCountryStatesAmericaUnitedUnited StatesEconomyShareBandCommitmentIraqBurdenOur CountryAlliesUnited States Of AmericaSuperpower Author:John Spratt