“Nothing in the constitutions of Western states requires them to get involved in every foreign conflict.” StatesInvolvedConflictConstitutionWesternGet Involved Author:Daniel Pipes
“Men have always been obliged to fight to preserve liberty. Constitutions and laws do not safeguard liberty. It can be preserved only by a tolerant people, and this means eternal conflict.” PeopleMenMeanLawFightingLibertyConflictEternalConstitutionPreservesObliged Book:Crime: Its Cause and Treatment Source: Crime: Its Cause and Treatment
“For an American to be patriotic is to be loyal to the principles of our Constitution, and the First Amendment. The truth is that the policies of the government is sometimes in conflict with that. In our country, patriotism should not be defined as obedience to an authority.” ShouldFirstsCountrySometimesGovernmentPrinciplesPolicyTruth IsConflictAuthorityConstitutionOur CountryDefinedObediencePatrioticLoyalAmendmentsFirst Amendment Author:Daniel Ellsberg
“A conflict of values is not a misunderstanding. Islamic orthodoxy and the German constitution are not compatible.” ValuesConflictConstitutionIslamicMisunderstandingOrthodoxyCompatible Author:Bassam Tibi
“Some of the conflict of interest laws do apply to the president, particularly The Emoluments Clause to "The Constitution," which prohibits any type of benefit from a foreign government.” GovernmentLawPresidentInterestTypeConflictBenefitsConstitutionClausesConflict Of Interest Author:Reince Priebus
“I am concerned that Donald Trump walks into the White House a walking conflict of interest in violation of the emoluments clause of the constitution, and the Stock Act. It is important to investigate whether there are financial levers, not just Russia - China, the Emirates. Because he will never make America great again - I don't believe he ever will, but he will not do so if he's beholden to.” IfsBelieveImportantAmericaHouseInterestWhiteWalksTrumpWalkingConflictConcernedConstitutionDon't BelieveFinancialChinaRussiaWhite HouseViolationClausesLeversConflict Of InterestEmirates Author:Katrina vanden Heuvel
“Karzai is Afghanistan's first democratically elected president. He brought the international community into partnership on an unprecedented level, and he championed a new constitution that is liberal, democratic and still very Afghan. All of that does reflect a vision. But he's presided over a country that is still in conflict, and he hasn't taken some of the difficult decisions his own government wanted him to take. On corruption, he hasn't been as decisive as he should've been. There are legitimate questions about him.” ShouldFirstsDoeStillsCountryGovernmentWantedDifficultPresidentCommunityDecisionLevelsVisionTakenConflictConstitutionDemocraticInternationalCorruptionAfghanistanPartnershipUnprecedentedInternational CommunityAfghanDifficult Decisions Author:Chris Alexander