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“So we have a choice to make. We can once again let Washington's bad habits stand in the way of progress. Or we can pull together and say that in America, our destiny isn't written for us but by us. We can place good ideas ahead of old ideological battles, and a sense of purpose above the same narrow partisanship. We can act boldly to turn crisis into opportunity and, together, write the next great chapter in our history and meet the test of our time.”

“There will come a moment when the most urgent threats posed by the credit crisis have eased and the larger task before us will be to chart a direction for the economic steps ahead. This will be a dangerous moment. Behind the debates over future policy is a debate over history-a debate over the causes of our current situation. The battle for the past will determine the battle for the present. So it's crucial to get the history straight.”

Moments Past Causes Behinds Situation Steps Economic Dangerous Policy Battle Tasks Crisis Threat Investing Determine Currents Credit Debate Crucial Urgent Current Situation

Author:Joseph Stiglitz

“You know, it's very clear, as one looks back on history again of the Cold War that, following the crisis in Cuba, following the Khrushchev - beating down of Jack Kennedy in Vienna, that President Kennedy believed that we had to join the battle for the Third World, and the next crisis that developed in that regards was Vietnam.”

Knows World Looks War Next President Clear Cold Battle Thirds Regard Crisis Following Vietnam Cold War Cuba Third World Vienna President Kennedy Jack Kennedy

Author:Alexander Haig

“Fortunately or unfortunately, the one predictable thing in any organization is the crisis. That always comes. That's when you do depend on the leader: The job of the leader is to build an organization that is battle-ready, that has high morale, that knows how to behave, that trusts itself, and where people trust one another.”

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Author:Peter Drucker

“It's like we're suffering from an identity crisis, and that identity is in our arts and the fact that we don't find it chief amongst our agendas to teach our kids who we are as a nation and the battles we've had on this ground and how they've been successfully resolved. We can't enjoy the fruits of the labor of our ancestors.”

Art Facts Kids Suffering Nations Enjoy Teach Identity Battle Labor Crisis Fruit Chiefs Who We Are Agendas Ancestor Identity Crisis

Author:Wynton Marsalis

“There had been lots of crises in my life. And there was plenty of spunk and battle cry still left in me.”

Stills Left Cry Battle Crisis Plenty Battle Cry Spunk

Author:Ethel Waters

“The whole life of an American is passed like a game of chance, a revolutionary crisis, or a battle.”

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Book:American Institutions and Their Influence

Source: American Institutions and Their Influence

“Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination. The bloody solution of the crisis, the effort for the destruction of the enemy's forces, is the first-born son of war. Only great and general battles can produce great results. Blood is the price of victory.”

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Author:Carl von Clausewitz

“The ability to be cool, confident, and decisive in crisis is not an inherited characteristic but is the direct result of how well the individual has prepared himself for the battle.”

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Author:Richard M. Nixon

“The easiest period in a crisis situation is actually the battle itself. The most difficult is the period of indecision - whether to fight or run away. And the most dangerous period is the aftermath. It is then, with all his resources spent and his guard down, that an individual must watch out for dulled reactions and faulty judgment.”

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Author:Richard M. Nixon

“Instead of waiting until crisis problems develop which result in panic praying for others, we need to trust God to protect them as we pray Spirit-led, thoughtful, caring prayers before the problems overwhelm them, and they are unable to cope. We need to engage in major battles, not just minor skirmishes, moving from surface praying to in-depth praying. We need to pray both defensively and offensively.”

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Author:Bruce Willis

“All crises begin with the blurring of a paradigm and the consequent loosening of the rules for normal research. .. Or finally, the case that will most concern us here, a crisis may end with the emergence of a new candidate for paradigm and with the ensuing battle over its acceptance.”

May Ends Cases Acceptance Words Of Wisdom Battle Normal Research Concern Crisis Candidates Over It Paradigm Emergence

Book:The Structure of Scientific Revolutions: 50th Anniversary Edition

Source: The Structure of Scientific Revolutions: 50th Anniversary Edition

“Most of life's battles are fought inside ourselves, & our greatest periods of growth usually come during crises.”

Growth Periods Battle Crisis

Book:Beyond the Love Game

Source: Beyond the Love Game