“There are some things in this establishment that are fundamental... about which I shall deal plainly with you... the government by a single person and a parliament is a fundamental... and... though I may seem to plead for myself, yet I do not: no, nor can any reasonable man say it... I plead for this nation, and all the honest men therein.” MenMayPersonsSeemsGovernmentNationsDealsHonestFundamentalsReasonableEstablishmentParliamentHonest ManSingle PersonReasonable Man Author:Oliver Cromwell
“The Court is most vulnerable and comes nearest to illegitimacy when it deals with judge-made constitutional law having little or no cognizable roots in the language or design of the Constitution.... There should be, therefore, great resistance to ... redefining the category of rights deemed to be fundamental. Otherwise, the Judiciary necessarily takes to itself further authority to govern the country without express constitutional authority.” ShouldLittlesMadeCountryLawLanguageDealsRightsDesignJudgingAuthorityRootsConstitutionFundamentalsCourtResistanceVulnerableCategoriesJudiciaryConstitutional LawRedefining Author:Byron White
“Whether we like it or not, it is a fact that economics cannot remain an esoteric branch of knowledge accessible only to small groups of scholars and specialists. Economics deals with society's fundamental problems; it concerns everyone and belongs to all. It is the main and proper study of every citizen.” FactsProblemDealsStudyGroupsCitizensConcernEconomicsFundamentalsBranchesScholarSpecialistsSmall GroupsEsoteric Book:Human Action Source: Human Action
“We ceased to deal seriously with mobile combat. We relegated to oblivion the fundamentals of combat-in-depth tactics and of combined arms maneuvers which had been widespread before the Finnish campaign.” DealsArmsFundamentalsDepthCampaignsCombatOblivionTacticsMobileFinnish Author:Sergey Biryuzov
“The notion that we would condition Iran not getting nuclear weapons in a verifiable deal on Iran recognizing Israel is really akin to saying that we won't sign a deal unless the nature of the Iranian regime completely transforms. And that is, I think, a fundamental misjudgment.” ThinkingNatureDealsConditionsWeaponsFundamentalsNotionIsraelNuclearIranRegimesNuclear WeaponsRecognizingIranian Author:Barack Obama
“Today we're seeing fundamental conflicts within political Islam, with the fundamentalists on the one side and the moderates on the other. Who gains the upper hand means a great deal to the world.” WorldMeanHandsTodayPoliticalSidesDealsSeeingConflictGainsFundamentalsIslamModeratesUpper Hand Author:Zalmay Khalilzad