“I am giving you examples of the fact that this creature man, who in his own selfish affairs is a coward to the backbone, will fight for an idea like a hero. . . . I tell you, gentlemen, if you can shew a man a piece of what he now calls God's work to do, and what he will later call by many new names, you can make him entirely reckless of the consequences to himself personally.” IfsMenGivingIdeasFactsFightingNamesWorkPiecesExampleHeroCreaturesConsequenceAffairSelfishGentlemanCowardRecklessBackbone Author:George Bernard Shaw
“In these home affairs things I think occasionally it's the duty of politicians on both sides to turn round to the tabloids and right-wing newspapers and say 'you have your facts wrong and you're whipping up facts which are inaccurate” ThinkingFactsHomeTurnsSidesDutyPoliticianWingsRoundsAffairNewspapersBoth SidesRight WingTabloidsWhipping Author:Kenneth Clarke
“There is one curious fact noticeable in regard to this thing called "luck," which is, that while it is made responsible for any turn of affairs that we feel to be discreditable to us, it rarely has credit for an opposite state of things; but, like most other faithful allies in victory, comes poorly off.” FeelsMadeStatesFactsTurnsVictoryOppositesResponsibleRegardLuckAffairCreditCuriousFaithfulAllies Author:William Matthews
“International affairs must be completely permeated with scientific methodology and a democratic spirit, with a fearless weighing of all facts, views, and theories, with maximum publicity of ultimate and intermediate goals, and with a consistency of principles.” FactsSpiritGoalViewsPrinciplesTheoryUltimateDemocraticAffairInternationalFearlessConsistencyMaximumPublicityMethodologyWeighingInternational Affairs Book:Progress, coexistence, and intellectual freedom Source: Progress, coexistence, and intellectual freedom
“Today we must abandon competition and secure cooperation. This must be the central fact in all our considerations of international affairs; otherwise we face certain disaster. Past thinking and methods did not prevent world wars. Future thinking must prevent wars...The stakes are immense, the task colossal the time is short. But we may hope- we must hope- that man's own creation, man's own genius, will not destroy him.” ThinkingMenWorldMayWarFactsTodayPastFacesCertainCreationGeniusTasksMethodCompetitionAffairInternationalDisasterSecureWar Of The WorldsConsiderationAbandonCooperationStakesImmensePeacemakingColossalInternational AffairsFuture Thinking Author:Albert Einstein