“The word 'security' is a broad, vague generality whose contours should not be invoked to abrogate the fundamental law embodied in the First Amendment. The guarding of military and diplomatic secrets at the expense of informed representative government provides no real security.” ShouldFirstsRealGovernmentLawSecretSecurityMilitaryFundamentalsExpensesBroadsAmendmentsRepresentativesVagueFirst AmendmentDiplomaticGeneralitiesGuardingRepresentative Government Author:Hugo Black
“No diplomatic intervention will ever be made by any government that I lead in support of any individual terrorist's life. We have only indicated in the past, and will maintain a policy in the future, of intervening diplomatically in support of Australian nationals who face capital sentences abroad.” MadeGovernmentPastFacesIndividualSupportPolicySentencesTerroristInterventionAustralianDiplomaticLead InIntervening Author:Kevin Rudd
“I'm not trying to be diplomatic. I'm trying to be more nuanced and realistic. I think there has to be a serious examination of the shortcomings of the Euro structure. Euro central institutions, whether it be fiscal policy, monetary policy, financial regulation, are simply not as robust as they are in a currency that has a national government behind it.” ThinkingTryingGovernmentBehindsPolicySeriousInstitutionsStructureFinancialRealisticRegulationCurrencyExaminationShortcomingsMonetaryEuroDiplomaticRobustMonetary PolicyFiscal PolicyFinancial Regulation Author:Stephen Harper