“No one except for al-Assad's army is fighting against ISIS or other terrorist organisations in Syria, no one else is fighting them on Syrian territory. Minor airstrikes, including those by the United States aircraft, do not resolve the issue in essence; in fact, they do not resolve it at all.” StatesFactsFightingUnitedUnited StatesIssuesEssenceArmyIncludingTerroristResolveAlsTerritoryMinorsSyriaIsisOrganisationAircraftAssad Author:Vladimir Putin
“The issues of political nature should be solved in any country, including in Syria, primarily by its people.” PeopleShouldCountryPoliticalIssuesIncludingSyria Author:Vladimir Putin
“The point is that in any country, including the United States, may be in the United States even more often than in any other country, foreign policy is used for internal political struggle.” MayCountryStatesPoliticalUsedUnitedUnited StatesStrugglePolicyIncludingInternalsForeign PolicyOther CountriesPolitical Struggle Author:Vladimir Putin
“I believe a healthy lifestyle is an extremely important thing which underpins solution to numerous important problems, including the health of the nation.” BelieveImportantProblemI BelieveNationsHealthySolutionsImportant ThingsIncludingLifestyleHealthy Lifestyle Author:Vladimir Putin
“In Russia all people enjoy the equal rights, including homosexuals.” PeopleEnjoyRightsEqualIncludingRussiaHomosexualEqual Rights Author:Vladimir Putin
“Addressing issues, including controversial ones, as well as domestic issues of the former Soviet Republics through the so-called coloured revolutions, through coups and unconstitutional means of toppling the current government. That is absolutely unacceptable.” WellsMeanGovernmentIssuesRevolutionIncludingCurrentsFormerRepublicSovietControversialCoupsUnconstitutional Author:Vladimir Putin
“I think that both Russia and other international actors, including those who are more actively engaged in the resolution of the Ukrainian crisis (that is the Federal Republic of Germany and France, the so-called Normandy Quartet, certainly, with close involvement of the United States, and we have intensified our dialogue on this issue), we should all be committed to the full and unconditional implementation of the agreements that were achieved in Minsk. The Minsk Agreements have to be implemented.” ThinkingShouldStatesActorsUnitedUnited StatesIssuesCrisisIncludingInternationalCommittedRussiaDialogueFranceEngagedGermanyAgreementResolutionRepublicUnconditionalInvolvementImplementationQuartetsUkrainianNormandy Author:Vladimir Putin
“I assume that our colleagues from both the United States and the European Union will proceed from current humanitarian law and ensure political freedoms and rights of all people, including those who are living in the territory of Baltic states after the disintegration of the Soviet Union.” PeopleStatesLawPoliticalUnitedUnited StatesRightsAssumingUnionsIncludingCurrentsHumanitarianTerritorySovietColleaguesSoviet UnionEuropean UnionPolitical FreedomDisintegrationHumanitarian Law Author:Vladimir Putin
“America is about choices, including those to live certain lifestyles.” AmericaCertainChoicesIncludingLifestyle Author:Hamza Yusuf
“There's no specific punishment in the books of fiqh (Islamic laws) that relate to homosexuality per se. They apply to any illicit sexual relations, including prohibited heterosexual acts like adultery. And the punishments are strong, but they are legal fictions because they are impossible to prove. You need four witnesses to say they witnessed (sexual) penetration. In what circumstances are you going to find someone to testify to that?” NeedsBookLawStrongFictionFourImpossibleCircumstancesProveRelationIncludingPunishmentWitnessRelateIslamicHomosexualityAdulteryPenetrationIslamic Law Author:Hamza Yusuf
“We will hear more details on [Donald] Trump`s plans on addressing illegal immigration in the speech tonight, including what Trump plans to do about those 11 million illegal immigrants already in the U.S.” MillionsPlansTrumpSpeechIncludingDetailsImmigrationTonightImmigrantsIllegalIllegal ImmigrantsIllegal Immigration Author:Kellyanne Conway
“You are going to hear how he [Donald Trump] is going to address the 11 million, and some other issues as well, including sanctuary cities.” WellsCitiesMillionsIssuesTrumpIncludingAddressesSanctuary Author:Kellyanne Conway
“Russia hosts a lot of forums, including the International Economic Forum in St Petersburg, [usually in the beginning of summer], as well as the Economic Forum in Sochi.” WellsEconomicSummerIncludingInternationalRussiaHostForumsSochi Author:Vladimir Putin
“When we talk about the Far East we usually mean the Far East itself, including Primorye Territory, Khabarovsk Territory, Kamchatka, and Chukotka, as well as Eastern Siberia. All this area contains tremendous resources, including oil and gas, 90 percent of Russian tin, 30 percent of Russian gold, 35 percent of forest, 70 percent of Russia's fish is harvested in the local waters.” WellsMeanWaterPercentResourcesAreasGoldIncludingFishesOilEastRussiaLocalsForestsGasTerritoryEasternTinOil And GasSiberia Author:Vladimir Putin
“The aviation industry, including combat air force, has been traditionally developing here. It is the Russian Far East where the SU aircraft, which are well known worldwide, are manufactured.” WellsHas BeensForceKnownAirIndustryIncludingEastDevelopingAviationCombatWell KnownAir ForceAircraft Author:Vladimir Putin
“We should find other platforms, other forums for that [foreign policy], and there are plenty of them, including, for example, the UN and the Security Council.” ShouldSecurityPolicyExampleIncludingPlentyForeign PolicyPlatformsCouncilForumsSecurity Council Author:Vladimir Putin
“As a society, almost one 1 of 2 adults has a chronic disease of one form or another. And where we're spending $3 trillion a year not on a healthcare system, but on a sick-care system that tries to patch us up after we've been made ill by a variety of institutional things around us - including a sick food system, air pollution, etc. Where we could be doing so much better even before people get to the point of getting sick.” PeopleTryingYearsMadeCareFormAirDiseaseAdultsSickIncludingIllSpendingVarietyEtcHealthcarePollutionPatchesAir Pollution Author:Jill Stein
“A couple of Donald Trump people, including his vice presidential running mate, Mike Pence, the governor of Indiana, and of course, Dr. Ben Carson, have both come out in the last days, hours, practically, and said they believe President [Barack] Obama is a legitimately elected president of the United States.” PeopleBelieveSaidStatesRunningLastsCoursesPresidentHoursUnitedUnited StatesTrumpCoupleIncludingVicesBarackPresidentialMatesGovernorsDrsMikeVice PresidentPresident Barack ObamaLast DayIndianaBen Carson Author:Chris Matthews
“Everyone, including Hillary Clinton, knows Hillary is an unsavory and unethical scoundrel, an obvious and accomplished liar and, if America had a real Justice Department that actually cared about serving up equal justice under the law, she would be facing a number of felony charges.” IfsKnowsRealWould BeAmericaLawJusticeNumbersEqualClintonIncludingObviousAccomplishedDepartmentServingLiarsScoundrelsUnethicalFelonyEqual Justice Author:Ted Nugent
“99% of our uses of animals, including our numerically most significant use of them for food, do not involve any sort of necessity or any real conflict between human and nonhuman interests. If animals matter morally at all, then, even without accepting a theory of animal rights, those uses of animals cannot be morally justified.” IfsHumansRealMatterUseInterestAnimalAcceptingRightsTheoryConflictIncludingSignificantAnimal RightsJustified Author:Gary L. Francione
“Computing lets people express their creativity and unlock solutions, and code is computing's universal language. All young people, including girls, deserve to be fluent in the language of the future.” PeopleYoungGirlLanguageCreativitySolutionsDeserveUniversalIncludingCodeComputingUniversal LanguageFluent Author:Gabe Newell
“No single movie or event makes or breaks your career. Everything can be undone, including success.” CareersBreakEventsIncludingUndoneMake Or Break Author:Lynda Obst
“The Kochs have been activists since the 1970s. You can go back and look at the platform of the Libertarian Party in 1980 and see what they really believe in. They wanted to abolish huge swaths of the U.S. government, including the Internal Revenue Service. They want to get rid of Social Security. They'd like to get rid of Medicare. They'd like to abolish the Environmental Protection Agency, which directly affects their business.” WantBelieveLooksHas BeensGovernmentWantedSocialPartySecurityHugeEnvironmentalIncludingProtectionLibertarianAgencyInternalsActivistPlatformsSocial SecurityRevenueMedicareAbolishEnvironmental ProtectionLibertarian Party Author:Jane Mayer
“We need some standard that will determine how likely a belief is to be true given just that it is stored in one of us, including strangers that one can ask for directions, and with whom one might collaborate.” NeedsMightAsksBeliefGivenStandardsIncludingDetermineStrangerBeing True Author:Ernest Sosa
“Epistemology now flourishes with various complementary approaches. This includes formal epistemology, experimental philosophy, cognitive science and psychology, including relevant brain science, and other philosophical subfields, such as metaphysics, action theory, language, and mind. It is not as though all questions of armchair, traditional epistemology are already settled conclusively, with unanimity or even consensus. We still need to reason our way together to a better view of those issues.” WayNeedsMindStillsReasonPhilosophyActionTogetherLanguageViewsBrainIssuesPsychologyTheoryApproachPhilosophicalIncludingVariousTraditionalRelevantFormalMetaphysicsConsensusCognitiveEpistemologyCognitive ScienceComplementaryArmchairsUnanimityBrain Science Author:Ernest Sosa
“We can pursue the Cartesian project without restricting ourselves to theology and a priori faculties. A better, broader perspective is properly sought if we pursue the project with reliance on science broadly and on our full span of epistemic competences, including the empirical as well as the a priori.” IfsWellsPerspectiveProjectsIncludingTheologyPursueFacultyRelianceCompetence Author:Ernest Sosa
“It's no wonder that America's engagement in the region has strong, sustained, bipartisan support. So I'll be handing my successor a strong foundation - including closer ties with Singapore - on which to continue building, and I'm optimistic that will happen.” HappensAmericaStrongWonderSupportBuildingFoundationIncludingOptimisticTiesRegionsEngagementSingaporeSuccessorsBipartisanStrong Foundation Author:Barack Obama
“The United States is committed to a regional order rooted in international rules and norms, including freedom of navigation, and the peaceful resolution of disputes. That's the only way to ensure our common security.” WayStatesOrderUnitedCommonUnited StatesSecurityIncludingInternationalCommittedPeacefulResolutionRootedNormDisputesNavigationPeaceful Resolution Author:Barack Obama
“We believe that big nations should not bully smaller nations, and that the sovereignty of nations must be respected. And we have long urged that disputes be resolved peacefully, including through mechanisms like international arbitration.” ShouldBelieveLongBigsNationsIncludingInternationalMechanismSovereigntyBullyDisputesArbitration Author:Barack Obama
“The United States believes that every nation should respect international law, including in the South China Sea.” ShouldBelieveStatesLawNationsUnitedUnited StatesSeaSouthIncludingInternationalChinaInternational Law Author:Barack Obama
“It is in the interests of all of us - the United States, China and the rest of the world - to make sure that the rules of the road are upheld. These rules and norms are part of the foundation of regional stability, and they have allowed nations across the region, including China, to grow and prosper.” WorldStatesNationsGrowsInterestUnitedUnited StatesFoundationIncludingChinaRegionsStabilityNorm Author:Barack Obama
“The United States, therefore, works to ensure that any actions we take are consistent with international laws and norms - including those reflected in the Law of the Sea Convention. It's worth remembering that our presence in the region is nothing new.” StatesActionRememberLawUnitedUnited StatesSeaIncludingInternationalConsistentRegionsConventionsNormInternational LawNothing New Author:Barack Obama
“Its minority rule and majority limited rights. In fact it's set up that way. If you read the framers of the constitution, including James Madison, he was pretty clear about it.” IfsWayFactsClearRightsConstitutionMajorityIncludingMinoritiesMadisonFramers Author:Noam Chomsky
“Americans are at war with radical Islamic terrorism. We are at war with the ISIS caliphate, and what we need is a commander-in-chief who knows that, who understands that, who will give our military the resources they need to make that fight, pull our allies together - including moderate Arab nations - and hunt down and destroy ISIS and other terrorist organizations at their source.” KnowsNeedsGivingWarTogetherFightingNationsMilitarySourceResourcesOrganizationDown AndIncludingTerrorismTerroristChiefsRadicalIslamicAlliesHuntsModeratesIsisCommandersCommander In ChiefIslamic Terrorism Author:Mike Pence
“Those are possibilities for technology, which don't tend to be used, because of the way power is concentrated. There are all kinds of possibilities, including for coercion. In China, technology is used to control and coerce. Here too, to an extent, but not to that extent.” WayKindUsedTechnologyPossibilityIncludingChinaAll KindsCoercionCoerce Author:Noam Chomsky
“In fact, if you read what Kant has to say about feeling, desire and emotion, you see that he is not at all hostile to these. He is suspicious of them insofar as they represent the corruption of social life (here he follows Rousseau), but he also thinks a variety of feelings (including respect and love of humanity) arise directly from reason - there is, in other words, no daylight between the heart and the head regarding such feelings.” IfsThinkingHeartReasonFactsFeelingsDesireHumanitySocialEmotionAnd LoveIncludingCorruptionAriseVarietyHostileSuspiciousSocial LifeDaylightLove And Respect Author:Allen W. Wood
“I like to add personal touches to my decorating style, including photographs and nostalgic items that remind me of family and home.” HomeStyleAddIncludingPhotographItemsNostalgicDecoratingPersonal Touch Author:Karlie Kloss
“India has, of course, aspirations of getting out of its poverty, ignorance, and disease which still afflict millions of people. But I do believe that we have something to offer to the rest of the world, including the United States.” PeopleWorldBelieveStillsStatesCoursesUnitedPovertyMillionsUnited StatesIgnoranceOffersDiseaseIndiaIncludingAspiration Author:Manmohan Singh
“In other words, United States, our values, the way that we occupy ourselves in terms of saying here's the way we stand in this country when we go to war, it's not that we go in and we kill off anybody, including families. We don't take the riches. We don't claim the women. My God, that's not America.” WayWarCountryStatesAmericaValuesTermUnitedUnited StatesClaimsIncludingRiches Author:Juan Williams
“Something changed between the two men, namely [Donald ] Trump started slinging mud on Twitter about [Ted] Cruz`s wife, Heidi, including a mean comparing her looks unfavourably to his own.” MenLooksMeanTwoWifeChangedTrumpIncludingCompareMudCruzHeidi Author:Chris Hayes
“Some people have set up sort of "gotcha" algorithms that apparently crawl through psychology articles and look for fraudulent p-values [a measure of the likelihood that experimental results weren't a fluke]. But they're including rounding errors that don't change the significance levels of the results, and they're doing it anonymously.” PeopleLooksValuesLevelsResultsPsychologyErrorsIncludingSignificanceArticlesDon't ChangeLikelihoodAlgorithmsFlukes Author:Susan Fiske
“If we're going to talk about mayors, that under the current mayor [of New York in 2016], crime has continued to drop, including murders.” IfsCrimeNew YorkMurderIncludingCurrentsMayors Author:Hillary Clinton
“I was involved in a number of efforts to take out Al Qaida leadership when I was secretary of state, including, of course, taking out [Usama] bin Laden.” StatesCoursesNumbersEffortInvolvedIncludingAlsSecretaryBin Laden Author:Hillary Clinton
“We can actually speak, much like Bernie Sanders did, for an agenda that the American people are actually clamoring for. In an election which is historic in so many ways, including that the traditional candidates are the most untrusted and disliked in our history, and the American people are clamoring for another choice and another voice.” PeopleWayChoicesSpeakVoiceElectionIncludingTraditionalCandidatesAgendasHistoric Author:Jill Stein
“There comes a time where next to everyone will resort to techniques that enhance cognitive, mental including emotive, physical, and other capacities. When this has happened, if not before, the ban on doping in sport will have been lifted.” IfsHas BeensNextSportsHappenedCapacityIncludingTechniqueResortsBansCognitiveThere Comes A TimeDoping Author:Torbjorn Tannsjo
“The most recent science including from Jim Hansen, the foremost climate scientist, suggests that we could see as much as, according to his study, meters' worth [of sea-level rise] - that is nine, 12, 15 and more - as soon as 50 years from his study.” YearsLevelsStudySeaScientistClimateIncludingNineMeterSea Level Rise Author:Jill Stein
“That's why we call for a New Deal prototype. Which means we are creating the jobs - nationally funded program but locally controlled - with guidelines to achieve 100% clean renewable energy through wind, water and sun by 2030. Also to create a sustainable food system, since this is a major portion of climate emissions, and also calling for public transportation as well as infrastructure restoration including in that ecosystem restoration.” WellsMeanJobsEnergyWaterDealsSunAchieveWindCallingCreatingMajorsProgramCleanClimateIncludingControlledPortionsInfrastructureRestorationTransportationEmissionsEcosystemsRenewable EnergyGuidelinesPrototypeNew DealPublic Transportation Author:Jill Stein
“We also call for a freeze on the bank accounts of those countries, including our allies, with due warning.” CountryAccountsIncludingDuesAlliesWarningFreezeBank Accounts Author:Jill Stein
“While many of the established media make losses or go bankrupt, WikiLeaks has survived a major conflict with a superpower, including an unlawful economic blockade by its banks and credit card companies and the detention of its editor. We have no debts. We have not had to fire staff. We have never lost a court case related to our publishing. We have never been forced to censor. Adversity has hardened us.” LostLossCompanyCasesFireEconomicMediaConflictMajorsAdversityCourtIncludingCreditDebtCardsRelatedEditorsPublishingStaffSurvivedCredit CardSuperpowerHardenedWikileaksDetentionUnlawfulBlockadesCourt Cases Author:Julian Assange
“While millions of American families, including mine and yours, were working hard paying our fair share, it seems Donald Trump was contributing nothing to our nation. Imagine that. Not fair. Nothing for Pell grants to help kids go to college. Nothing for veterans. Nothing for our military.” HardHelpingSeemsKidsNationsMillionsImagineShareMilitaryMinesCollegeTrumpFairsIncludingGrantsImagine ThatVeteranContributingNot FairFair ShareAmerican FamilyPell Grants Author:Hillary Clinton