“Our efforts will only be effective if ordinary citizens in other countries have confidence that the United States respects their privacy too. And the leaders of our close friends and allies deserve to know that if I want to learn what they think about an issue, I will pick up the phone and call them, rather than turning to surveillance.” IfsThinkingKnowsWantCountryStatesUnitedEffortLeaderUnited StatesIssuesCitizensOrdinaryPicksDeservePhonesPrivacyAlliesOther CountriesSurveillanceHave ConfidenceNsaClose FriendsOrdinary Citizens Author:Barack Obama
“It is the very survival of the streets that makes children pick up guns in Somalia, not some older, wide-eyed rebel leader. My intimate experiences during these years are something which I have shared with people through my music but am very careful about how they are addressed.” PeopleYearsChildrenLeaderStreetsSurvivalPicksGunCarefulWideIntimateRebelSomalia Author:K'naan
“You can judge a leader by the size of the problem he tackles - people nearly always pick a problem their own size, and ignore or leave to others the bigger or smaller ones.” PeopleProblemLeaderJudgingPicksBiggerSize Book:Management and Machiavelli: discovering a new science of management in the timeless principles of statecraft Source: Management and Machiavelli: discovering a new science of management in the timeless principles of statecraft
“I have to say that it's a weird feeling to have to respond to a Christian leader of an anti-Muslims organisation - it would be like having to respond to a Muslim leader of an anti-Jewish organisation about Judaism so the whole thing is kind of weird. Let me just say it's kind of convenient to simply pick and choose whatever violent bits and pieces one finds in the Koran and ignore the equally important versus that talk about compassion and peace.” KindImportantWholeFeelingsWould BeChristianBitsCompassionLeaderPiecesPicksLet MeViolentVersusJudaismConvenientOrganisationBits And PiecesChristian LeadersWeird Feeling Author:Reza Aslan