“President Bush is an intelligent man. He is not going to declare an economic war against Iraq . [...] I admire your extraordinary efforts to rebuild your country. I know you need funds. We understand that, and our opinion is that you should have the opportunity to rebuild your country. But we have no opinion on Arab-Arab conflicts like your border disagreement with Kuwait .” KnowsMenNeedsShouldWarCountryAmericaOpportunityPresidentEffortOpinionEconomicLike YouConflictShould HaveIntelligentExtraordinaryIraqAdmireBordersFundPresident BushDisagreementIntelligent ManKuwait Author:April Glaspie
“But an escape less self-depreciating was taken by Lord Westbury, who, it is said, rebuffed a barrister's reliance upon an earlier opinion of his Lordship: "I can only say that I am amazed that a man of my intelligence should have been guilty of giving such an opinion". If there are other ways of gracefully and good-naturedly surrendering former views to a better considered position, I invoke them all.” IfsMenWayGivingShouldHas BeensSaidI CanSelfViewsLordOpinionTakenPositionShould HaveGuiltyFormerAmazedRelianceShould Have BeenInvokeLordshipBarristers Author:Robert H. Jackson
“Using the word ‘political’ in the widest possible sense. Desire to push the world in a certain direction, to alter other peoples’ idea of the kind of society that they should strive after. Once again, no book is genuinely free from political bias. The opinion that art should have nothing to do with politics is itself a political attitude.” WorldShouldKindArtBookIdeasPoliticalDesireCertainAttitudeOpinionShould HaveStriveBias Book:The Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters of George Orwell: An age like this, 1920-1940 Source: The Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters of George Orwell: An age like this, 1920-1940
“All of the advice that I give, I'm not an expert by any means, but it's just my opinion. So if somebody likes me or likes y style or my career, I think they should have that feeling.” IfsThinkingGivingShouldMeanFeelingsOpinionCareersAdviceStyleShould HaveLikesExperts Author:Molly Ringwald