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“If history teaches us anything, it teaches that simple-minded appeasement or wishful thinking about our adversaries is folly.”

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Book:The Last Best Hope: The Greatest Speeches of Ronald Reagan

Source: The Last Best Hope: The Greatest Speeches of Ronald Reagan

“In political administration, no problem is ever simple. It can never be reduced to the question whether a certain measure is good or not.”

Problem Political Certain Politics Simple Power Administration No Problem

Author:Napoleon Bonaparte

“Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all.”

World Two Political Politics Simple Atheism Ignorance Politician Conviction Prime Ingredients Villain Extremism Diagnosis Political Extremism

Author:John W. Gardner

“It's really very simple, Governor. When people are hungry they die. So spare me your politics and tell me what you need and how you're going to get it to these people.”

People Needs Dies Politics Simple Hungry Governors Spares

Author:Bob Geldof

“Perhaps the deterioration of American education is illustrated by the high correlation between the number of years a person has attended school and his inability to understand the words "the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." It is more likely, though, that those who interpret the Second Amendment to preclude an individual right to own guns are driven by their political agenda. Whichever the case, they do themselves no credit when they tell us that a simple, elegant sentence means the opposite of what it clearly says.”

“America's view of apartheid is simple and straightforward: We believe it is wrong. We condemn it. And we are united in hoping for the day when apartheid will be no more.”

Believe Government America Politics Simple United Views Straightforward Apartheid

Book:Ronald Reagan

Source: Ronald Reagan

“Now let's make two things clear: ISIL is not 'Islamic.' No religion condones the killing of innocents, and the vast majority of ISIL's victims have been Muslim. And ISIL is certainly not a state. It was formerly al Qaeda's affiliate in Iraq, and has taken advantage of sectarian strife and Syria's civil war to gain territory on both sides of the Iraq-Syrian border. It is recognized by no government, nor the people it subjugates. ISIL is a terrorist organization, pure and simple. And it has no vision other than the slaughter of all who stand in its way.”

“Congress needs to send a strong signal that direct communication with the leader of the free world is a privilege, particularly for a regime that has been as hostile as Iran has been towards America for more than three decades. President Rouhani needs to take these two simple steps to demonstrate good faith before any further discussions.”

“If simple, painless solutions to public problems existed, they would have been found long ago.”

Ifs Long Has Beens Problem Found Politics Simple United States Solutions Long Ago Painless

Author:Alice Rivlin

“What the people want is very simple - they want an America as good as its promise.”

People Want War America Political Politics Peace Simple Identity Integrity Promise Hypocrisy Anti War 4th Of July Peace War

Book:Barbara Jordan, a self-portrait

Source: Barbara Jordan, a self-portrait

“Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs that a deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions.”

Men Needs Politics Simple Victim Deception Hype Deceiver

Author:Niccolo Machiavelli

“Men are so simple and yield so readily to the desires of the moment that he who will trick will always find another who will suffer to be tricked.”

Men Moments Political Desire Suffering Politics Simple Tricks Yield

Author:Niccolo Machiavelli