“Yet we slink about like whipped curs:;... our self-abasement principally takes the form of subservience to the United States:;... we are under no necessity to participate in the American nightmare of a Soviet monster barely held at bay in all quarters of the globe by an inconceivable nuclear armament and by political intervention everywhere from Poland to Cambodia. It is the Americans who need us in order to act out their crazy scenario... We simply do not need to go chasing up and down after the vagaries of the next ignoramus to become President of the United States.” NeedsSelfStatesFormPoliticalOrderNextPresidentUnitedUnited StatesCrazyNuclearMonstersNightmareQuartersSovietGlobesChasingInterventionUp And DownScenariosPolandArmamentCambodiaSubservienceAbasement Author:Enoch Powell
“From the very beginning the president [of USA] had two very important principles that had to be reconciled. One principle is that every woman should have the right to all forms of preventive health care, including contraception. The other is that we need to respect the religious liberties which are the cornerstone of American life.” NeedsShouldTwoImportantCareFormPresidentReligiousLibertyPrinciplesShould HaveIncludingHealth CareUsaAmerican LifeCornerstonesReligious LibertyContraception Author:Jacob Lew
“The issue of providing women all forms of preventative health care has been and remains very important. The, the importance of protecting religious liberties in this country has been important to the president and will always be.” Has BeensImportantCountryCareFormPresidentReligiousLibertyIssuesImportanceRemainsHealth CareProvidingReligious Liberty Author:Jacob Lew
“Is America becoming decadent? Do we no longer regard our promises and pledges as sacred? ... We promised to make peace with Germany only in conjunction with the Allies; but we brought forward a separate peace, demanding for ourselves all the advantages of the Treaty of Versailles but rejecting all the responsibilities embodied in the Treaty. It was America's President who induced Europe to form a League of Nations; and then America was the first country that refused to joint it.... If these are not the symptoms of national decadency, what are they?” IfsFirstsCountryAmericaFormNationsPresidentResponsibilityBecomingPromiseEuropeAdvantageRegardSacredLeagueGermanyAlliesSymptomsJointsPledgeTreatiesMaking PeaceRejectingConjunctionsLeague Of NationsVersaillesSeparate Peace Author:B. C. Forbes
“Our planning system was dynamite when we first put it in. The thinking was fresh; the form mattered little. It was idea oriented. We then hired a head of planning, and he hired two vice presidents, and then he hired a planner; and the books got thicker, and the printing more sophisticated, and the covers got harder, and the drawings got better.” ThinkingFirstsLittlesTwoBookIdeasFormPresidentBusinessHarderVicesDrawingPlanningSophisticatedPrintingVice PresidentPlannersDynamite Author:John Welch
“I suppose in our culture - in our lifetime - we've always enjoyed people who tell it straight. We like our presidents, our comedians, and our actors to do that . . . It's funny. You say that people prefer a tasteful formalism - as opposed to an oppressive formalism - but I do feel very strongly that form follows function.” PeopleFeelsFormCultureActorsPresidentFunctionLifetimeEnjoyedComedianVery Strong Author:Oliver Stone
“We appreciate the efforts of the United States, of the president, of the secretary of state, and we are ready to find any form of talks, but we have to overcome the differences between Syria and Israel to reach peace.” StatesFormPresidentDifferencesUnitedEffortUnited StatesReadyAppreciateOvercomingIsraelSecretarySyria Author:Yitzhak Rabin