“If the United States leads a multinational force into Iraq without United Nations backing, Canada should fight beside its neighbour. We've gone from being a middle power to a muddle power on this one.” IfsShouldStatesFightingForceNationsUnitedUnited StatesGoneMiddleIraqCanadaUnited NationsNeighbourMultinationalsMuddle Author:Peter MacKay
“We needed someone to recognize the importance of check and balances, accountability, transparency. There was a real systemic problem at South Carolina State, a problem that has gone on for 25 or 30 years” YearsRealStatesProblemGoneNeededBalanceImportanceSouthChecksAccountabilityTransparencyCarolinaSouth CarolinaNeeded Someone Author:Gwen Ifill
“With his decision to use force against the violent extremists of the Islamic State, President Obama ... is stepping once again - and with understandably great reluctance - into the chaos of an entire civilization that has broken down. Arab civilization, such as we knew it, is all but gone. The Arab world today is more violent, unstable, fragmented and driven by extremism - the extremism of the rulers and those in opposition-than at any time since the collapse of the Ottoman Empire a century ago.” WorldStatesUseTodayForcePresidentDecisionGoneCenturyBrokenCivilizationChaosDrivenViolentIslamicOppositionEmpiresPresident ObamaCollapseRulersExtremismWorld TodayExtremistUnstableFragmentedReluctanceArab WorldBroken DownIslamic StateOttomansOttoman Empire Author:Hisham Melhem
“For the entire state of Georgia, having the premiere of Gone With the Wind on home ground was like winning the Battle of Atlanta 75 years late.” YearsStatesHomeWinningGoneWindBattleLateGeorgiaAtlantaPremieres Author:Anne Edwards
“There are ten thousand states of mind. The culmination of the states of mind you have gone through will create your next lifetime.” MindStatesNextGoneThousandTenLifetimeState Of MindRebirthCulminationNext Lifetime Author:Frederick Lenz
“I've always felt that my relationship to the United States is analogous to a marriage. I love this country. I hate it. I get angry at it. I feel close to it. I'm charmed by it. I'm repelled by it. And it's a marriage that's gone on for let's say at least 50 years of my writing life, and in the course of that, what's happened? It's gotten worse. It's not what it used to be.” FeelsWritingYearsCountryStatesAmericaUsedHateCoursesFeltUnitedUnited StatesGoneHappenedI HateAngryUsed To BeWriting LifeCharmed Author:Norman Mailer
“I am sure that hon. members will realize that I am not drawing on my imagination when I state that last fall there were children going to school in Saskatchewan with only sacking wrapped around their feet. We have gone into homes and found mothers and children lying on piles of bedding in the corner; they did not have the proper bedding equipment or the proper clothing to meet the rigours of a very cold winter.” ChildrenStatesHomeSchoolLastsLyingMotherFallFoundRealizingImaginationGoneFeetColdMembersWinterCornersDrawingClothingsEquipmentMy ImaginationMother And ChildWinter ColdRigourBeddingSackingSaskatchewan Author:Tommy Douglas