“In a free society, every opportunity comes with three obligations. First, you must seize it. You must mold it into a work that brings value to others. Second, you must live it. Opportunity is nurtured only by action. Third, you must defend the freedom to pursue opportunities. You must embrace these three obligations as if the future of the United States depended on it. In fact, it does.” IfsFirstsDoeStatesFactsActionValuesThreeOpportunityWorkUnitedUnited StatesHard WorkThirdsEmbraceObligationPursueMoldFree Society Author:Roberto Goizueta
“While there are many causes for which a state goes to war, its fundamental object can be epitomized as that of ensuring the continuance of its policy - in face of the determination of the opposing state to pursue a contrary policy. In the human will lies the source and mainspring of conflict.” HumansWarStatesFacesLyingCausesMilitaryPolicyObjectsSourceConflictDeterminationFundamentalsContraryPursueOpposingHuman WillContinuance Author:B. H. Liddell Hart
“The chief difference between free capitalism and State socialism seems to be this: that under the former a man pursues his own advantage openly, frankly and honestly, whereas under the latter he does so hypocritically and under false pretenses.” MenDoeStatesSeemsDifferencesCapitalismAdvantageHonestlySocialismPursueChiefsFormerLatterPretense Book:Minority Report Source: Minority Report
“The First thing that strikes a traveler in the United States is the innumerable multitude of those who seek to emerge from their original condition; and the second is the rarity of lofty ambition to be observed in the midst of the universally ambitious stir of society. No Americans are devoid of a yearning desire to rise, but hardly any appear to entertain hopes of great magnitude or to pursue very lofty aims. All are constantly seeking to acquire property, power, and reputation.” FirstsStatesDesireUnitedUnited StatesConditionsAmbitionOriginalsAimPropertySeekingStrikesPursueReputationAcquireMidstYearningAmbitiousMultitudesTravelerLoftyMagnitudeRarity Author:Alexis de Tocqueville
“We [The United States] believe the Iranian people want a future of freedom and human rights: the right to vote, to run for office, to express their views without fear and to pursue political causes. We would welcome the progress, prosperity and freedom of the Iranian people.” PeopleWantBelieveHumansStatesRunningPoliticalCausesUnitedViewsUnited StatesRightsProgressOfficeVoteHuman RightsProsperityPursueWelcomeIranianRight To Vote Author:Condoleezza Rice
“Under extremely difficult circumstances (Iraq) pursues the inherently complicated task of rebuilding the country. Yet Iraq continues, courageously, to reach for the promise of a democratic, federal and pluralistic state, where generations of oppressed Iraqis will regain their dignity, freedom and the right to join the civilized and progressive nations of the world.” WorldCountryStatesNationsDifficultGenerationsCircumstancesPromiseDignityTasksDemocraticIraqComplicatedPursueCivilizedProgressiveOppressedRebuildingDifficult Circumstances Author:Jalal Talabani
“Each state pursues its own interest's, however defined, in ways it judges best. Force is a means of achieving the external ends of states because there exists no consistent, reliable process of reconciling the conflicts of interest that inevitably arise among similar units in a condition of anarchy.” WayMeanEndsStatesForceProcessInterestAchieveConditionsJudgingConflictArisePursueDefinedConsistentAnarchyUnitsConflict Of Interest Book:Man, the State, and War: A Theoretical Analysis Source: Man, the State, and War: A Theoretical Analysis