“The tough-minded ... respect difference. Their goal is a world made safe for differences, where the United States may be American to the hilt without threatening the peace of the world, and France may be France, and Japan may be Japan on the same conditions.” WorldMayMadeStatesGoalDifferencesUnitedUnited StatesConditionsSafeToughFranceJapanThreatening Book:The Chrysanthemum and the Sword Source: The Chrysanthemum and the Sword
“There are areas of official life in the United States that are similar to Russia. For example: disbursement of protest, and the way American prisons are run, which is pretty tough.” WayStatesRunningUnitedUnited StatesExampleToughAreasPrisonRussiaOfficialsProtest Author:Nadezhda Tolokonnikova
“Ruthless is not necessarily the word I would use, but tough, resolute, understanding what the problems are, and understanding that the job of the president of the United States is to protect the people of this country and to do what is necessary in order to get it done.” PeopleCountryStatesDoneUseProblemJobsOrderUnderstandingPresidentUnitedUnited StatesProtectToughRuthlessGet It DoneResolute Author:Benjamin Carson
“have a lot of respect for the responsibility that journalists have to ask tough questions, to hold the administration accountable and to be advocates for the citizens of the United States.” StatesAsksUnitedResponsibilityUnited StatesCitizensToughAdministrationJournalistTough Questions Author:Josh Earnest
“Look, being president of the United States is the toughest job in the world and I can tell you, as someone who has worked with Secretary Clinton and competed against her that she is a tough person who is ready to do this job.” WorldLooksPersonsI CanStatesJobsPresidentUnitedUnited StatesReadyToughClintonSecretaryTough Person Author:Martin O'Malley
“Hillary Clinton has a long track record of service in public life. And you can look at that. I tell the story about her being first lady of the United States, when the effort to get Hillary Clinton done failed, and that was a tough, tough, bitter loss, but then it tested her as a leader. And she worked together with Democrats and Republicans to get health insurance for eight million low-income American children in the CHIP program.” FirstsLooksChildrenLongStatesDoneStoriesTogetherLossUnitedEffortLeaderMillionsUnited StatesRecordsRepublicanLowsToughProgramClintonDemocratTrackEightIncomeBitterTestedChipsPublic LifeFirst LadyTrack RecordLow Income Author:Tim Kaine
“If I may, to underline first of all that I am very much impressed that in spite of the very tough election campaign, this transition period in the United States of America follows democratic principles and is all about the American people. It's about the destiny of the American people.” PeopleIfsFirstsMayStatesAmericaUnitedPrinciplesDestinyUnited StatesPeriodsToughElectionDemocraticCampaignsSpiteTransitionImpressedUnited States Of America Author:Angela Merkel
“If you've worked together with somebody very well, leave-taking is very difficult. But we are all politicians. We all know that democracy lives off change. So, in the United States of America, the Constitution has very clear stipulations on this. It's a tough rule. Eight years and that's it, out goes the president and a new one comes in.” IfsKnowsYearsWellsStatesTogetherAmericaDifficultPresidentUnitedUnited StatesDemocracyClearPoliticianToughConstitutionEightUnited States Of AmericaStipulations Author:Angela Merkel
“The wave of punitiveness that washed over the United States with the rise of the drug war and the get tough movement really flooded our schools. Schools, caught up in this maelstrom, began viewing children as criminals or suspects, rather than as young people with an enormous amount of potential struggling in their own ways and their own difficult context to make it and hopefully thrive. We began viewing the youth in schools as potential violators rather than as children needing our guidance.” PeopleWayChildrenWarStatesSchoolYoungDifficultUnitedUnited StatesStruggleMovementYouthAmountDrugToughWaveCaughtCriminalsEnormousHopefullyGuidanceThriveSuspectsCaught UpWar On DrugsMaelstrom Author:Michelle Alexander