“Wars are Spinach. Life in general is the tough part. In war all you have to do is not worry and know how to read a map and co-ordinates.” KnowsWarWorryKnow HowToughMapsSpinach Author:Ernest Hemingway
“I'm really glad that our young people missed the Depression and missed the great big war. But I do regret that they missed the leaders that I knew, leaders who told us when things were tough and that we'd have to sacrifice, and that these difficulties might last awhile. They didn't tell us things were hard for us because we were different, or isolated, or special interests. They brought us together and they gave us a sense of national purpose.” PeopleDifferentWarHardBigsMightTogetherLastsYoungPurposeInterestLeaderSacrificeSpecialRegretToughDifficultyGladIsolatedSpecial Interests Author:Ann Richards
“All those tough guys who want to scare the world into seeing them as men . . . who don't know how to be a man with a woman, only abrute or a boy, who fill up the divorce courts; all those corporate raiders and rain-forest burners and war starters who want more in hopes that will make them feel better; . . . are suffering from Father Hunger. They go through their puberty rituals day after day for a lifetime, waiting for a father to anoint them and say "Attaboy," to treat them as good enough to be considered a man.” KnowsMenWorldWantFeelsWarEnoughGuySufferingFatherWaitingBoysKnow HowSeeingToughRainTreatsCourtLifetimeHungerDivorceForestsCorporateGood EnoughRitualScareFeel BetterFatherhoodBe A ManPubertyStartersTough GuyRaiders Author:Frank Pittman
“Former Vermont Governor Howard Dean was all smiles, well smirks, after picking up the endorsement of former Vice President Al Gore at a rally in Harlem ... Gore went on to praise Dean for taking a tough anti-war stance before the invasion of Iraq and he praised Dean supporters in hopes that will ease his concerns over lack of foreign policy experience, and his lack of support among blacks and Latinos, and his hot temperament, and perceived arrogance, and policy flip-flops, and campaign glitches. Well, there's a lot going on here.” WellsWarPresidentSupportPolicyToughConcernPraiseHotIraqVicesCampaignsFormerEaseArroganceAlsAnti WarForeign PolicyGovernorsSupporterTemperamentInvasionLatinoGoreFlipDeanVice PresidentStanceHarlemEndorsementsVermontFlip FlopsSmirkAll SmilesGlitchesLack Of Support Author:Jon Stewart
“Tough talk often draws headlines, but war rarely conforms to slogans.” WarDrawsToughConformSlogansHeadlines Author:Barack Obama
“I don't think the American people had a clear picture of either Nixon or me. I think they thought that Nixon was a strong, decisive, tough-minded guy and that I was an idealist and antiwar guy who might not attach enough significance to the security of the country. The truth is, I was the guy with the war record, and my opposition to Vietnam was because I was interested in the nation's well-being.” PeopleThinkingWellsWarCountryEnoughMightGuyStrongNationsClearRecordsSecurityTruth IsToughWell BeingOppositionSignificanceVietnamAntiwarIdealist Author:George McGovern
“Be tough, hold a tough line, but don`t be running off into another war, especially since even if you support our troops and you want to have a robust foreign policy, you recognize that we have - we have been overdeploying our men and women, and we have been spilling our blood and treasure, and we need to be more careful.” IfsMenWantNeedsHas BeensWarRunningLinesSupportBloodPolicyMen And WomenToughCarefulTreasureForeign PolicyTroopsRobustOur TroopsSpillingSupport Our Troops Author:Chris Matthews
“In a time of war, the president must have the power he needs to make the tough decisions, including, if need be, the decision to grant himself even more power.” IfsNeedsWarPresidentDecisionToughIncludingGrantsTough Decisions Author:George W. Bush
“My generation didn`t face the kind of urgent, pressing issues that my parents did, who fought through a war and a Depression and know what suffering is. That`s why Bob Dole had a tough time with this electorate. He was an old-fashioned curmudgeon who knew about sacrifice, and we didn`t know if we could live up to his standards. But we knew we could live up to Bill Clinton`s. He`s more like one of us.” IfsKnowsKindWarFacesSufferingParentIssuesGenerationsSacrificeStandardsToughBillsClintonBobOld FashionedUrgentTough TimesMy GenerationElectorateCurmudgeon Author:Bill Maher
“To wage war, we need a commander in chief who has made tough calls in tough times and stood up to be held accountable over and over, not first-term senators who've never made an executive decision in their life.” NeedsFirstsMadeWarTermDecisionToughChiefsExecutivesSenatorsTough TimesCommandersStood UpCommander In Chief Author:Carly Fiorina
“The movie I've seen the most times, boy, that's a tough one. It would have to be a toss-up between Apocalypse Now and the first Star Wars. I think the first Star Wars.” ThinkingFirstsWarStarsBoysToughApocalypseToss Author:David Crosby
“Take the [1980] Jimmy Carter-Ronald Reagan debate. Carter kept trying to imply that somehow Ronald Reagan was going to push the button, or was irresponsible with nuclear war. You might have been able to make the case that Carter was responsible. But it's very tough when you see a person with Reagan's nice-guy persona up there to believe this guy somehow wants nuclear war, that he somehow wants to antagonize the Russians into an attack. It's just not credible; it doesn't cut with what all your other senses are telling you.” WantTryingBelievePersonsHas BeensWarMightAbleGuyCasesNiceCuttingToughResponsibleNuclearDebateSensesButtonsThis GuyMight Have BeenPersonaIrresponsibleJimmyCarterNuclear WarCredibleNice Guy Author:Roger Ailes
“Mandatory minimum sentences give no discretion to judges about the amount of time that the person should receive once a guilty verdict is rendered. Harsh mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenses were passed by Congress in the 1980s as part of the war on drugs and the "get tough" movement, sentences that have helped to fuel our nation's prison boom and have also greatly aggravated racial disparities, particularly in the application of mandatory minimum sentences for crack cocaine.” GivingShouldPersonsWarNationsMovementJudgingAmountDrugToughPrisonCongressSentencesGuiltyFuelCracksApplicationMinimumOffenseHarshCocaineDiscretionWar On DrugsVerdictDisparityAggravated Author:Michelle Alexander
“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
“By waging the drug war and "getting tough" almost exclusively in the 'hood, we've managed to create a vast new racial undercaste in an astonishingly short period of time.” WarPeriodsDrugToughHoodWar On Drugs Author:Michelle Alexander
“At a meeting in her office in the late summer of 2002, months before the war in Iraq, prisoner abuse at Guantanamo is discussed. Condoleezza Rice brings in Donald Rumsfeld for a meeting, and they all agree they have to do something. Nothing gets done. Did everybody understand we were going to be as tough as we could be people we thought were Al Qaeda? Is there a better way to get information, get their trust, establish rapport, try to change their views? Nobody wants to think about that. It's just, let's beat them up. And that attitude was widespread throughout the Administration.” PeopleThinkingTryingWarDoneAttitudeOfficeSummerToughAbuseAgreeMeetingsPrisonerRiceAl QaedaRapport Author:Seymour Hersh
“It is a tough choice. In war, people die. But when we refuse to confront the enemy, we will face the enemy in New York and Washington, as we did on 9-11. As for responsiblity, of course we stand by our decision to go to war on Iraq. President Kennedy said that friend and foe alike should know where America stands.” PeopleWarChoicesPresidentDecisionEnemyToughFoePresident Kennedy Author:George W. Bush
“Even though Star Wars is easily read as feminist for its time - and even for now, with Princess Leia's role - people wouldn't make a movie like that in 2016, where the guys are mostly the tough ones, and the women aren't in positions of authority.” PeopleWarGuyAuthorityToughFeministPrincess Author:Cass Sunstein
“The Russians are clearly already engaged in a proxy war against the government of Ukraine. And that is something that we and the rest of the world have actively condemned and sanctioned Russia already heavily for, particularly the United States, as we have imposed now meaningful, tough sanctions in critical sectors, including the defense sector, the financial sector, and the energy sector.” WorldWarEnergyToughFinancialMeaningful Author:Susan Rice
“It's a tough thing, to know what to do about a war that deep in your gut you feel is wrong and yet watch your peers going off to fight in that war.” KnowsFeelsWarFightingWatchesToughGutsPeersTough Things Author:George McGovern
“The Chinese soldier was tough, brave, and experienced. After all he had been fighting on his own without help for years. He was a veteran among the Allies.” WorldYearsWarHelpingFightingToughBraveSoldierChineseWar Of The WorldsAlliesVeteranFighting On Author:William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim