“An official statement from Liverpool raised the spectre of a future where 'a club's rival can bring about a significant ban for a top player without anything beyond an accusation'. But on hearing this, many Manchester United fans would have been asking for a definition of the word 'rival'.” Has BeensUnitedPlayerFansAskingRaisedDefinitionsClubsHearingSignificantStatementsOfficialsRivalsBansManchesterLiverpoolAccusationManchester UnitedSpectre Author:Nick Hornby
“Let it be signified to me through any channelthat the possession of the Floridas would be desirable to the United States, andin sixty days it will be accomplished. ...penned in the language of truth, and divested of those expressions of servility which would persuade his majesty that we are asking favors and not rights.” StatesWould BeLanguageUnitedUnited StatesRightsExpressionRevolutionAskingPossessionFavorsAccomplishedSixtyFloridaDesirableMajestyServility Author:Thomas Jefferson
“I would rather die than be in the United States Senate. I would be bored to death. Could you imagine me, banging around that chamber with 99 other people, asking for a motion on the amendment in the subcommittee? Forget it...You'd watch me just walk out and walk right into the Potomac River and drown. That would be it.” PeopleStatesRealityWould BeDiesPoliticsLeadershipWorkWalksForgetUnitedWatchesUnited StatesComedyImagineHuman NaturePolicyRiversAskingIndividualityIdeologyBoredVotingSenateAmendmentsDiplomacyChamberForget ItCivilityBangingWatch MeBored To Death Author:Chris Christie
“During World War II, Joseph Stalin was once asked by an American writer, according to Professor Dean Russell, how he could justify conscripting all the property of all the people for use by the government to fight the war. Stalin answered by asking why they considered it more immoral and illogical to conscript lifeless property than to conscript life itself, as was being done in the United States and all other capitalistic countries. His American challenger had no answer, because there was no answer.” PeopleWorldWarCountryStatesDoneUseGovernmentPoliticalFightingPoliticsAnswersUnitedUnited StatesAskingPropertyWar Of The WorldsJustifyProfessorsWorld War IiWorld War IImmoralDeanBeing DoneIllogicalLifelessAmerican WriterAsking Why Author:Ron Paul
“The president of the United States is supposed to lead the free world and not follow it. Other nations have been more outspoken. So, I hope that we'll hear more of this because young men and women taking to the streets in Tehran need our support. The signs are in English. They're basically asking for us to speak up on their behalf.” MenWorldNeedsHas BeensStatesYoungSpeakNationsPresidentUnitedUnited StatesSupportStreetsMen And WomenAskingYoung ManBehalfOutspokenFree WorldTehran Author:Barack Obama
“When Time magazine conducted a poll in Europe in March [2003] asking which of three - North Korea, Iraq, or the United States - was the biggest threat to world peace, a whopping 86.9% answered the United States.” WorldStatesThreeUnitedUnited StatesEuropeAskingThreatIraqMagazinesMarchPollsKoreaNorth KoreaTime Magazine Author:Immanuel Wallerstein