“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
“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
“The entire North Polar ice cap is disappearing before our very eyes. It's been the size of the continental United States for the last 3 million years and now 40 percent is gone and the rest of it is going.” YearsStatesEyeLastsUnitedMillionsUnited StatesGonePercentSizeDisappearIceCapsGoreContinental Author:Al Gore
“The big issue is whether the United States will succeed in its venture of reshaping the Middle East. It is not clear to me that using military force is the way to do it. We should not have gone into Iraq. But we have.” WayShouldStatesBigsForceUnitedUnited StatesGoneIssuesClearMiddleMilitarySucceedIraqEastMiddle EastVentureMilitary Force Author:Milton Friedman
“I think that capitalism has just gone too far. And it is actually not limited to the United States. The excesses of capitalism is making us suffer all over the world right now.” ThinkingWorldStatesSufferingUnitedUnited StatesGoneRight NowCapitalismExcess Author:Tadao Ando
“To bring the worst of the worst terrorists inside the United States would be cause for great danger and regret in the years to come. It is recklessness cloaked in righteousness, and would make the American people less safe.” PeopleStatesWould BeOpportunityCausesUnitedLeaderUnited StatesGoneWorstDangerSafeWeaknessUnityTerroristResolveRighteousnessDistractedRecklessness Author:Dick Cheney