“What I want to make clear though is that we oppose terrorism in any form. However, any operation against terrorism should be under the framework of the United Nations and follow the fundamental principles of international laws.” WantShouldFormLawNationsUnitedPrinciplesClearFundamentalsInternationalTerrorismOperationsUnited NationsFrameworkInternational LawFundamental Principles Author:Nong ?uc Manh
“Were there contacts over time between Iraq and al-Qaeda? Yes, there were efforts made to communicate. We found no evidence of collaboration in any effort to mount any kind of operation against the United States' interests.” KindMadeStatesFoundInterestUnitedEffortUnited StatesEvidenceIraqCommunicateContactOperationsAlsCollaborationAl Qaeda Author:Richard Ben-Veniste
“To hold that Congress has general police power would be to hold that it may accomplish objects not intrusted to the general government, and to defeat the operation of the 10th Amendment, declaring that 'the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.” PeopleMayStatesGovernmentWould BeUnitedUnited StatesObjectsConstitutionPoliceDefeatCongressAccomplishOperationsAmendmentsReservedDeclaringPolice Power Author:Melville Fuller
“I find it remarkable that virtually all of the large difference in labor supply between France and the United States is due to differences in tax systems. I expected institutional constraints on the operation of labor markets and the nature of the unemployment benefit system to be more important. I was surprised that the welfare gain from reducing the intratemporal tax wedge is so large.” ImportantStatesDifferencesUnitedUnited StatesTaxesBenefitsGainsEconomicsLaborDuesExpectedFranceOperationsWelfareRemarkableUnemploymentReducingConstraintsWedgesTax SystemUnemployment Benefits Author:Edward C. Prescott
“The United States, like any great power, is always going to have an intelligence operation, and some electronic surveillance is obligatory in the modern world.” WorldStatesUnitedUnited StatesModernOperationsModern WorldSurveillanceGreat Power Author:Jeffrey Toobin
“No one would argue that it's in the United States' interest to have independent knowledge of the plans and intentions of foreign countries. But we need to think about where to draw the line on these kind of operations so we're not always attacking our allies, the people we trust, the people we need to rely on, and to have them in turn rely on us.” PeopleThinkingNeedsKindCountryStatesTurnsInterestLinesUnitedUnited StatesPlansDrawsIndependentIntentionArguingOperationsRelyAlliesAttackingForeign Countries Author:Edward Snowden
“Oil is also essential for military operations. No other substance, no other raw material, is so vital for the prosecution of warfare, than petroleum. And the United States being the world's only global power, is totally dependent on petroleum.” WorldStatesUnitedUnited StatesMilitaryMaterialsEssentialsOilSubstanceOperationsDependentWarfareRaw MaterialsProsecutionPetroleumMilitary Operations Author:Michael Klare