“I think that is the fight that we have to wage if we're to save the middle class. And I do have doubts about whether Hillary Clinton or whether any Republican candidate out there is prepared to take on the big money interests who control so much of our economy and as a result of Citizens United, our political process as well.” IfsThinkingWellsBigsPoliticalFightingProcessInterestUnitedResultsClassEconomyDoubtMiddleCitizensRepublicanPreparedClintonCandidatesMiddle ClassCitizens United Author:Lindsey Graham
“I propose the immediate launching of a nuclear strike on the United States. The Cuban people are prepared to sacrifice themselves for the cause of the destruction of imperialism and the victory of world revolution.” PeopleWorldStatesCausesUnitedUnited StatesSacrificeRevolutionVictoryDestructionPreparedStrikesNuclearImperialismProposeCubanLaunchingCuban Revolution Author:Fidel Castro
“Should hostilities once break out between Japan and the United States, it is not enough that we take Guam and the Philippines, nor even Hawaii and San Francisco. To make victory certain, we would have to march into Washington and dictate the terms of peace in the White House. I wonder if our politicians, among whom armchair arguments about war are being glibly bandied about in the name of state politics, have confidence as to the final outcome and are prepared to make the necessary sacrifices.” IfsShouldWarStatesEnoughCertainHouseNamesTermWhiteUnitedWonderBreakUnited StatesSacrificeVictoryPoliticianArgumentPreparedFinalsOutcomesJapanMarchWhite HouseHawaiiSan FranciscoHostilityHave ConfidenceBreak OutPhilippinesArmchairsGuam Author:Isoroku Yamamoto
“Greece is a sort of American vassal; the Netherlands is the country of American bases that grow like tulip bulbs; Cuba is the main sugar plantation of the American monopolies; Turkey is prepared to kowtow before any United States proconsul and Canada is the boring second fiddle in the American symphony.” CountryStatesGrowsUnitedUnited StatesBasesPreparedBoringCanadaSugarTurkeysMonopolyGreeceSymphonyCubaBulbsFiddlePlantationsNetherlands Author:Andrei Gromyko
“There is no sense in agreeing or desiring that the United States take an affirmative position in outer space, unless we are prepared to do the work and bear the burdens to make it successful.” StatesSpaceUnitedUnited StatesSuccessfulPositionBearsPreparedBurdenOuter SpaceAffirmative Author:John F. Kennedy
“Putin is a despot, and he's a very good despot. And he will see things in a narrow way. What is good for Russia? That is what he will do. If that's represented by a move toward the Baltic, that would be very dangerous, but he would do it, on the assumption that he would ask himself the question: I am prepared to fight for Estonia. Is the United States? Is Germany? Is Britain, France?” IfsWayStatesWould BeMovingFightingAsksUnitedUnited StatesDangerousPreparedVery GoodRussiaFranceGermanyAssumptionBritainPutinDespotsEstonia Author:Marvin Kalb
“The United States, as the world knows, will never start a war. We do not want a war. We do not now expect a war. This generation of Americans has already had enough - more than enough - of war and hate and oppression. We shall be prepared if others wish it. We shall be alert to try to stop it. But we shall also do our part to build a world of peace where the weak are safe and the strong are just. We are not helpless before that task or hopeless of its success. Confident and unafraid, we labor on - not toward a strategy of annihilation but toward a strategy of peace.” IfsKnowsWorldWantTryingWarStatesEnoughHateStrongWishUnitedUnited StatesGenerationsSafeLaborTasksWeakStrategyPreparedOppressionHopelessHelplessBe PreparedHad EnoughAnnihilationThis GenerationUnafraid Author:John F. Kennedy
“But perhaps the most important difference between conservatives and liberals can be found in the area of national security. Conservatives saw the savagery of 9/11 and the attacks and prepared for war; liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and understanding for our attackers. In the wake of 9/11, conservatives believed it was time to unleash the might and power of the United States military against the Taliban.” ImportantWarStatesMightWantedFoundUnderstandingDifferencesUnitedUnited StatesSawsSecurityMilitaryOffersAreasPreparedTherapyNational SecurityTalibanSavageryIndictmentUnited States Military Author:Karl Rove