“The United States is willing to exert strong leadership to give diplomacy its very best chance to succeed.” GivingStatesStrongChanceUnitedUnited StatesWillingSucceedDiplomacy Author:Condoleezza Rice
“Women are being considered as candidates for vice-president of the United States because it is the worst job in America. It's amazing that men will take it. A job with real power is first lady. I'd be willing to run for that. As far as the men who are running for president are concerned, they aren't even people I would date.” PeopleMenFirstsRealStatesRunningJobsAmericaPresidentUnitedUnited StatesWorstWillingHe ManConcernedVicesCandidatesVice PresidentFirst LadyReal PowerJobs In America Author:Nora Ephron
“How many people in the United States do you think will be willing to go to war to free Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania?” PeopleThinkingWarStatesUnitedUnited StatesWillingEstoniaLithuaniaLatvia Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt
“There is only one party in the United States, the Property Party...and it has two right wings: Republican and Democrat. Republicans are a bit stupider, more rigid, more doctrinaire in their laissez-faire capitalism than the Democrats, who are cuter, prettier, a bit more corrupt - until recently... and more willing than the Republicans to make small adjustments when the poor, the black, the anti-imperialists get out of hand. But, essentially, there is no difference between the two parties.” TwoStatesHandsBitsBlackDifferencesPoorUnitedPartyUnited StatesWillingRepublicanCapitalismWingsPropertyDemocratAdjustmentRight WingLaissez FaireLaissez Faire Capitalism Author:Gore Vidal
“Bill Clinton, who, to his credit, has established a clear and consistent foreign policy, which is as follows: Whenever the president of the United States gets anywhere near any foreign head of state, living or dead, he gives that leader a big old hug. This has proven to be an effective way to get foreign leaders to do what we want: Many heads of state are willing to sign any random document that President Clinton thrusts in front of them, without reading it, just so he will stop embracing them.” WayWantGivingStatesBigsReadingPresidentUnitedLeaderUnited StatesClearFrontsPolicyWillingBillsClintonCreditConsistentForeign PolicyHugDocumentsProvenThrustPresident ClintonHead Of State Book:Dave Barry Is from Mars and Venus Source: Dave Barry Is from Mars and Venus
“Anyone willing to do what is required to become president of the United States is thereby barred from taking that office. I'm only half joking” StatesPresidentUnitedHalfUnited StatesWillingOffice Book:The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World Source: The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World
“In terms of my own plans, I anticipate supporting one of the three, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio or John Kasich as our nominee. If they don't become the nominee, then I'm probably going to go to the voting booth and find someone else who's running as a conservative or perhaps just write in the name of someone I believe should become the president of the United States, who I could be proud of and who I believe is interested in balancing the budget, keeping America safe with a strong military, and is not willing to disparage fellow Americans, Mexican-Americans, Muslims, and so forth.” IfsShouldWritingBelieveStatesRunningAmericaThreeNamesStrongI BelievePresidentTermMy OwnUnitedUnited StatesPlansMilitaryWillingProudSafeFellowsConservativeBudgetsVotingBe ProudMexicanAnticipateCruzMarcosMexican American Author:Mitt Romney
“By 18th century standards, they [Great Britain] were the freest, most dynamic, most willing to challenge tradition and authority. They had the highest wages and highest living standard, and probably the most engagement between the populace and the government of any country. Then the United States took those same qualities to the nth degree, and the British were suddenly appeared stodgy and tradition-bound.” CountryStatesGovernmentChallengesUnitedQualityUnited StatesCenturyWillingDegreesAuthorityHighestStandardsTraditionBoundsBritishBritainEngagementWagesGreat Britain18th Century Author:Charles R. Morris
“The United States stands willing to work with a transformed Palestinian Authority with new leaders coming to the front.” StatesUnitedLeaderUnited StatesFrontsWillingAuthorityTransformedPalestinian Author:Colin Powell
“I think that we're always gonna be in a position as Republicans and as conservatives where we gotta be willing to stand up for our conservative values. And certainly, you know, at the top of that list is a strong national defense, the importance of a United States military that is superior to all others in the world.” ThinkingKnowsWorldStatesValuesStrongUnitedUnited StatesMilitaryPositionWillingRepublicanImportanceConservativeDefenseListsSuperiorsNational DefenseConservative ValuesUnited States Military Author:Liz Cheney
“I wrote a letter to the magazine [Time magazine] pointing out that [Richard] Corliss's comparison of Christopher Lee's Saruman to Osama Bin Laden, and the vastly outnumbered defenders of Helm's Deep united against the Orcs to the "Coalition of the Willing" fighting the good fight against Muslim hordes, displayed the simplistic, xenophobic, and arrogant worldview that makes the government of the United States feared and mistrusted around the world. The editors claimed they had no space to print my brief letter, which I felt was dishonest and cowardly.” WorldStatesGovernmentFightingFeltSpaceUnitedUnited StatesWillingLettersMagazinesAround The WorldComparisonPrintEditorsArrogantPointingWorldviewBin LadenCowardlyCoalitionsDefendersOsama Bin LadenHordeGood FightHelmTime MagazineOrcsSaruman Author:Viggo Mortensen
“The United States is alone among all the countries in that it does not permit US military forces to be under any threat. Other countries are willing to have forces in peace-keeping operations where they sometimes are under threat, but the US is not willing to do that.” DoeCountrySometimesStatesForceUnitedUnited StatesMilitaryWillingThreatOperationsPermitOther CountriesMilitary ForceUs Military Author:Noam Chomsky
“What does Burma have to give the United States? We can give you the opportunity to engage with people who are ready and willing to change a society.” PeopleGivingDoeStatesOpportunityUnitedUnited StatesWillingReadyBurmaWilling To Change Author:Aung San Suu Kyi
“When you decide to get involved in a military operation in a place like Syria, you've got to be prepared, as we learned from Iraq and Afghanistan, to become the government, and I'm not sure any country, either the United States or I don't hear of anyone else, who's willing to take on that responsibility.” CountryStatesGovernmentUnitedResponsibilityUnited StatesMilitaryWillingInvolvedPreparedIraqOperationsNot SureAfghanistanSyriaBe PreparedGet InvolvedMilitary Operations Author:Colin Powell
“I think the Democrats are catering to them, but, you know, in the entire history of the United States of America, there has never been a judge who has been refused a vote when there was a majority of Senators willing to vote for his confirmation, never in history.” ThinkingKnowsHas BeensStatesAmericaUnitedUnited StatesWillingJudgingVoteMajorityDemocratSenatorsUnited States Of AmericaConfirmationCatering Author:Pat Robertson