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William Odom

"Second, recent polls over there show that the majority of Iraqis want us to leave precipitously."

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Akshay Vasu

"Public opinion is to an unconventional idea - what abortion is to sperm."

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Akshay Vasu

"Just because they disagree, doesn't mean you ain't right."

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Akshay Vasu

"He never chooses an opinion; he just wears whatever happens to be in style."

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Akshay Vasu

"One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny."

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Akshay Vasu

"Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social enviroment. Most people are incapable of forming such opinions. (1953)"

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Akshay Vasu

"We never waste space saying, "On the one hand." We just state an opinion in a Godlike voice."

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Akshay Vasu

"However, the Medicare prescription drug benefit has changed, and if the nearly 3,000 seniors I have met through 12 town halls can represent a sample of opinion, many seniors do not yet understand the prescription drug program and do not plan to sign up for coverage."

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Akshay Vasu

"They can say I have an opinion about something."

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Akshay Vasu

"For me every ruler is alien that defies public opinion."

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Akshay Vasu

"One often contradicts an opinion when what is uncongenial is really the tone in which it was conveyed."

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William Odom
"Second, recent polls over there show that the majority of Iraqis want us to leave precipitously."

Opinion

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William Odom
"While people out there on the spot certainly have to be held accountable for what they've done personally, the chain of command responsibility for this strikes me as just as important and should be dealt with."

People

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William Odom
"In fact, it struck me when we invaded last year that if we did it without European and East Asian support, we were risking losing our alliance in Europe in exchange for Iraq, and that is a very undesirable exchange."

Opposition

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William Odom
"I don't think that the war serves U.S. interests. I think Osama bin Laden's interests and the Iranian interests are very much served by it, and it's becoming a huge drain on our resources both material and political."

War

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William Odom
"I've decided that the political context is such that the only way reform will finally come about in the Russian military is that the deterioration goes beyond the point to which these old generals can stand up there and resist it."

Military

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William Odom
"The whole notion of land property rights in the Arab world is different from that in Europe."

Understanding

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William Odom
"Also, General Zinni, who commanded central command, was very much opposed to the war in the first place, as I was. We were both quoted to that effect in February of 2003."

War

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William Odom
"I have never belonged to a party. I don't have party affiliation."

Party

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William Odom
"We need to go to the niceties of approaching the U. N. and let them have a chance to take it over, but we should set some sort of date and begin to move out and leave it to whoever takes over."

Chance

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William Odom
"Military officers from different countries, when they meet each other, tend to sort of fall in love, become mutual admiration societies, at the expense of realities."

Love

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