"The essence of statesmanship is not a rigid adherence to the past, but a prudent and probing concern for the future."

Concern, Future, Past, Statesmanship

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"The essence of statesmanship is not a rigid adherence to the past, but a prudent and probing concern for the future."

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"We are reinventing the world. We've set the ball spinning with little concern for where and how it's going to stop."

Daniel Keys Moran, American Writer

Concern, Reinventing, World

"Finally, I am encouraged to note that the Security Council issued a statement today expressing its concern about the massive humanitarian crisis in Darfur and calling on all parties to the conflict to protect civilians and reach a ceasefire."

Jan Egeland, Norwegian Public Servant

Concern, Conflict, Crisis, Security

"My concern today is not with the length of a person's hair but with his conduct."

Richard M. Nixon, American President

Concern, Hair, Today

"My girlfriend is sad and quiet and keeps me up all night worrying about her."

Rainbow Rowell, American Author

Concern, Sadness, Worry, Love, Relationship

"Our concern is to heal. Our concern is to bring together."

Harold Washington, American Politician

Concern,

"It, sometimes, suits the slaveholders to claim, that their slavery is an exclusively State concern; and that the North has, therefore, nothing to do with it."

Gerrit Smith, American Politician

Concern, Nothing, Slavery, State

"It is one of the chief skills of the philosopher not to occupy himself with questions which do not concern him."

Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian Philosopher

Concern, Questions

"We see considerable strain in Russia, and that's obviously a matter of concern to us. It's in the very strong self-interest of Russia to continue on the reform path."

Warren Christopher, American Statesman

Concern, Reform, Russia, Self

"Man's ultimate concern must be expressed symbolically, because symbolic language alone is able to express the ultimate."

Paul Tillich, German Theologian

Concern, Language, Man

"My mission is a cosmic mission. My concern is for all of humanity, and not only this present world, but the world hereafter. My mission penetrates the past, present, and future, and encompasses all humanity."

Sun Myung Moon, Korean Clergyman

Concern, Future, Humanity, Mission

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"The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it."

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"Propaganda, to be effective, must be believed. To be believed, it must be credible. To be credible, it must be true."

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"To be realistic today is to be visionary. To be realistic is to be starry-eyed."

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"The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously."

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"For the first time in the history of mankind, one generation literally has the power to destroy the past, the present and the future, the power to bring time to an end."

History

"There is in every American, I think, something of the old Daniel Boone - who, when he could see the smoke from another chimney, felt himself too crowded and moved further out into the wilderness."

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"A politician never forgets the precarious nature of elective life. We have never established a practice of tenure in public office."

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"The difference between hearsay and prophecy is often one of sequence. Hearsay often turns out to have been prophecy."

Difference