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Quotes by Public-servant
"But at the beginning, our definition of the genocide was what happened to Armenia in 1917 or 1919, it's happened to the Jew in Europe, and we were not realizing - In our point of view, they have not the tools to do a genocide."
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"We didn't do anything wrong, but among the lessons learned, given the magnitude of the problems we now face in Afghanistan, a major U.S. force on the ground would convince the world we were in for the long-haul recovery of a country devastated by 21 years of warfare."
22
"We know that there are various activities important to the insurgents in Iraq that are occurring in Syria."
Iraq,
22
"Who will protect the public when the police violate the law?"
21
"Especially with the predators, one of the things that gets these programs going on a local level is for our land management agencies to build partnerships with surrounding communities and landowners."
21
"I'm much better informed than Mr. Clarke ever was about the nature of the intelligence that was available again Osama bin Laden and which was consistently denigrated by himself and Mr. Tenet."
21
"The treatise found that he was perfectly within his rights to use them."
21
"I bring other constituencies - I also have ties to minority communities. And obviously, to the world of world-class research universities. So I can bring some constituencies that I'm used to working with."
21
"The attacks on the Paris Metro in the 1990s were committed by members of the local Muslim community, immigrants from the Maghreb region of North Africa."
21
"Local innovation and initiative can help us better understand how to protect our environment."
21
"Prior to September 11, we thought the world beyond our shores was one world of risk and the world in our continent was another world of risk."
21
"Evil prospers when good men do nothing."
21
"The attack did not succeed as well as I had hoped, no small impediment having been the loss of my right leg."
21
"Then as now, whatever disagreements over policies existed among Americans - and there were many such bitter policy disputes - the purposes and goals for which Americans fought were clearly understood."
21
"What must occur is a greater recognition by investors of their individual responsibility."
21
"When we were making the law, when we were writing the literature and the mathematics the grandfarthers of Blair and little Bush were scratching around in caves."
21
"Of course the UN brings in a lot of moral authority."
21
"The higher the classification of secrecy, the quicker you will report it."
21
"All the charges you enumerate have been made with one purpose in mind-to place our office on the defensive and make us waste valuable time answering allegations that have no basis in fact."
21
"A computer does not substitute for judgment any more than a pencil substitutes for literacy. But writing without a pencil is no particular advantage."
21
"We don't want to go back to the same policies and the same practices that drove our economy into a ditch, that punished the middle class, and that led us to this catastrophe. We have to keep moving forward."
21
"Documentary films are created in an inverted funnel of declining possibility."
21
"The place where we don't agree is on whether there should be some restraint on insurance companies and whether they should be allowed to run wild. We believe there should be some restraint; some on the other side don't think so."
21
"If they analyze the situation as thoroughly as they should, Muslims will realize they are the first targets. What are the fundamentalists really after? Simply taking over Islam and then turning its back on modernity."
20
"Naming a transition team varies with the intentions of the candidate; some candidates have been careful to name a transition team as much as a year in advance."
20
"I'm afraid that the United States is more isolated today than at any other time in my memory."
20
"We know that if we're going to remain economically competitive in the world, and viable as a civic democracy, that we're going to have to get more people educated to higher levels."
20
"Growing up in Denver, I'm sure it started with loving the Colorado mountains."
20
"Multi- polarisation has become an inevitable trend in the process of shaping a global political pattern and has been widely welcomed by the international community as it reflects the common interests and aspiration of the overwhelming majority of countries."
20
"For us, genocide was the gas chamber - what happened in Germany. We were not able to realize that with the machete you can create a genocide."
20
"No one wants to go back to a situation where, if you have a pre-existing medical condition, you, you can be deprived of coverage. No one wants to go back to a situation where, if you get seriously ill, you can get thrown off your insurance. Seniors don't want to go back to paying more for their prescription drugs."
20
"Investors should start with a view of skepticism. They should become intellectual investors rather than emotional investors. They should be careful, and they should be skeptical."
20
"No amount of law enforcement can solve a problem that goes back to the family."
20
"But I can tell you that the issue, on one side, boils down to money - a lot of money. And it boils down to people and their connections with this money, and that's the portion that, even with this book, has not been mentioned to this day."
20
"The hatred Muslim extremists feel against the West feeds on certain conflicts in the world."
20
"So without getting into the specifics, I can tell you that to the extent that investigation is a relatively important investigation and meaningful, the president would have been periodically briefed."
20
"It is apparent that Christianity and Islam must come, and come immediately, to a closer understanding, and it is equally apparent that their unity if achieved, will be the most effective defensive measure against Communist expansion."
20
"As the new endogenous growth theory suggests, TFP growth is closely related to accumulation of the intangible capitals, such as human capital and research and development."
20
"A liberty subject to law and subordinate to the common welfare."
20
"People understand we're on the doorstep of doing something really historic that will help the American people and strengthen our country for the long run."
20
"But definitely, when a decision is taken, or when you are trying to oppose a decision, you are in a weaker position than the member states, because they know more about the situation than you. We gave information, but they never gave us any information."
20
"I value the blood of one Christian more than that of a hundred Indians."
20
"The aging and declining population will have far-reaching impacts. Declining fertility rates will possibly increase immigration. The structure of family and society will inevitably change."
20
"Everybody's business is nobody's business, and nobody's business is my business."
19
"The worst mistake a boss can make is not to say 'well done'."
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"I believe with all my heart that civilization has produced nothing finer than a man or woman who thinks and practices true tolerance."
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