Andrew Gilligan famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

  • The war in Iraq has been extremely divisive here at home, and has also divided the world community.

  • Sectarian politics gets votes in Iraq. But sectarian government fails in Iraq.

  • Democracy in Iraq will be an example that the Arab population will look to with great interest. And some Arab governments are concerned about democracy in Iraq, not because Iraq will be an aggressive state against them, but rather by the example that will be set by a successful federal democratic state in Iraq.

  • I think the elections have gone well, although there is so much insecurity in Iraq. So far during the counting of ballots, there has not been a significant complaint. We have to wait to see what the outcome of the counting is.

  • You can ruin anything if you focus at it.

  • To be silent when we are impelled to utter words injurious to God or to our neighbour, is an act of virtue; but, to be silent in confessing our sins, is the ruin of the soul.

  • As a child I had no toys; our house was bombed, but there were lots of bricks. Ruins are wonderful because they are the beginning of something new, you can do something with them.

  • History has not dealt kindly with the aftermath of protracted periods of low risk premiums.

  • A check on itself, evil subserves the economies of good, as it were a condiment to give relish to good.

  • The failure of Lehman may have allowed the government to do more to prop up the economy than it otherwise could.

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