"States would be wise to weaken sovereignty in order to protect themselves."

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Source : "State sovereignty must be altered in globalized era" by Richard Haass, www.taipeitimes.com. February 21, 2006.

Richard N. Haass

#Wise Quotes #Order Quotes #Would Be Quotes

“Of all the preaching in the world, I hate that preaching which tends to make the hearers laugh, or to move their minds with tickling levity and affect them as stage plays used to, instead of affecting them with a holy reverence for the name of God.”

Source : Richard Baxter (1862). “The Reformed Pastor”, p.181
“Whatever your present situation, I assure you that you are not your habits. You can replace old patterns of self-defeating behavior with new patterns, new habits of the effectiveness, happiness and trust-based relationships.”
“Optimism is the parent of despair, while pessimism allows the mind to accustom itself to the inevitable disappointments of human existence by degrees, just as some drugs induce a state of tolerance. Pessimists, moreover, have the better sense of humour, for they have a livelier apprehension of pretension and absurdity. In a meritocracy, furthermore, those who fail must either indulge in elaborate mental contortions to disguise reality from themselves or sink into a deep melancholy.”
“Our founders made it extraordinarily difficult to amend the Constitution.”
“On those who overanalyze his music: When you tear the wings off a butterfly, it is no longer a butterfly”
“Do something wonderful, people may imitate it.”
“Tell your little mascot to get out of here, cause I have no problem flippin' the bird.”
“I had peanut butter once. It was awful.”

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