"Three big assumptions proved wrong: one, that the Iraqi people would welcome us as liberators; two, that oil would soon pay for Iraqi's rebuilding; and, three, that we have plenty of troops, weapons, and equipment for the postwar situation."

-- John Spratt

#Two Quotes #Oil Quotes #People Quotes

“You have to go through the falling down in order to learn to walk. It helps to know that you can survive it. That's an education in itself.”
“A face peered. All the grey night In chaos of vacancy shone; Nought but vast Sorrow was there The sweet cheat gone.”
“For years, my colleagues and I - primarily Republicans but also some Democrats - have introduced legislation and written to the FCC asking the commission to cease attempts to regulate the Internet unless given the clear authority to do so by Congress.”
“Legislators in Kansas, Arizona and 23 other states who are properly determined to protect religious freedom can begin by asking themselves: Does any religious conviction justify denying lesbians and gays a basic legal promise of non-discrimination in hiring, public accommodations, and housing? Surely the answer to this question is no. Correcting that inequity would begin the process of recognizing that both sides - gay couples and religious objectors - have rights and that reasonable accommodation is possible only when both sides have something to gain.”
“I think a bad husband is far worse than no husband ...”

Source : Margaret Cavendish (2004). “Sociable Letters”, p.146, Broadview Press
“I am going to have to stick to the script. If I muck around with the words it will defeat the object.”
“The economic anarchy of capitalist society as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of evil.”
“Pretty much everywhere I go, I'm pretty much thinking I'm going to be bounced. I am still the outsider who snuck into the party. I identify with the regular person, because that is who I am.”

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