"Well, first let's say that the fundamental responsibility of any government is national security - in the preamble to the Constitution, provide for the common defense and insure domestic tranquility."

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Source : "Congress Should Decide Encryption Issue, Sen. Angus King Says". "Morning Edition" with Steve Inskeep, www.npr.org. February 19, 2016.

Angus King

#Responsibility Quotes #Government Quotes #Defense Quotes

“Stop the world. I want to get off.”
“Christian ethics is not primarily an individualistic, one-on-one-with-God brand of personal holiness; rather it has to do with living the life of the Spirit in Christian community and in the world.”

Source : Gordon D. Fee (1994). “Paul, the Spirit, and the People of God”, p.81, Baker Academic
“If you chance your focus - you will change your life.”
“I rose and moved towards him. You would have done the same yourself. It is an ancient matter. Something propels you towards sudden grief, or perhaps also sometimes repels. You move away. I moved towards it, I couldn't help it.”

Source : Sebastian Barry (2008). “The Secret Scripture”, p.87, Faber & Faber
“Beauty is a relation, and the apprehension of it a comparison.”
“I was very happy being education minister and deputy to John Cain.”
“A nation does not create the historians it deserves; the historians are far more likely to create the nation.”
“If you have a procedure with 10 parameters, you probably missed some.”

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