"Every president inherits difficult problems. George W. Bush inherited eight years of a failed foreign policy and did nothing about the growing threat of Islamic terrorism, except a one-time lob of a cruise missile into the desert at a camp that had long been abandoned. George Bush inherited that, and 9-11 was the result of that. Every president inherits problems. Harry Truman inherited a war. Stop blaming the person before you and go forward and take leadership and deal with the problem."

Source : Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

Dan Coats

#War Quotes #Islamic Quotes #Long Quotes

“Do not miss your children's childhood. Do not be away 200 nights a year as I was. Do not put strains on your marriage or family.”
“When I was in the gulag I would sometimes even write on stone walls. I used to write on scraps of paper, then I memorised the contents and destroyed the scraps.”
“Everyone takes pleasure in returning small obligations, many people acknowledge moderate ones; but there are only a scarce few who do not pay great ones with ingratitude.”
“I'm definitely attracted to the idea of people that have these big aspirations that the audience know might never happen, but they're lost in them.”
“There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.”

Source : Ella Wheeler Wilcox (2012). “Leafs On An Idle Breeze - My Inspirational Poems (Annotated Edition)”, p.497, Jazzybee Verlag
“Our love for God and our appreciation of His love and forgiveness will be in proportion to the recognition of our sin and unworthiness.”
“I love my daughter, but she had me on couscous and fixed me pastas and made me eat oatmeal every morning and what else, turkey burgers, turkey bacon, and that kind of stuff. So she wants her dad to live a long time, and I do, too.”

Source : "Dusty Baker on S.F.: 'This is my home'". San Francisco Chronicle Interview, www.sfgate.com. October 5, 2012.
“The biggest challenge and the thing I find most enjoyable about being a designer is taking everything in and assimilating it for your perspective, hopefully making it relevant and interesting to people.”

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