"Based on the people l've spoken to, I think the impression is: Is America safer from Al Qaeda? Yes. Is America weaker as a nation because we have overspent and over-focused on Al Qaeda? Yes. I think that would be the conclusion that people seem to have come to and that I tend to agree with."

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Source : "Inside Libya: A Conversation with NBC's Richard Engel". Interview with Nurit Zunger, www.gq.com. September 1, 2011.

Richard Engel

#Thinking Quotes #America Quotes #People Quotes

“Everything sacred is a tie, a fetter.”

Source : Max Stirner (2012). “The Ego and His Own: The Case of the Individual Against Authority”, p.216, Courier Corporation
“I think I can pinpoint the moment when my first band recorded, when I was 14 and 15 years old. I always enjoyed writing songs and playing, but there was something about going in and capturing it that felt very Zen and perfect for me. A light switch went on and I just realized that's where my musical capacity was the most suited. I just followed on blind faith that that was like a calling for me.”

Source : Source: www.wbur.org
“People say I am cheap, and I don't mind if they do.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Politicians think that if matters look difficult, compromise is a good approach. Unfortunately, nature and the laws of physics cannot compromise - they are what they are.”

Source : James Hansen (2011). “Storms of My Grandchildren: The Truth about the Coming Climate Catastrophe and Our Last Chance to Save Humanity”, p.6, A&C Black
“Yes, religion and politics do mix. America is a nation based on biblical principles. Christian values dominate our government. The test of those values is the Bible. Politicians who do not use the bible to guide their public and private lives do not belong in office.”

Source : "Watch the Right: The Amazing Rise of Beverly LaHaye" by Connie Page (Ms. magazine), February 1987.
“The Poet, gentle creature as he is, Hath, like the Lover, his unruly times; His fits when he is neither sick nor well, Though no distress be near him but his own Unmanageable thoughts.”
“He who says there is no such thing as an honest man, you may be sure is himself a knave.”

Source : George Berkeley (1837). “Works: Account of His Life and Letters”, p.362
“Living without protecting what needs to be protected is the same as death...”

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