"I have never believed you go to war in Iraq, you go to war in Afghanistan, and believe that you can deal with those battlefields, those countries, in microcosms, or narrow channels."

-- Chuck Hagel

#Country Quotes #War Quotes #Believe Quotes

“We do all the things we can to essentially brainwash people into liking it before it actually comes out.”

Source : "Call of Duty: gaming's role in the military-entertainment complex" by Simon Parkin, www.theguardian.com. October 22, 2014.
“The world has paid a heavy price for the lack of democracy in most of the Middle East. Operation Ajax [CIA code for the August 1953 coup] taught tyrants and aspiring tyrants there that the world's most powerful governments were willing to tolerate limitless oppression as long as oppressive regimes were friendly to the West and to Western oil companies. That helped tilt the political balance in a vast region away from freedom and toward dictatorship.”
“But I made no efforts to organize my supporters to hold on to the apparatus. Consequently I was soon expelled and my followers, who did not change coats overnight, quietly left or were expelled from the party.”
“It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.”

Source : "Ginnifer Goodwin and John Krasinski Interview SOMETHING BORROWED". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. May 4, 2011.
“Economic disaster begins with a philosophy of doing less and wanting more.”
“I feel I'm two people: I have my interest in acting and I have a lot of other political interests I'd like to pursue.”
“Time is one of our most valuable possessions. Use it wisely. Remind yourselves often that things that matter most should not be left to the mercy of things that matter the least.”
“I spent my time trying to understand grand jury procedure - a topic about which I never before had the slightest interest.”

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