"When President Obama in 2011 used military power against the Qaddafi regime in Libya, he did not even notify Congress. A few in Congress mumbled, but did nothing."

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Source : Marvin Kalb (2013). “The Road to War: Presidential Commitments Honored and Betrayed”, p.3, Brookings Institution Press

Marvin Kalb

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“I know that sometimes the things we carry become too much for us. We are burned down, but somehow we have to pick ourselves up and keep going”
“The Encyclopedia Britannica, 15th edition, devotes 20,000 words to the person of Jesus Christ and never once hints that He didn't exist.”
“Yes, and I also like jumping out of tall buildings.”
“If I go to an awards ceremony, I wear a suit, of course I do. I am proud to be there. If there are young kids looking at pictures of me, I want them to feel that they should long for the opportunity to go somewhere really smart and wear a beautiful suit, rather than to reject that.”
“Everyone is born a poet - a person discovering the way words sound and work, caring and delighting in words. I just kept on doing what everyone starts out doing. The real question is: Why did other people stop?”
“When weak or injured always continue training as you should always be able to adapt in any condition.”
“You know,â€ Cecily said, â€œyou really didnâ€™t have to throw that man through the window.”
“For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between those who claimed that your life belongs to God and those who claimed that it belongs to your neighbors - between those who preached that the good is self-sacrifice for the sake of ghosts in heaven and those who preached that the good is self-sacrifice for the sake of incompetents on earth. And no one came to say that your life belongs to you and that the good is to live it.”

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