"The United Nations offers international legitimacy in what we might do."

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Source : "Meet the Press" with Tim Russert, www.nbcnews.com. April 15, 2007.

Anthony Zinni

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“I think we have always had a fascination for gangs and gangsters, and I think we always will.”
“Electric cars are not going to take the market by storm, but it's going to be a gradual improvement.”
“So I'll cherish the old rugged cross, Till my trophies at last I lay down; I will cling to the old rugged cross, And exchange it some day for a crown.”

Source : The Old Rugged Cross (1913 hymn)
“Everything we see hides another thing, we always want to see what is hidden by what we see, but it is impossible. Humans hide their secrets too well....”
“Being an entrepreneur isnâ€™t just a job title, and it isnâ€™t just about starting a company. Itâ€™s a state of mind. Itâ€™s about seeing connections others canâ€™t, seizing opportunities others wonâ€™t, and forging new directions that others havenâ€™t.”
“But as surely as the moon rises and the sun sets, depravity passes down through the ages, because there is always a gap between who we are and who we should be, and our parents, molested by regret, conceive us under the false hope that we will be better than them, and everything they do, every hug and blow, only makes certain that we never will be.”
“When the days become longer and there is more sunshine, the grass becomes fresh and, consequently, we feel very happy. On the other hand, in autumn, one leaf falls down and another leaf falls down. The beautiful plants become as if dead and we do not feel very happy. Why? I think it is because deep down our human nature likes construction, and does not like destruction. Naturally, every action which is destructive is against human nature. Constructiveness is the human way. Therefore, I think that in terms of basic human feeling, violence is not good. Non-violence is the only way.”
“The alternative to thinking in evolutionary terms is not to think at all.”

Source : Peter Brian Medawar, J. S. Medawar (1978). “The Life Science: Current Ideas of Biology”, HarperCollins Publishers

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