"It is a key fact about American policy in Vietnam that the withdrawel of American troops was built into it from the start. None of the presidents who waged war in Vietnam contemplated an open-ended campaign; all promised the public that American troops would be able to leave in the not-too-remote future. The promise of withdrawel precluded a policy of occupation of the traditional colonial sort, in which a great power simply imposes its will on a small one indefinitely."

-- Jonathan Schell

#War Quotes #Keys Quotes #Promise Quotes

“Jumping for joy' is a very basic human reaction, and a child skipping down the street is simply an untrained dancer.”
“The realization of our true substance and potential is the purpose of creation.”
“Almost certainly, however, the first essential component of social justice is adequate food for all mankind.”

Source : Norman Ernest Borlaug (1971). “Mankind and Civilization at Another Crossroad”
“Eh! Je suis leur chef, il fallait bien les suivre. (Ah well! I am their leader, I really ought to follow them.)”
“I have this firm belief that I am who I am for a reason. If I change something, I'm cheating myself of whatever it is I'm supposed to learn from my body. You know, I'm legally blind. I'm 20/750, since I was in fifth grade. I wear glasses and contacts. But I won't even get LASIK.”
“Our greatest hope is to bring up children inspired by their opportunities for being helpful and loving.”
“Peace of mind arrives the moment you come to peace with the contents of your mind.”
“We figure to ourselves The thing we like; and then we build it up, As chance will have it, on the rock or sand,- For thought is tired of wandering o'er the world, And homebound Fancy runs her bark ashore.”

Source : Sir Henry Taylor (1852). “Philip van Artvelde; a dramatic romance ... Second edition”, p.32

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