"It was Reagan who began the realignment of American politics, making the Republicans into internationalist Jeffersonians with his speech in London at the Palace of Westminster in 1982, which led to the creation of the National Endowment for Democracy and the emergence of democracy promotion as a central goal of United States foreign policy."

-- Michael Ignatieff

#Goal Quotes #Democracy Quotes #Speech Quotes

“As soon as I got out there I felt a strange relationship with the pitcher's mound. It was as if I'd been born out there. Pitching just felt like the most natural thing in the world. Striking out batters was easy.”
“Laughter is wine for the soul - laughter soft, or loud and deep, tinged through with seriousness - the hilarious declaration made by man that life is worth living.”
“People who have put money aside on the basis of a certain set of rules shouldn't have that money raided just because government has got a problem.”
“I have always believed that what goes around comes around.”
“We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and men are members.”
“We did not lack for religious leaders to urge us into "godly" war [...]. All of this was part of a well-financed propaganda campaign on the part of British agents. As usual, the government of the United States was being "run" by the British Secret Intelligence Service.”
“I knew that God put me on this earth to be on the radio.”
“I do think there are deep structural things that are wrong in the world.”

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