#at

Well, on the one hand the Turks have the legitimate need to defend their national dignity - and this includes being recognized as a part of the west and Europe. ↗

— Orhan Pamuk

#defend #dignity #europe #hand #includes

Much talking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune. The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, fly freely about. ↗

— Saskya Pandita

#avoiding #birds #cage #cause #danger

An aggressor nation or extremist group could gain control of critical switches and derail passenger trains, or trains loaded with lethal chemicals. ↗

— Leon Panetta

#chemicals #control #could #critical #derail

China is a major power in the Pacific and I think we are dealing with some common threats in that region: the whole issue of Korea and the stability of Korea, the whole issue of nuclear proliferation, the whole issue of providing free access to our ships that are operating in that area. ↗

— Leon Panetta

#area #china #common #dealing #free

I think the primary message to the world is that the United States is going to remain the strongest military power in the world. ↗

— Leon Panetta

#i #i think #message #military #military power

I think what both Republicans and Democrats need to do and the leaders on both sides is to recognize that if sequester takes place, it would be disastrous for our national defense and very frankly for a lot of very important domestic programs. They have a responsibility to come together, find the money necessary to de-trigger sequester. ↗

— Leon Panetta

#both sides #come #defense #democrats #disastrous

The United States was attacked on 9/11/12, and we know who attacked us. ↗

— Leon Panetta

#know #states #united #united states #us

The United States will do whatever we have to do to protect our forces. ↗

— Leon Panetta

#our #protect #states #united #united states

I think one of the geniuses of Bound and The Matrix and Memento is the complete collaboration of the effort. There were no rotten apples. ↗

— Joe Pantoliano

#bound #collaboration #complete #effort #geniuses

Well look, CIA is an agency that has to collect intelligence, do operations. We have to take risks and it's important that we take risks and that we know that we have the support of the government and we have the support of the American people in what we're doing. ↗

— Leon Panetta

#american #american people #cia #collect #doing