#be

I know very well that Berlin attaches great importance to NATO and solidarity, in terms of sharing the burden. For this reason, I feel confident that the German government will take the right decision, one that serves both German and NATO interests. ↗

— Anders Fogh Rasmussen

#berlin #both #burden #confident #decision

Ten years ago U.S. defence investment represented almost half of all defence expenditure in the whole alliance. Today it is 75%. This increasing economic gap may also lead to an increasing technology gap which will almost hamper the inter-operability between our forces. ↗

— Anders Fogh Rasmussen

#alliance #almost #also #between #defence

We're strongly in favor of the U.N. plan for a solution to the Cyprus conflict. Hopefully a solution can be found before the end of this summit, but we cannot and will not let it block our decisions on enlargement. ↗

— Anders Fogh Rasmussen

#block #cannot #conflict #cyprus #decisions

The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called 'truth'. ↗

— Dan Rather

#begins #believes #called #dream #leads

Courage is being afraid but going on anyhow. ↗

— Dan Rather

#afraid #anyhow #being #being afraid #going

I'm proud to say I've never been anybody's lapdog. ↗

— Dan Rather

#been #i #never #proud #say

A free and truly independent press - fiercely independent when necessary - is the red beating heart of freedom and democracy. ↗

— Dan Rather

#democracy #fiercely #free #freedom #heart

And for whatever reason I've loved the news since I can remember. I loved it when I was in elementary school. ↗

— Dan Rather

#elementary school #i #i can #loved #news

As someone who's been covering presidential campaigns since the 1950s, I have no delusions about political reporting. Candidates bargaining access to get the kind of news coverage they want is nothing new. ↗

— Dan Rather

#access #bargaining #been #campaigns #candidates

But we cannot rely on memorials and museums alone. We can tell ourselves we will never forget and we likely won't. But we need to make sure that we teach history to those who never had the opportunity to remember in the first place. ↗

— Dan Rather

#cannot #first #forget #had #history