#claim

Tony Blair has turned his back on the principles he claimed he believed in before he stood shoulder-to-shoulder with George W. Bush. He was an entirely different kind of leader. ↗

— Bianca Jagger

#before #believed #blair #bush #claimed

President Johnson put destroyers in harm's way in the Tonkin Gulf not only once, but several times, with the, with a lot of his people hoping that it would lead to a confrontation and claiming that it had. And could have resulted in the lost of many lives in the course of it. ↗

— Daniel Ellsberg

#confrontation #could #course #destroyers #gulf

There is nothing wrong where we reach a point where maybe everybody could claim a victory. I think it would be good for the American people, which should be our first priority. ↗

— John Breaux

#american people #claim #could #everybody #first

They claim this mother of ours, the Earth, for their own use, and fence their neighbors away from her, and deface her with their buildings and their refuse. ↗

— Sitting Bull

#away #buildings #claim #earth #fence

Yet creeds mean very little, Coth answered the dark god, still speaking almost gently. The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true. ↗

— James Branch Cabell

#answered #best #creeds #dark #fears

When my job was attempting to predict future economic developments for the Shell oil company, I was frequently reminded of an Arabic saying: 'Those who claim to foresee the future are lying, even if by chance they are later proved right.' ↗

— Vince Cable

#attempting #chance #claim #company #developments

Something that has always puzzled me all my life is why, when I am in special need of help, the good deed is usually done by somebody on whom I have no claim. ↗

— William Feather

#am #claim #deed #done #good

But we will say something else. That for far too long in this country, people who can work, people who are able to work, and people who choose not to work: you cannot go on claiming welfare like you are now. ↗

— David Cameron

#cannot #choose #claiming #country #else

If you can work and if you're offered a job and you don't take it, you cannot continue to claim benefits. It will be extremely tough. ↗

— David Cameron

#cannot #claim #continue #extremely #job

Instead of starting a new nuclear arms race, now is the time to reclaim our Nation's position of leadership on nuclear nonproliferation efforts. ↗

— Dianne Feinstein

#arms race #efforts #instead #leadership #nation