#discretion

I think the International Criminal Court could be a threat to American security interests, because the prosecutor of the court has enormous discretion in going after war crimes. And the way the Statute of Rome is written, responsibility for war crimes can be taken all the way up the chain of command. ↗

— John Bolton

#american #because #chain #command #could

In God's eyes, a man who teaches one truth and nothing else is more righteous than a man who teaches a million truths and one lie. ↗

— Criss Jami

#divine #divinity #faith #freedom-of-thought #god

there was great difference between persons and, discretion did not always accompany years nor was youth always with out it ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#life #life

A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake as by never repeating it. ↗

— Christian Nestell Bovee

#indicated #making #mistake #much #never

The fleet sailed to its war base in the North Sea, headed not so much for some rendezvous with glory as for rendezvous with discretion. ↗

— Barbara Tuchman

#base #discretion #fleet #glory #headed

We schoolmasters must temper discretion with deceit. ↗

— Evelyn Waugh

#discretion #must #schoolmasters #temper

A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all. ↗

— Thomas Hardy

#lover #without

The American people elected us here to cut spending so we can create an environment for jobs in America. The House has acted. We have demonstrated that we want to see spending, discretionary spending, brought down to levels of 2008. We've seen no counteraction. We have seen no position that has been expressed by the other side at all. ↗

— Eric Cantor

#america #american #american people #been #brought

Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#discretion #fluency #great #orator #our

Every man has his dignity. I'm willing to forget mine, but at my own discretion and not when someone else tells me to. ↗

— Denis Diderot

#discretion #else #every #every man #forget