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This is a generation weaned on Watergate, and there is no presumption of innocence and no presumption of good intentions. Instead, there is a presumption that, without relentless scrutiny, the government will misbehave. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#good #good intentions #government #innocence #instead

While eschewing emotion - and its companion, vulnerability - Obama should be careful not to sacrifice empathy, the 'I feel your pain' connection that sustained Clinton. This connection is the shorthand people use to measure their leaders' intentions. If people believe you're on their side, they will trust your decisions. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#believe #careful #clinton #companion #connection

Women have a lot of power in private life. There are many men who would say, 'Hey, women already rule my life.' But with women, more is more. The more there are, the more the world gets used to seeing them. We change the culture. We begin to expand options and lead and manage. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#begin #change #culture #expand #gets

Women's particular experiences continue to shape not just their points of view but their actions, in the United States and around the world. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#around #continue #experiences #just #particular

First and foremost arms are tools in the service of rival nations, pointing at the possibility of a future war. ↗

— Alva Myrdal

#first #foremost #future #nations #pointing

The inventions and the great discoveries have opened up whole continents to reciprocal communication and interchange, provided we are willing. ↗

— Alva Myrdal

#continents #discoveries #great #interchange #inventions

The longing for peace is rooted in the hearts of all men. But the striving, which at present has become so insistent, cannot lay claim to such an ambition as leading the way to eternal peace, or solving all disputes among nations. ↗

— Alva Myrdal

#among #become #cannot #claim #disputes

War and preparations for war have acquired a kind of legitimacy. ↗

— Alva Myrdal

#kind #legitimacy #preparations #war

War is murder. And the military preparations now being made for a potential major confrontation are aimed at collective murder. In a nuclear age the victims would be numbered by the millions. This naked truth must be faced. ↗

— Alva Myrdal

#aimed #being #collective #confrontation #faced

I plan to eliminate regulations that hinder domestic companies, particularly large conglomerates from investing in other companies. ↗

— Lee Myung-bak

#domestic #eliminate #hinder #i #investing