#it

Rural American families who depend on firewood to heat their homes will be hit just as hard as those who use oil and natural gas. ↗

— Richard Pombo

#american families #depend #families #firewood #gas

When I see somebody being mistreated, my eyes tear up and I want to stop it. And I believe that the best thing I can do is to write about it, because if I insert myself into the equation it doesn't really do much good, but if I write about it I think it could do more good. ↗

— John Pomfret

#because #being #believe #best #could

A lot of times when we work overseas we tend to put the experience of someone who lives overseas, a Chinese person or a Korean person or a Bosnian person, within the prism of an American life. ↗

— John Pomfret

#american life #bosnian #chinese #experience #korean

And when they do spin out of control there are important ramifications that affect America, not just its direct national interest but its broader interests as a nation which has thought of itself as a beacon to other nations, of freedom, liberty, democracy, whatever. ↗

— John Pomfret

#america #beacon #broader #control #democracy

I grew up in New York City in the late '70s, at a time when U.S. - China relations were something that was on the front page of The New York Times on a regular basis. ↗

— John Pomfret

#china #city #front #grew #i

I think that's the main threat in Bosnia and Rwanda and Zaire. There doesn't seem to be much willingness to engage these problems unless they directly affect national security interests. ↗

— John Pomfret

#bosnia #directly #engage #i #i think

Franklin Roosevelt had to govern at a time of crisis. If you're going to make changes in the way a nation thinks, you have to have the ability to take the crisis of the moment and use it to shape an agenda. ↗

— Pete du Pont

#agenda #changes #crisis #franklin #franklin roosevelt

Everyone matures. When I was Newt's age, I thought I had the right answer to things. The baby-boomers as political leaders are still on trial by the American people. ↗

— Pete du Pont

#american #american people #answer #everyone #had

If we had known that one of those terrorist attacks was coming, could our government have electronically eavesdropped on the attackers without a warrant? ↗

— Pete du Pont

#attacks #coming #could #electronically #government

If you're going to try to win an election, you can't be 80 percent. You can't say, I'm for what my Democratic opponent is, for but not quite so much of it. ↗

— Pete du Pont

#election #going #i #much #opponent