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It didn't take long for the world to realize that the Shah was an enlightened liberal next to the bloody reactionary regime that followed, and which executed more people in three months than the Shah had done in 30 years. ↗

— Alexander Haig

#done #enlightened #executed #followed #had

We didn't do anything wrong, but among the lessons learned, given the magnitude of the problems we now face in Afghanistan, a major U.S. force on the ground would convince the world we were in for the long-haul recovery of a country devastated by 21 years of warfare. ↗

— Alexander Haig

#among #anything #convince #country #devastated

Those who are of the opinion that money will do everything may reasonably be expected to do everything for money. ↗

— Edward F. Halifax

#expected #may #money #opinion #reasonably

Under-representation of women and other inequality among researchers is a problem that will not solve itself as women acquire competence. ↗

— Tarja Halonen

#among #competence #inequality #itself #other

The Finland of the 21st century can thrive only if women of learning - in common with their male counterparts - are guaranteed the opportunity to use their creative potential to the full. ↗

— Tarja Halonen

#century #common #counterparts #creative #finland

There is a growing feeling that perhaps Texas is really another country, a place where the skies, the disasters, the diamonds, the politicians, the women, the fortunes, the football players and the murders are all bigger than anywhere else. ↗

— Pete Hamill

#anywhere #bigger #country #diamonds #disasters

Great pressure is put on kids who don't have dads to get out and make money, and make life easier for everybody. It was always, 'Hurry up, grow up, make money, there's no man to do it for us.' ↗

— Tracey Ullman

#dads #easier #everybody #get #great

Smiling is very important. If we are not able to smile, then the world will not have peace. It is not by going out for a demonstration against nuclear missiles that we can bring about peace. It is with our capacity of smiling, breathing, and being peace that we can make peace. ↗

— Nhat Hanh

#about #against #being #breathing #bring

In addition to removing our democratically elected government, Israel wants to sow dissent among Palestinians by claiming that there is a serious leadership rivalry among us. I am compelled to dispel this notion definitively. ↗

— Ismail Haniyeh

#am #among #claiming #compelled #definitively

The truth, Prime Minister, is that you have run out of our money. The country as a whole is now in negative equity. Every British child is born owing around 20,000 pounds. Servicing the interest on that debt is going to cost more than educating the child. ↗

— Daniel Hannan

#born #british #child #cost #country