#ovid

Every state has not only the right but the duty to make adequate provision for its own defense in the way it thinks best, providing it does not do so at the expense of any other state. ↗

— Lester B. Pearson

#any #best #defense #does #duty

Democratic priorities remain clear: to provide a tax cut for working families, to promote policies that produce jobs and economic growth, and to assist millions of our fellow Americans who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own. ↗

— Nancy Pelosi

#clear #cut #democratic #economic #economic growth

The older generation had greater respect for land than science. But we live in an age when science, more than soil, has become the provider of growth and abundance. Living just on the land creates loneliness in an age of globality. ↗

— Shimon Peres

#age #become #creates #generation #greater

I look at raising funds for The Perlman Music Program as a challenge and as a way to provide opportunities for people who care about the future of classical music. ↗

— Itzhak Perlman

#care #challenge #classical #classical music #funds

We found that the most exciting environments, that treated people very well, are also tough as nails. There is no bureaucratic mumbo-jumbo... excellent companies provide two things simultaneously: tough environments and very supportive environments. ↗

— Tom Peters

#bureaucratic #companies #environments #excellent #exciting

The art of coalition command - whether it is here in Afghanistan, whether it was in Iraq or in Bosnia or in Haiti - is to take the resources you are provided with, understand what the strengths and weaknesses are and to employ them to the best overall effect. ↗

— David Petraeus

#art #best #bosnia #coalition #command

If you develop the absolute sense of certainty that powerful beliefs provide, then you can get yourself to accomplish virtually anything, including those things that other people are certain are impossible. ↗

— William Lyon Phelps

#accomplish #anything #beliefs #certain #certainty

Language is a tool adequate to provide any degree of precision relevant to a particular situation. ↗

— Kenneth L. Pike

#any #degree #language #particular #precision

I did not want to provide a blueprint or roadmap for the terrorists, saying 'Here are our new security procedures'. ↗

— John Pistole

#did #here #i #new #our

The bottom line is how do we best provide for the security of the traveling public in light of a determined enemy who is adept at constructing well-designed, well-concealed devices which would not show up in a walk-through metal detector? We're trying to employ the best technology to identify any possible threat. ↗

— John Pistole

#any #best #bottom #bottom line #constructing