#pro

Jordan is the only Arab state that has provided citizenship to Palestinian refugees and integrated them. But something has to be done about the Palestinians living in refugee camps in Syria and Lebanon. ↗

— Walter Russell Mead

#arab #camps #citizenship #done #integrated

The Arab states don't seem to do a good job of providing for their own people, so I am not sure why they would suddenly develop an ability to help the Palestinians. ↗

— Walter Russell Mead

#am #arab #develop #good #good job

There is not a great sense that the Americans know what they are doing, or are making much progress in Iraq. And there is satisfaction in seeing that the Iraqis are successful in resisting the United States. ↗

— Walter Russell Mead

#great #iraq #iraqis #know #making

This very individualistic form of Protestant Christianity that became so basic in English and then American life is to a large degree responsible for the historical success of Britain and America. ↗

— Walter Russell Mead

#american #american life #basic #became #britain

I spent my time trying to understand grand jury procedure - a topic about which I never before had the slightest interest. ↗

— Donella Meadows

#before #grand #grand jury #had #i

Inauthenticity is endemic in American politics today. The political backrooms where I spent much of my career were just as benighted as my personal life, equally crowded with shadowy strangers and compromises, truths I hoped to deny. I lived not in one closet but in many. ↗

— James McGreevey

#american politics #benighted #career #closet #compromises

I'm fiercely proud to be Scottish. ↗

— Ewan McGregor

#i #proud #scottish

I love acting and don't find it to be very hard. I recognize when I've nailed it, and I can be very proud of myself. ↗

— Ewan McGregor

#find #hard #i #i can #i love

What I would say about Barney Eastwood is that when our relationship worked, it worked extremely well. He had a lot of strengths as a promoter and a manager. ↗

— Barry McGuigan

#barney #eastwood #extremely #had #i

Along with that ongoing process Sinn Fein took a decision to establish a peace commission which had the responsibility to travel around the country to receive submissions from the general public, also our opponents. ↗

— Martin McGuinness

#also #around #commission #country #decision