#rei

In my thirties, I felt I had hold of one of the reins some of the time. ↗

— Chaka Khan

#had #hold #i #reins #some

In the United States today, the Declaration of Independence hangs on schoolroom walls, but foreign policy follows Machiavelli. ↗

— Howard Zinn

#follows #foreign #foreign policy #hangs #independence

The first condition of understanding a foreign country is to smell it. ↗

— Rudyard Kipling

#country #first #foreign #foreign country #smell

Bush promised a foreign policy of humility and a domestic policy of compassion. He has given us a foreign policy of arrogance and a domestic policy that is cynical, myopic and cruel. ↗

— Joe Klein

#bush #compassion #cruel #cynical #domestic

My early education was in the public school system of Omaha, where, retrospectively, I realize that my high school training served me in good stead for the basic subjects of mathematics, English, foreign languages and history. ↗

— Lawrence R. Klein

#early #education #english #foreign #foreign languages

The basis, the corner-stone of this Government, was the perfect equality of the free, sovereign, and independent States which made it. ↗

— Robert Toombs

#equality #free #government #independent #made

The thing that reinforces my belief about that is having worked the last four years with the Safe Kids Campaign on a national basis. I am so amazed at what these little kids do in keeping their parents alerted to what they are there for. ↗

— C. Everett Koop

#alerted #am #amazed #basis #belief

I don't think the Republicans would appreciate the comparison, but they're exactly like the Labor Party in England in the 1970s. They're letting their extremists take them straight down. The same thing is going to happen - they had to disappear for a while and when they reinvented themselves they did it with moderates, they did it with Tony Blair. ↗

— Evan Thomas

#blair #comparison #did #disappear #down

It is quite understandable that Puerto Ricans seek to preserve a cultural sense of identity without separating politically from U.S. national sovereignty. ↗

— Dick Thornburgh

#identity #national #national sovereignty #politically #preserve

I think that if Republicans are given the reins of leadership in the House or Senate or both, we will have to govern in a way - at least put forward solutions whether or not the president goes along with them or not, that deal with these long-term challenges. ↗

— John Thune

#both #challenges #deal #forward #given