#rote

We need to put undercover security armed people at the curbside of the terminal with the uniform of policemen. We need to protect the terminal. We need to protect the security checkpoint, the gate, the aircraft, the perimeter. ↗

— Isaac Yeffet

#armed #checkpoint #gate #need #people

While Taliban fighters had an initial claim to protection under the conventions, they lost POW status by failing to obey the standards of conduct for legal combatants: wearing uniforms, a responsible command structure, and obeying the laws of war. ↗

— John Yoo

#combatants #command #conduct #conventions #failing

I wrote my thesis on the benefits of war and very near got thrown out of college. But I can show you where the greatest advancement of mankind comes under stress and strain, not comfort. ↗

— Don Young

#benefits #college #comes #comfort #got

I never fantasized or invented a thing, not one thing. I knew every single thing I ever wrote about. ↗

— Marguerite Young

#ever #every #fantasized #i #invented

The first poem I ever wrote, about loss, when I was 5 years old, expressed the themes of everything I would ever write. ↗

— Marguerite Young

#ever #everything #expressed #first #i

I just wrote one song at a time. Kinda like an alcoholic. One day at a time. ↗

— Neil Young

#day #i #just #kinda #like

To protect our freedoms, it seems we're going to have to relinquish some of our freedoms for a short period of time. ↗

— Neil Young

#going #our #period #protect #relinquish

I was just 20 years old when I wrote Broken Arrow. ↗

— Neil Young

#broken #i #just #old #wrote

I believe our country has to do whatever we can do to protect ourselves-we're king of the hill. We need to protect democracy and the lives of those who live in the free world. ↗

— Rick Yune

#country #democracy #free #free world #hill

Street protests in Saudi Arabia might warm our hearts, but they could easily lead to $250 a barrel oil and a global recession. ↗

— Fareed Zakaria

#barrel #could #easily #global #hearts