#state

It simply cannot be disputed that for decades the Palestinian leadership was more interested in there not being a Jewish state than in there being a Palestinian state. ↗

— Alan Dershowitz

#cannot #decades #disputed #interested #jewish

We don't have an Official Secrets Act in the United States, as other countries do. Under the First Amendment, freedom of the press, freedom of speech, and freedom of association are more important than protecting secrets. ↗

— Alan Dershowitz

#amendment #association #countries #first #first amendment

We all learn in school that the judicial, legislative and executive branches of government must check and balance each other. But other non state institutions must participate in this important system of checks and balances as well. These checking institutions include the academy, the media, religious institutions and NGOs. ↗

— Alan Dershowitz

#balance #balances #branches #check #checking

Were there contacts over time between Iraq and al-Qaeda? Yes, there were efforts made to communicate. We found no evidence of collaboration in any effort to mount any kind of operation against the United States' interests. ↗

— Richard Ben-Veniste

#al-qaeda #any #between #collaboration #communicate

My friends are my estate. ↗

— Emily Dickinson

#friends

The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#foundation #happiness #health #people #powers

The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#democracy #into #politicians #statesmen #weary

I am not about to let the people who so mismanaged the state budget now try to manage local government. ↗