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When I was growing up in the United States and Sweden, I never thought about becoming a politician. ↗

— Georgios A. Papandreou

#becoming #growing #growing up #i #never

Equality of rights means that some people cannot simply impose obligations on others, for the moral agency and rights of those others would then be violated. ↗

— Tom G. Palmer

#cannot #equality #impose #means #moral

Libertarians typically argue that particular obligations, at least under normal circumstances, must be created by consent; they cannot be unilaterally imposed by others. ↗

— Tom G. Palmer

#cannot #circumstances #consent #created #imposed

I understand that if you set out to be a celebrity, then you asked for it, but all I wanted to be was an actor. ↗

— Gwyneth Paltrow

#asked #celebrity #i #out #set

I wasn't the high-school play queen or anything. And my parents would let not me act until I graduated from college. ↗

— Gwyneth Paltrow

#anything #college #graduated #high-school #i

It may be doubtful, at first, whether a person is an enemy or friend. Meat, if not properly digested, becomes poison; But poison, if used rightly, may turn medicinal. ↗

— Saskya Pandita

#digested #doubtful #enemy #first #friend

If the Iraqis fail to implement the reforms, if they fail to get a handle on the violence, there's nothing the United States can do, militarily or otherwise, that can solve those problems. They have to assume the primary responsibility to govern themselves. ↗

— Leon Panetta

#fail #get #govern #handle #implement

Iran's continued drive to develop nuclear capabilities, including troubling enrichment activities and past work on weaponization documented by the IAEA, and its continued support to groups like Hezbollah, Hamas and other terrorist organizations make clear that the regime in Tehran is a very grave threat to all of us. ↗

— Leon Panetta

#capabilities #clear #continued #develop #documented

The fundamental premise is that neither the United States or the international community is going to allow Iran to develop a nuclear weapon. ↗

— Leon Panetta

#community #develop #fundamental #going #international

The United States has to have the capability to deal with more than one enemy at one time and be able to confront them and win. ↗

— Leon Panetta

#capability #confront #deal #enemy #more