Caspar Weinberger (Caspar Willard "Cap" Weinberger) Quotes
It took the Gulf War to demonstrate that America did want more than one friend in the Mideast, and also was willing to take and make major risks to prevent a small Muslim country, Kuwait, from being overrun and in effect stolen by Iraq.
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If Northern Ireland had better weather, it would be like New Zealand. It's an immensely beautiful country.
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Is America truly a democracy? Has America ever been a democracy with the institution of slavery?
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I want to play in the WBC. That was one of my goals to represent my country.
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I've done all different kinds of genres - doo-wop, pop, funk, gospel, country, jazz, you name it.
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The thing you notice here after America is how refreshingly ordinary people look because they haven't had their chin wrapped around the back of their ears.
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As even a democracy like the United States has shown, waging war can benefit a leader in several ways: it can rally citizens around the flag, it can distract them from bleak economic times, and it can enrich a country's elites.
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We do hear perhaps too many accolades generally aimed at people like Steve Jobs. We have to remember that there are other classic things in life that we undervalue and take them for granted. If you think of the classic lines of the modern jet aircraft, it's really been there since early World War II.
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At first, I did have that thought, like, 'Oh crap, what are we going to do after?' Then I realized 'Girl in a Country Song' was an honest, truthful song, and we were telling our truth, and that's all we have to do - write songs that are true and tell our stories.
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I've gone to war zones before and never got shot.
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Teach For America is working hard to be one significant source of the leadership we need.
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I love Washington, D.C.; I love this country, but I think over the last hundred years we've built up would I call an arrogant empire: people who think the rest of us are too stupid to make our own decisions.
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I'm definitely a glass-is-always-half-full, not half-empty, kind of person. Which is why I love living in America.
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As we explore ways to bring price relief and bolster our country's energy independence, one significant energy source has emerged as a potential solution, hydrogen fuel cells.
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Some people go to the West and claim they are gays and that their lives are at risk in the Gambia, in order for them to be granted a stay in Europe.
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My mom used to call me a parrot, because the way I spoke would change in every country we'd go to.
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Cyberterrorism has become an increasingly prevalent and serious threat here in America, both to individuals and businesses.
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There's lots of things I'd die for, Emily; my home, my family, my country. But that's love, not principle.
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Peace has been as bad as war. Peace has killed as many people as war. Peace is as bad. Peace is as bad...
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My foreign policy will always put the interests of the American people and American security above all else... That will be the foundation of every single decision that I will make. America First will be the major and overriding theme of my administration.
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Some American delusions: 1) That there is no class-consciousness in the country. 2) That American coffee is good. 3) That Americans are business-like. 4) That Americans are highly-sexed and that redheads are more highly sexed than others.
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In fact, I spent 25 years as a reporter, swearing I would never become an editor. Sitting at a desk, watching other people go out and find the story, and then fussing with other people's words - I just didn't get the appeal of that.
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For someone admitting guilt she sounded remarkably void of repentance.
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He is my soul mate, my fresh air, the reason I look forward to getting up every morning.
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It took the Gulf War to demonstrate that America did want more than one friend in the Mideast, and also was willing to take and make major risks to prevent a small Muslim country, Kuwait, from being overrun and in effect stolen by Iraq.
