Quotes of the day, November 17

I once said that it was unacceptable for Japan to remain "an isolated prosperous island." At one time, it might have been all right for Japan to avoid sending any citizens to dangerous areas [even as part of international efforts] and just wish for its own people's happiness. That time is gone.

Sadako Ogata

• People
• Time
• Wish

I like having a duty. I'm a terrible cook, but when people come over, if I'm falling between the cracks socially, I can always run away to my job.

Adam Scott

• People
• Job

The wielders of power did not speak for it, nor did they naturally serve it. Their interest was to use and develop power, no less natural and necessary than liberty but more dangerous.

Bernard Bailyn

• Interest
• Liberty
• Dangerous

Let's be clear: Has the U.S. ever made any mistakes? Of course.Is the U.S. at all like Vladimir Putin's regime? Not at all.

Benjamin E. Sasse

• Mistakes
• Regime
• Vladimir Putin

Politics is not about power.

Paul Wellstone

• Power

The scriptures speak of His arms being open, extended, stretched out, and encircling. They are described as mighty and holy, arms of mercy, arms of safety, arms of love, “lengthened out all the day long.

Neil L. Andersen

• Long
• Speak
• Safety