If you wait until those weapons pose a direct, clear, present danger to the United States, you've probably waited too long.
It is evident that not all people that have the confidence of the prime minister are the same ones that have the confidence of the head of state.
A human being is a being who is constantly 'under construction,' but also, in a parallel fashion, always in a state of constant destruction.
The real triumph of the state occurs when its subjects refer to it as “we,” like football fans talking about the home team.
I am waiting for the decision, which is not depending of me, to know if the trial will be in Iraq, in the states, or in international court. Of course, the decision is not mine.
Looking long term, a stronger, wealthier, and more stable Central America next door benefits the United States' own safety, security, and economy.
And yet 50 percent of the kids who start high school in the United States today do not finish high school.
Coming from New York, you're kind of indoctrinated with anti-L.A. sentiment, but California is just a really dope state.
In the States, entrepreneurs inspire a lot of people and are respected for creating jobs. That makes people dream and feel happy for their country.
Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet.
Birds are a miracle because they prove to us there is a finer, simpler state of being which we may strive to attain.
The P.L.O., and later the Palestinian Authority, never truly accepted that Israel, as the national state and homeland of the Jewish people, was here to stay.
The problem is that Americans use the state as a moral compass. For libertarians, it is often frustrating to explain that advocating the decriminalization of x is not synonymous with endorsing x.
One doesn't become a soldier in a week - it takes training, study and discipline. There is no question that the finest Army in the world is found in the United States.
Without Hitler, the State of Israel probably would not exist today. To that extent he was probably the Jews' greatest friend.
So your emotional state really has a lot to do with what you're thinking about and what you're paying attention to.
My parents would always say, 'It doesnt' matter if it's a guy picking up the garbage or the President of the United States, treat everybody as you would want to be treated.
You have the biggest impact on controlling, on affecting local lives as mayor. It's so much more important than being a state legislator.
Peace is inside us, it's a natural state of mind; to find it, we create war, destroy the world like a blind.
These days there are not enough of such intermediary groups, between the state and the individual, with the result that political leaders are often unduly guided by opinion polls.
I am often reminded that the wellspring of Vermont liberty flows from Main Street, not State Street.