![[President Johnson] had the political will to say that having one in five Americans living in the kind of abject conditions their fellow citizens associated with Third World countries and the novels of Dickens was as dangerous as any battlefield enemy.](/assets/img/quote-photos/president-johnson-had-the-political-will-to-say-that-having-one-in-five-america.jpg)
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country believe thinking
I think Americans want to believe in this country again. Carol Moseley Braun
country mean fighting
I am determined to try to rebuild and renew this country in ways that will build community and level the playing field. ... To me, that means making certain that the fight to preserve our civil liberties is waged, making certain the fight against discrimination is waged, making certain that women have opportunity in this country.
country bolivia
Bolivia is not yet a country of equals. Carlos Mesa
country america people
America is such a great country, we have fat poor people. Carlos Mencia
country white apologizing
I'm not white, I don't apologize for what my country did to become great
country law people
People are always trading their excess for somebody else's excess. One country has a lot of aluminum so they trade aluminum for sugar. It's the law of supply and demand. Carl Andre
country thinking talking
Why should your majesty think it? My own plans are made. While I may, I sail East in Dawn Treader. When she fails me, I row East in my coracle. When that sinks, shall I paddle East with my four paws. Then, when I can swim no longer, if I have not yet reached Aslan's Country, there shall I sink with my nose to the sunrise... and Peepiceek will be head of Talking Mice in Narnia C. S. Lewis
country religion one-day
He'll be coming and going" he had said. "One day you'll see him and another you won't. He doesn't like being tied down--and of course he has other countries to attend to. It's quite all right. He'll often drop in. Only you mustn't press him. He's wild, you know. Not like a tame lion.
country interest premier time
We have said for a long time that if the premier made this announcement we would stop. We are not stubborn, we have the interest of the country in mind. Chamlong Srimuang
political-will feelings frustrated
The more we understand what is happening in the world, the more frustrated we often become, for our knowledge leads to feelings of powerlessness. We feel that we are living in a world in which the citizen has become a mere spectator or a forced actor, and that our personal experience is politically useless and our political will a minor illusion. C. Wright Mills
political-will renewable-resources abundance
Political will is a renewable resource, and everyone can have it in abundance if they so choose. Al Gore
political-will essentials action
The essential thing is the formation of the political will of the nation: that is the starting point for political action. Adolf Hitler
political-will political unity
I have reaffirmed my political will to work towards national unity. Abdelaziz Bouteflika
political-will greed nerd
Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage. Ambrose Bierce
political-will people personality
We need the political will, and that often comes from the will of the people. So if celebrities or personalities can help to educate the people - not influence them, not tell them (what to do) - just tell them the truth about what's happening and let them form their own opinion, that will strengthen them and they will push their politicians. Angelina Jolie
political-will order law
No other chancellor in the long history of the office has felt the need to pass a law in order to convince people he has the political will to implement his own Budget. George Osborne
political-will creating knowing
I first got involved with ending world hunger, and I got hip to the facts about it - what a huge problem it was and how it wasn't a matter of not having food or not knowing how to end it, but it was a matter of creating the political will. Jeff Bridges
political-will talking-politics libertarian-party
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. Plato
enemy interest permanent
There are no permanent friends or permanent enemies, just permanent interests.
enemy said guides
You all know," said the Guide, "that security is mortals' greatest enemy.
enemy pressure ordinary
Remember, he is not, like you, a pure spirit. Never having been a human (Oh that abominable advantage of the Enemy's) you don't realize how enslaved they are to the pressure of the ordinary.
enemy territory world
Enemy-occupied territory - that is what this world is.
enemy thank-god dies
Friends die one by one, but so, thank God, do enemies. Agnes de Mille
enemy i-can my-friends
I can be on guard against my enemies, but God deliver me from my friends! Charlotte Bronte
enemy may weapons
It may sound trite, but using the weapons of the enemy, no matter how good one's intentions, makes one the enemy. Charles de Lint
enemy interesting-characters fellows
Yes. He is quite a good fellow - nobody's enemy but his own. Charles Dickens
enemy want ifs
If you want enemies, excel others; if you want friends, let others excel you. Charles Caleb Colton