Quotes About Intervention

People at the top spend less money than those at the bottom, so when you have redistribution toward the top, aggregate demand goes down. Unless you intervene, you're going to have a weak economy unless something else happens.

We also can't try to take over and rebuild every country that falls into crisis. That's not leadership; that's a recipe for quagmire, spilling American blood and treasure that ultimately weakens us. It's the lesson of Vietnam, of Iraq - and we should have learned it by now.

Actually, I've gotten myself into some difficult places because I thought I could fix somebody.

One of the most crucial kinds of intervention is in advocacy. We can think about charities in the context of delivering services, and indeed that is part of their job, but advocacy is also getting governments to step up to the plate. They can also give more voice to those who don't have one.

Government's role should be only to keep the playing field level, and to work hand in hand with business on issues such as employment. But beyond this, to as great an extent as possible, it should get the hell out of the way.

Government shouldn't constantly be in our pocket.

The important thing to understand, from my point of view, is if the opponents break our lines and they are attacking our box, something has gone wrong, and it is me who has to fix it. But fouls in football are normal. You have to do it sometimes.

I was never the bully: I was always the one trying to clean up the situation.

In the past, we had several dog butcher shops in Cheongnyangni, but I closed almost all of them down through various measures.

What would happen if an angel appeared before the American president and told him there was no more need for war? Everything would collapse.

We should have completed the fight in Afghanistan instead of starting a new war in Iraq.

I think there really needs to be some consequences for people with bullying, because there are children that are taking their lives over this.

The former colonies, in Latin America in particular, have a better chance than ever before to overcome centuries of subjugation, violence and foreign intervention, which they have so far survived as dependencies with islands of luxury in a sea of misery.

I beat the bullies up. I got suspended a lot for beating up kids in our schools that were bullying other, sometimes mentally handicapped kids.

If you see something suspicious, don't just walk by. Notify authorities. Get help. You could save innocent lives.

I think all of us who have been in Afghanistan on the ground multiple times know that what we're doing there on the ground is just not sustainable.

A long-lasting and sustained recovery will never be achieved through massive government spending programs.

Our fundamental goal in getting involved in Bosnia in the summer of 1995 was to end the war. Richard Holbrooke's fundamental goal was to negotiate a peace: a peace that was sustaining and self-sustaining over the long term.

Escalating in Syria is not the best approach.

Back in the 1950s, America set out to intervene in Syria, liberate the people from a corrupt elite, and bring about a new democracy. They did this with the best of intentions, but it led to disaster. And out of that disaster, the Assad regime rose to power.

To bring about a permanent peace in Syria, the southern part of the country must be protected.

I've been involved in air strikes against Syria and operations against Syria numerous times in my career.

We must do everything we can to be more aggressive in confronting Syria about what they are doing in Iraq.

As the United States Congress considers military intervention in Syria, per President Obama's request, I think it's important to be very honest about what we are considering.