Quotes About Intervention

Aristotle might not recognize it, or others who are at the root of democracy. What type of democracy do you impose with marines and bombs?

Russia would not support anything which would be actually imposed on Syrians.

Imposing democracy through force is a roll of the dice.

We will, in fact, be greeted as liberators.

I want to keep the government out of the business of giving incentives to have or not have kids, or incentives to marry or not marry.

I am still profoundly troubled by the war in Nicaragua. The United States launched a covert war against another nation in violation of international law, a war that was wrong and immoral.

So: global warming is the ultimate problem of oil companies because oil causes it, and it's the ultimate problem for government haters because without government intervention, you can't solve it. Those twin existential threats, to cash and to worldview, meant that there was never any shortage of resources for the task of denying climate change.

The 1930s taught us a clear lesson: Aggressive conduct, if allowed to grow unchecked and unchallenged, ultimately leads to war. This nation is opposed to war. We are also true to our word. Our unswerving objective, therefore, must be to prevent the use of these missiles against this or any other country and to secure their withdrawal or elimination from the Western Hemisphere.

If you love someone who is ruining his or her life because of faulty thinking, and you don't do anything about it because you are afraid of what others might think, it would seem that rather than being loving, you are in fact being heartless.

Even if the government spends itself into bankruptcy and the economy still does not recover, Keynesians can always say that it would have worked if only the government had spent more.

The CIA created, armed and financed the Contras. My father backed them with everything he had. It was my father's war, and almost everyone in Nicaragua has lost somebody as a result of it. I couldn't go down there, being his daughter, and expect not to feel those people's wrath.

Our democracy cannot be left in the hands of those who would rather watch or participate in a train wreck than stop it.

What are we going to say if tomorrow it occurs to some African state to send its agents into Mississippi and to kidnap one of the leaders of the segregationist movement there? And what are we going to reply if a court in Ghana or the Congo quotes the Eichmann case as precedent?

all the countries that had not been able to help themselves to begin with—like Japan—are poorer, further away from either economic or political stability than ever.

He kept expecting something to happen, some outside force to sweep in and change everything and take him in some new direction, give him a more normal life.

My part, was the prompt reply, was to run away, and the Lord's part was to run after me until He caught me.

Early in the morning, a peasant, who was passing by, saw what had happened. He broke the ice in pieces with his wooden shoe, and carried the duckling home to his wife. The warmth revived the poor

chances. I want to make sure that Dan Mercer never hurts anyone ever again." "By killing

If we were really tough on crime, we'd do more to stop it from happening in the first place.

In these difficult times, when tough decisions are required, the differences between Labour and the Tories are becoming much clearer. One party believes in intervention to reduce social and economic costs and the other believes in market forces and letting things take their course.

The toughest part was doing it in front of the world and recognizing that you had gotten to a point where if you didn't do something you were going to die.

Throughout American history many of our social gains and much of our progress toward democracy were made possible by the active intervention of the federal government.

In 1993, Israel and North Korea were moving towards an agreement in which North Korea would stop sending any missiles or military technology to the Middle East and Israel would recognize that country. President Clinton intervened and blocked it.

We need to accept the seemingly obvious fact that a toxic environment can make people sick and that no amount of medical intervention can protect us. The health care community must become a powerful political lobby for environmental policy and legislation.