#acknowledging

We must be honest in acknowledging that neither Germany nor the U.S. has the luxury of assuming that we can skate by on half-measures in Afghanistan and Pakistan and not risk suffering the consequences. ↗

— Susan Rice

#afghanistan #assuming #consequences #germany #honest

Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

#allegiance #behind #government #invisible #ostensible

I don't think I've ever felt that same kind of peace, the kind of serenity that I felt after acknowledging that maybe I was going to die of this TB. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#after #die #ever #felt #going

I was copeless. Not just hopeless, but copeless. I tried to keep on working because I was ashamed of acknowledging the fact that I was depressed. You don't use that word. ↗

— Mike Wallace

#ashamed #because #depressed #fact #hopeless