#macy

We're trying to be very careful and precise in our use of language, because I think the language we use and the images we project really do have resonance. It's the reason why I don't use the term jihadist to refer to terrorists. It gives them the religious legitimacy they so desperately seek, but I ain't gonna give it to them. ↗

— John O. Brennan

#careful #desperately #give #gives #gonna

Now, then, in order to understand white supremacy we must dismiss the fallacious notion that white people can give anybody their freedom. ↗

— Stokely Carmichael

#dismiss #fallacious #freedom #give #must

In the world of diplomacy, some things are better left unsaid. ↗

— Lincoln Chafee

#diplomacy #left #some #some things #things

Canada is founded upon principles that recognize the supremacy of God and the rule of law. ↗

— Stockwell Day

#founded #god #law #principles #recognize

Male supremacy is fused into the language, so that every sentence both heralds and affirms it. ↗

— Andrea Dworkin

#both #every #fused #heralds #into

There are few ironclad rules of diplomacy but to one there is no exception. When an official reports that talks were useful, it can safely be concluded that nothing was accomplished. ↗

— John Kenneth Galbraith

#concluded #diplomacy #exception #few #nothing

I love you, Margaret Macy. And there is something I need to ask you. Something I’ve asked twice before and am nearly afraid to ask again. The Scriptures say let our yes be yes and our no be no, but I pray, in your case, your no may have changed . . . ?” Margaret leaned forward and kissed him firmly, warmly, on the lips. Then she smiled at him, her eyes brimming with tears. “Yes, it most definitely has. ↗

— Julie Klassen

#margaret-macy #marriage-proposal #nathaniel-upchurch #change

My politics are of a practical kind - the integrity of the country, the supremacy of the Federal government, an honorable peace, or none at all. ↗

— Winfield Scott Hancock

#federal #federal government #government #honorable #integrity

My bravery however was the effect of assurance for could I have believed the current report, I should have fled as fast as any man, no man can possibly have a greater reluctance to an intimacy with Sir William Howe than my Self. ↗

— Henry Laurens

#assurance #believed #bravery #could #current

We need a reform of the Security Council. It must be perceived as truly representative by all the 191 member states, to uphold the credibility and legitimacy of the UN as the main political arena. ↗

— Anna Lindh

#council #credibility #legitimacy #main #member