#operation

Israel is no longer a people that dwells alone, and has to join the global journey toward peace, reconciliation and international cooperation. ↗

— Yitzhak Rabin

#cooperation #dwells #global #international #international cooperation

But Iran has gone far beyond what is necessary for a purely civilian programme. It has concealed several nuclear facilities from the International Atomic Energy Agency, played hide-and-seek with the international community, and rejected all offers of co-operation from the U.S., the EU, and others. ↗

— Anders Fogh Rasmussen

#atomic #atomic energy #beyond #civilian #co-operation

You are not content with the vast millions of tribute we pay you annually under the operation of our revenue law, our navigation laws, your fishing bounties, and by making your people our manufacturers, our merchants, our shippers. ↗

— John H. Reagan

#content #fishing #law #laws #making

While port security remains one of our single greatest vulnerabilities, it makes little sense to give operational control of our ports to a foreign nation without first doing proper investigations. ↗

— Dave Reichert

#doing #first #foreign #give #greatest

Now, al Qaeda's on the run. Afghanistan is no longer a base of operations. The Afghan government is a friendly government that is trying to bring democracy to its people. ↗

— Condoleezza Rice

#afghanistan #al #base #bring #democracy

The future battle on the ground will be preceded by battle in the air. This will determine which of the contestants has to suffer operational and tactical disadvantages and be forced throughout the battle into adoption compromise solutions. ↗

— Erwin Rommel

#air #battle #compromise #contestants #determine

Competition has been shown to be useful up to a certain point and no further, but cooperation, which is the thing we must strive for today, begins where competition leaves off. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

#begins #certain #certain point #competition #cooperation

In the three years since our nation began operations in Iraq, more than 2,500 Americans have been killed and more than 18,000 Americans have been seriously wounded. ↗

— Ike Skelton

#began #iraq #killed #more #nation

It is not by augmenting the capital of the country, but by rendering a greater part of that capital active and productive than would otherwise be so, that the most judicious operations of banking can increase the industry of the country. ↗

— Adam Smith

#augmenting #banking #capital #country #greater

As Mark Weiner puts it, whether you gain 50 pounds or lose 50 pounds, whether you have a sex change operation for that matter, that it doesn't matter, that there is some part of ourselves that we cannot escape. ↗

— Todd Solondz

#change #escape #gain #lose #mark