#regime

In the 20 long, hungry years between my late teens and late 30s I bought in to virtually every new diet and/or exercise regime that hoved into view, particularly at this most vulnerable time for those of us prone to poor body image - a new year. ↗

— Arabella Weir

#body #body image #bought #diet #every

Repressive regimes do not endure change willingly - and Venezuela is no exception. ↗

— Leopoldo Lopez

#endure #exception #regimes #repressive #venezuela

The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world - no ideals. ↗

— Golda Meir

#ideals #most #realistic #regime #soviet

I don't think anybody can take the word of Saddam Hussein and his regime, and certainly an American president and allies who are obligated to worry about the safety and security of our countries, cannot take the word of this dictator, who lies, pathologically lies. ↗

— Condoleezza Rice

#allies #american #american president #anybody #cannot

As has been pointed out with Libya, the debate over Libya, sometimes we allow diplomatic relations with imperfect regimes because progress can best be made through engagement instead of isolation. ↗

— Earl Blumenauer

#because #been #best #debate #diplomatic

It didn't take long to recognise the shortcomings of the Soviet regime and to see the values of the free world. ↗

— Garry Kasparov

#free world #long #recognise #regime #see

The Iraqi people are living a long-running tragedy because of the legacy of the old regime, the Americans and their actions that are unsuitable for Iraqi society, and the weakness of national resolve. ↗

— Ahmed Chalabi

#because #iraqi #iraqi people #legacy #living

The Hussein regime's support for terrorism, within and outside of its borders, its appetite for the world's most dangerous weapons, and its openly declared hostility to the United States were a combination that was a gathering and growing danger to our country. ↗

— Jim Gerlach

#borders #combination #country #danger #dangerous

A new and valid idea is worth more than a regiment and fewer men can furnish the former than command the latter. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

#fewer #former #furnish #idea #latter

My hope is that the Chinese government will come to realise that it is futile to repress free speech, and that contrary to what they believe a regime's strength rests not its suppression of a plurality of opinions and ideas, but in its capacity and willingness to encourage them. ↗

— Ma Jian

#capacity #chinese #chinese government #come #contrary