#stability

The United Nations has a critical role to play in promoting stability, security, democracy, human rights, and economic development. The UN is as relevant today as at any time in its history, but it needs reform. ↗

— Chuck Hagel

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If you look beyond the short term violence and instability, you do see significant activities on the part of the Iraqi people that indicate they understand the commitment necessary to govern themselves. It's not clear how they will do it, but it never is. ↗

— Bob Kerrey

#beyond #clear #commitment #govern #how

Working lives are for the state to influence. Unemployment makes people unhappy. So does instability. ↗

— Polly Toynbee

#influence #instability #lives #makes #people

We begin with the common belief that Saddam Hussein is a tyrant and a threat to the peace and stability of the region. He has ignored the mandated of the United Nations and is building weapons of mass destruction and the means of delivering them. ↗

— Carl Levin

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Remember, the storm is a good opportunity for the pine and the cypress to show their strength and their stability. ↗

— Ho Chi Minh

#good opportunity #opportunity #pine #remember #show

There is a comfort in rituals, and rituals provide a framework for stability when you are trying to find answers. ↗

— Deborah Norville

#comfort #find #framework #provide #rituals

Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and the war on terrorism have reduced the pace of military transformation and have revealed our lack of preparation for defensive and stability operations. This Administration has overextended our military. ↗

— Barack Obama

#afghanistan #defensive #iraq #lack #military

We will work to bring an element of stability to the price of oil. ↗

— Olusegun Obasanjo

#element #oil #price #stability #will

I am firmly convinced that, in future years, China and India will join hands in playing a more active role in maintaining peace and stability in the region and the world at large and make due contribution to the cause of human progress and development. ↗

— Li Peng

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Stability means respecting precedents. ↗

— Arlen Specter

#precedents #respecting #stability