#states

If torture is going to be administered as a last resort in the ticking-bomb case, to save enormous numbers of lives, it ought to be done openly, with accountability, with approval by the president of the United States or by a Supreme Court justice. ↗

— Alan Dershowitz

#administered #approval #case #court #done

Once we secure our borders - and the federal government has not done a good job - then Congress, I believe, needs to take up the issue and look at how we try and identify those people that are here, that are national security risks to the United States. ↗

— David Dewhurst

#borders #congress #done #federal #federal government

I am about the people of the United States of America and the people of Houston, Texas. ↗

— Sheila Jackson Lee

#am #america #houston #i #i am

A statesman who keeps his ear permanently glued to the ground will have neither elegance of posture nor flexibility of movement. ↗

— Abba Eban

#elegance #flexibility #glued #ground #his

Often, even after years, mental states once present in consciousness return to it with apparent spontaneity and without any act of the will; that is, they are reproduced involuntarily. ↗

— Hermann Ebbinghaus

#after #any #apparent #consciousness #even

We have an interest in excellent relations because we are neighbours as Europeans with Russia. We are allies with the United States in the NATO framework. ↗

— Joschka Fischer

#because #europeans #excellent #framework #interest

The country is facing a fiscal crisis, and the United States Senate is at the center of the debate about how to bring federal spending under control. ↗

— Jeff Flake

#bring #center #control #country #crisis

In the blood-heat of pursuing the enemy, many people are forgetting what we are fighting for. We are fighting for our hard-won liberty and freedom; for our Constitution and the due processes of our laws; and for the right to differ in ideas, religion and politics. I am convinced that in your zeal to fight against our enemies, you, too, have forgotten what you are fighting for. ↗

— Julia Child

#history #julia-child #mccarthyism #politics #politics-of-the-united-states

If the United States is hit with a weapon of mass destruction that inflicts large casualties, the Constitution will likely be discarded in favor of a military form of government. ↗

— Tommy Franks

#constitution #destruction #discarded #favor #form

Consular offices make no attempt to determine whether the person obtaining the card is legally in the United States. In fact, the only people who need these cards are illegal immigrants, criminals and terrorists. Consular cards also are easily forged. ↗

— Elton Gallegly

#attempt #card #cards #consular #criminals