"Attacking the indecency of life in much of……" — Anthony Lewis
"Attacking the indecency of life in much of the Southern Hemisphere is no longer a matter of grace, of charity, of patronizing kindness. It is a matter of intense self-interest."
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20 Quotes by Anthony Lewis
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We Americans have a sense of ourselves as a moral people. We have led the way in the fight for…
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Over many years, the United States has worked to persuade and compel governments around the world to abide by the…
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I was covering the Supreme Court when it decided Gideon v. Wainright, and the case has always had special meaning…
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Even a competent lawyer may not be able to mount an adequate defense against the state, with all its resources,…
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Faith in reason was the foundation stone of the United States.
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With one terrible exception, the Civil War, law and the Constitution have kept America whole and free.
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I am an optimist about America.
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Freedom under law is hard work. If rulers cannot be trusted with arbitrary power, it is up to citizens to…
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The only way to security for Israel and a humane life for Palestinians in their own land is political. No…
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The Nuremberg trials of Nazi leaders, in open court before an international tribunal, had a profound long-term effect in bringing…
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Desperation is a fact of life in many poor, overcrowded countries.
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We have learned by now, or should have, that the best-intended designers of aid programs can make ghastly mistakes in…
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More Attacking Quotes
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one of 247 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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I can do the old hand vibrato just fine, but I like attacking the strings.
— Ritchie Blackmore
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I think we are not serious about attacking the long-term debt problem, and that's one of the things that he's…
— Michael Bloomberg
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We, we - as I say, we go in and shake up other industries and I think, you know, we…
— Richard Branson
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I think it is important to ask ourselves as citizens, not as Democrats attacking the administration, but as citizens, whether…
— Zbigniew Brzezinski
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I don't like attacking.
— Barbara Bush
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Let me completely condemn these sickening scenes; scenes of looting, scenes of vandalism, scenes of thieving, scenes of people attacking…
— David Cameron
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But, you know, we have these entrenched entities - and I'm talking about both Republicans and Democrats - who believe…
— Benjamin Carson
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There is not really any courage at all in attacking hoary or antiquated things, any more than in offering to…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Shoulda, coulda, and woulda won't get it done. In attacking adversity, only a positive attitude, alertness, and regrouping to basics…
— Pat Riley
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...we must face the fact that unilateral action on the part of the United States will never be enough to…
— Barbara Jordan
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On consideration, it is not surprising that Darwin's finches should recognize their own kind primarily by beak characters. The beak…
— David Lack
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Instead of building the peace by attacking injustices like starvation, disease, illiteracy, political and economic servitude, we spend a trillion…
— Daniel Berrigan
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