Affairs Quotes

954 Affairs quotes by 671 unique authors

The old Greeks dwelt on the tendency of human affairs to drift downwards irresistibly to unhappiness. Guilt - that is, untoward and often involuntary actions… — Richard Jefferies
Neoconservatism in all its pomp conceived - in the Project for a New American Century - that, following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the… — Martin Jacques
Over the years, there have been a series of concepts developed to justify the use of force in international affairs for a long period. It… — Noam Chomsky
I started, actually, as an analyst on African affairs, mainly on Al Jazeera. I remember the first few series were about Saudi students, and the… — Wadah Khanfar
I started as an engineer. I migrated to philosophy and international politics. And I did my studies about African - Africa democracy and democratization in… — Wadah Khanfar
Ronald Reagan in foreign affairs, I think, was someone who had certain, very general ideas, general propositions by which he lives: To combat communism, to… — Robert Dallek
As British and French imperialism ebbed following the end of the Second World War, America became the main outside player in Arab affairs. — Stephen Kinzer
A national security letter cannot be used to authorize eavesdropping or to read the contents of e-mail. But it does permit investigators to trace revealing… — Barton Gellman
Basically, my parents messed up because it was the Sixties, and they both had affairs, but they had a great love for each other. I… — Saffron Aldridge
Only together do Europe and the U.S. stand a chance of keeping liberal democracy as the central doctrine for organizing world affairs. — Victor Ponta
For eight years, you had the Bush administration with a very interventionist policy, driving into world affairs, driving primarily into the Islamic world, army first… — Richard Engel
I studied political science and international relations and had the intention of becoming a journalist or work in foreign affairs. I had no intention of… — Philippe Falardeau
The artificial separation of politics and culture is nowhere more pronounced than in the discourse of foreign policy and international affairs. — Ellen Willis
My love affairs were more often about the fantasy than the actual person I was involved with. — Peggy Lipton
Human beings can remain spiritual and religious while enjoying the benefits of rational administration of their affairs. — Abdolkarim Soroush
The nations of Europe constitute a federative league, a commonwealth of nations which, though it has no central head, is so intimate and elaborate as… — Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II
It is a law woven into the nature of man, attested by history, by science, by literature and art, and by dally experience, that strength… — Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II
Romance is a bird that will not sing in every bush, and love-affairs, however devoted the sentiments that inspire them, are often so business-like in… — Edward Frederic Benson
There must be a rule of thumb in pop-culture archaeology that states that the allure of any topic is inversely related to its assigned importance… — Paul Di Filippo
Prayer is our invitation to God to intervene in the affairs of earth. It is our request for Him to work His ways in this… — Myles Munroe
This is the devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whim. — James Reston
The history of mankind is confined within a limited period, and from every quarter brings an intimation that human affairs have had a beginning. — Adam Ferguson
All of our affairs, since the union of crowns, have been managed by the advice of English ministers, and the principal offices of the kingdom… — Andrew Fletcher
The value of government to the people it serves is in direct relationship to the interest citizens themselves display in the affairs of state. — William Scranton
Our concept is not that America should operate alone or by itself in world affairs or in military affairs. — Douglas J. Feith

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