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While the intelligence profession oftentimes demands secrecy, it is critically important that there be a full and open discourse on intelligence matters with the appropriate… — John O. Brennan
The preservation of our national security and the laws that define us as the United States of America demand that we understand the intersection of… — John O. Brennan
When it comes to privacy and accountability, people always demand the former for themselves and the latter for everyone else. — David Brin
It is not viable for one country to demand a right to increase and upgrade its nuclear weapons capabilities while asking others to eliminate theirs. — John Bruton
Speaking for myself, art differs from writing in that I never know what I'm going to paint until I paint it, so it's almost like… — William S. Burroughs
America is a friend to the people of Iraq. Our demands are directed only at the regime that enslaves them and threatens us. When these… — George W. Bush
Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both. — Samuel Butler
I believe that true beauty of chess is more than enough to satisfy all possible demands. — Alexander Alekhine
I would like to be Maria, but there is La Callas who demands that I carry myself with her dignity. — Maria Callas
Competitiveness demands flexibility, choice and openness - or Europe will fetch up in a no-man's land between the rising economies of Asia and market-driven North… — David Cameron
When there is conflict between what God requires and the demands of the government, each of us has an important decision to make concerning taxes. — Tony Campolo
Teach a parrot the terms 'supply and demand' and you've got an economist. — Thomas Carlyle
To learn to get along without, to realize that what the world is going to demand of us may be a good deal more important… — Bruce Catton
Is art really the priesthood that demands the pure in heart who belong to it wholly? — Paul Cezanne
Today, the biggest challenge we must meet is the one we present to ourselves. To not become a nation that places entitlement ahead of accomplishment.… — Chris Christie
Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter. — Winston Churchill
What America demands in her black champions is a brilliant, powerful body and a dull, bestial mind. — Eldridge Cleaver
Most of what needs to be changed in the euro zone can be done without treaty changes. The demand for treaty change is as political… — Nick Clegg
Posterity is the world to come; the world for whom we hold our ideals, from whom we have borrowed our planet, and to whom we… — William J. Clinton
Music for me, it demands full concentration. — Paulo Coelho

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