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International Quotes by Ambrose Bierce
- Alliance - in international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pockets that they cannot separately…
- PROJECTILE, n. The final arbiter in international disputes. With the growth of prudence in military affairs the projectile came more and more into favor, and…
- WAR, n. A by-product of the arts of peace. The most menacing political condition is a period of international amity.
- International arbitration may be defined as the substitution of many burning questions for a smoldering one
- LEAD, n. A heavy blue-gray metal much used ... as a counterpoise to an argument of such weight that it turns the scale of debate…
- Peace in international affairs: a period of cheating between periods of fighting
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- The alliance should agree... to an effective NATO role against the new threats presented by international terrorism and weapons of mass destruction. — Jose Maria Aznar
- The core issue here is that the Israeli government refuses to commit to terms of reference for the negotiations that are based… — Mahmoud Abbas
- The privilege of ruling would be in the hands of the skilled and the learned, with a wide scope left for profitable… — Mikhail Bakunin
- Alliance - in international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pockets that… — Ambrose Bierce
- Conflict is not inevitable, but disarmament is... everyone now accepts that if there is a default by Saddam the international community must… — Tony Blair
- This resolution simply says Israel has the right to defend itself. This includes conducting operations both inside its borders and in the… — John Boehner
- It is not right to associate the fight against international terrorist networks with an imaginary crusade against Islam. — Omar Bongo
- Albania has to demonstrate that it is willing to be a reliable partner in the international community. — Emma Bonino
- In Rwanda that genocide happened because the international community and the Security Council refused to give, again, another 5000 troops which would… — Lakhdar Brahimi
- We see today that there is a growing understanding in the international community that the extremist regime in Tehran is not just… — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
- As a matter of international law, the United States is in an armed conflict with al-Qa'ida, the Taliban, and associated forces, in… — John O. Brennan