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When we uphold the rule of law, our counterterrorism tools are more likely to withstand the scrutiny of our courts, our allies,…
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Jihad is holy struggle, a legitimate tenet of Islam, meaning to purify oneself or one's community.
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Unfortunately, in war, there are casualties, including among the civilian population.
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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…
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We will use all lawful tools at our disposal, and that includes authorities under the renewed PATRIOT Act. We firmly believe that…
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Why should a great and powerful nation like the United States allow its relationship with more than a billion Muslims around the…
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Al-Qa'ida is the antithesis of the peace, tolerance and humanity that is at the heart of Islam.
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How you define a problem shapes how you address it.
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I go to bed at night worrying that I didn't do enough that day to make sure I protect the American people.
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I have a reputation for speaking my mind. I like to think my candor and bluntness will give you the answers.
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I'm neither Republican nor Democrat. I've worked for the past five administrations.
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Poverty does not cause violence and terrorism. Lack of education does not cause terrorism.
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Yes, war is hell. It is awful. It involves human beings killing other human beings, sometimes innocent civilians. That is why we…
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If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.
— Noam Chomsky
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We despise no source that can pay us a pleasing attention.
— Mark Twain
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That a person cannot and consequently will not defend himself, does not yet cast disgrace upon him in our eyes ; but…
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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Discipline is something we despise for the moment.... We all look for a place to run, an excuse with which to stall.…
— Charles Stanley
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Few of us have the necessary unselfishness to hear with gladness the talents of others extolled or to listen with patience to…
— D.E. Stevenson
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All strange and terrible events are welcome, but comforts we despise.
— Cleopatra
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Because the road is rough and long, Should we despise the skylark's song?
— Anne Bronte
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We cannot hate those who we despise.
— Eric Hoffer
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We rightly scorn those who have no made use of their defects, who have not exploited their deficiencies, and have not been…
— Emile M. Cioran
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We despise all reverences and all objects of reverence which are outside the pale of our list of sacred things. And yet,…
— Mark Twain
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We have grown literally afraid to be poor. We despise anyone who elects to be poor in order to simplify and save…
— William James
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