"Diplomacy has more to do with (credible) threats……" — Glenn Reynolds
"Diplomacy has more to do with (credible) threats than with sweet reason. And threats from America are a lot more credible, nowadays."
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25 Quotes by Glenn Reynolds
Glenn Reynolds has 25 quotes on this site.
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As my father-in-law once said, when they talk about taxes it's always for teachers, firemen, and police - but when…
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What's wrong with "the new elite?" Forget cultural insularity or smugness. The main problem with the "new elite" is that…
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Personally, I'm tired of hearing the whole have-you-no-decency routine from people who have made quite clear that they possess none…
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When the private sector fails, the solution is more government. When the government fails, the solution is more government.
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[T]he people as ultimate sovereigns, retain the ultimate power - and even the duty - to overthrow any government that…
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The government decides to try to increase the middle class by subsidizing things that middle class people have: If middle-class…
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The nannyism is partly to distract from the corruption — and partly just another opportunity to leverage it. A good…
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But remember: All this talk of tolerance and diversity is basically just a way for one group of white people…
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The proverbial thirteenth chime of the clock - is not only wrong itself, but calls into question everything that came…
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Bush is quite vulnerable if the Democrats pick the right issues. So far, though, they've shown their usual tendency to…
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Hmm. Petty? Yes. Ineffectual? Yes. Infuriating and off-putting? Yes. Counterproductive? Yes. It's got to be a product of the French…
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Let's be honest: Kerry has no idea what it is to be even a middle-class white in this country.
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More America Quotes
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I guess I wanted to leave America for awhile. It wasn't that I wanted to become an expatriate, or just…
— Paul Auster
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What is going on in America is extreme. The youth cult, they worship youth so much it's almost paranoid. And…
— Billie Joe Armstrong
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My Latin temper blows up pretty fast, but it goes down just as fast. Maybe that's why you seldom hear…
— Desi Arnaz
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When bright young minds can't afford college, America pays the price.
— Arthur Ashe
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Today, the Iraqi citizen sees that America is coming and wants to occupy his country and kill him, and he…
— Bashar al-Assad
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Is there an equality of power between America and Iraq? Definitely not; however, the Iraqi people are standing fast and…
— Bashar al-Assad
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There's no lack of writers writing novels in America, about America. Therefore, it seems to me it would be wasteful…
— Chinua Achebe
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God bless the USA, so large, so friendly, and so rich.
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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You know there are no secrets in America. It's quite different in England, where people think of a secret as…
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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A tremendous number of people in America work very hard at something that bores them. Even a rich man thinks…
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too much. I can see myself…
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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If I can procure three hundred good substantial names of persons, or bodies, or institutions, I cannot fail to do…
— John James Audubon
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