Distracted Quote by Henry Cabot Lodge

We did not seek ideological confrontation.

— John Hume

First, we would not accept a treaty that would not have been ratified, nor a treaty that I thought made sense for the country.

— George W. Bush

We would completely delegitimise what we are doing if we allow politics to interfere with our work.

— Margrethe Vestager

We would continue to handle our relations with the rest of the Continent with that kind of sensitivity.

— Thabo Mbeki

I would not plan to base my campaign primarily on opposition to the war in the Persian Gulf.

— George McGovern

Still I was concerned that politics would get between us and our POWs.

— Bo Gritz

What would this country be without this great land of ours.

— Ronald Reagan

No administration could stop the tidal wave of immigration that swept over the land; no political party could restrain or control the enterprise of…

— Nelson A. Miles

Without the United States, there simply would not have been an armed uprising in our country.

— Daniel Ortega

There would be less conflict in this world

— Nia Tellé

My mind was by no means easy about the need to carry out a clandestine action in the sovereign territory of a friendly country,…

— Isser Harel

If the colonists hadn't rejected British militarism and the massive financial burden of maintaining the British military, America wouldn't exist.

— Rachel Maddow