"In an ideological age, diplomacy may seem weak……" — Noah Feldman

"In an ideological age, diplomacy may seem weak and prosaic. But sometimes it is all we have."

— Noah Feldman

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35 Quotes by Noah Feldman

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Many Muslims in Saudi Arabia believe that the core values of Islam, namely acknowledgement of God's sovereignty and basic human…
Isn’t everyone’s life a mass of contradictions?
We like democracy because why? The pathologies of the U.S. version are so obvious in the aftermath of the latest…
Even a lame-duck president can be affected by a clear midterm message if he wants to see his vice president…
When we put our trust in diplomacy, it is not because it is an inspiring or uplifting discourse or because…
The transformation of the United States from a traditional republic to a democratic nation run in large measure by a…
The modern presidency, as expressed in the policies of the administration of George W. Bush, provides the strongest piece of…
The rise of the presidency began with the Louisiana Purchase, which in 1803 doubled the land mass of the United…
The administration of George W. Bush, emboldened by the Sept. 11 attacks and the backing of a Republican Congress, has…
In 1953, after the armistice ending the Korean War, South Korea lay in ruins. President Eisenhower was eager to put…
Iraqi national identity under Saddam Hussein never truly incorporated Shiites or Kurds. Sunnis, who identified most closely with the Iraqi…
Faced with the collapse of Iraq into something like Lebanon - or worse, Somalia - the Bush administration opted for…

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To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
We live in an age of instant knowledge. And there's almost a sense of entitlement to that. — J. J. Abrams
Education is the best provision for old age. — Aristotle
Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age. — Aristotle
It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims. — Aristotle
I love things that age well - things that don't date, that stand the test of time and that become… — Giorgio Armani
I knew from the age of 16 that I wanted to be a writer because I just didn't think I… — Paul Auster
The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next. — Matthew Arnold
You can fake your age or mask it, but the passion that moves the characters has to be real. — Victoria Abril
In every age 'the good old days' were a myth. No one ever thought they were good at the time.… — Brooks Atkinson
Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise. — Margaret Atwood
For years I wanted to be older, and now I am. — Margaret Atwood

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