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Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.


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Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states
DEMOSTHENES Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.
DEMOSTHENES Enlightened despots are mythical creatures; real despots seem more interested in stealing money or i...
ELLIOTT ABRAMS [A story was told about Demosthenes and another orator. When the unnamed orator (understandably forg...
DEMOSTHENES With payrolls so close, people are looking at risk/reward and deciding to be safe.
DOMINIC KONSTAM Your generous part in my liberation is taken by the world for the revelation of the fact, that the U...
LAJOS KOSSUTH Certain amounts of lead are certainly emitted, but there are safe levels of that and there are un-sa...
DREW GODDARD Other states have found that younger hunters are safe hunters.
LENNY REES They are safe in their number and their close array.
UNKNOWN If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was a...
THOMAS JEFFERSON The Huron and Iroquois forests are peopled by my friends; with me, the despots of Europe and their c...
MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE We've had a great commerce experience with Nebraska and this shows the desire of many (U.S.) states ...
PEDRO ALVAREZ Despotism increases in severity with the number of despots; the responsibility is more divided, and ...
WILLIAM WELLS BROWN We are quite close to a common definition of safe harbor principles.
DAVID AARON You often love someone not for what they are, but for what you are when you are with them.
JEFFREY FRY Demosthenes overcame and rendered more distinct his inarticulate and stammering pronunciation by spe...
PLUTARCH Finally we are a nation with some conscience. It means alliances are extremely important when they&#...
MALCOLM WALLOP When you choose to love as God loves, it will never be safe....but it will set you free.
JANET LARSON Craig finished so close in the 200 free. He had all the splits up until the last 25. It was an outst...
DAVE MASTRANTUONO The whole neighborhood was close-knit. It always was safe. It was for me.
DONNA NORRIS These kids are scared. When you're scared, you're going to form alliances and allegiances for protec...
SHANE MAY They may fight with us, but they don't fight for us.
CHRISTOPHER PAOLINI Peace, commerce, and honest friendship, with all nationsentangling alliances with none.
THOMAS JEFFERSON Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations...entangling alliances with none
THOMAS JEFFERSON Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none.
THOMAS JEFFERSON Peace. commerce, and honest friendship with all nations--entangling alliances with none.
THOMAS JEFFERSON Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations — entangling alliances with none.
THOMAS JEFFERSON Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations...entangling alliances with none.
THOMAS JEFFERSON We have all fought for our lives
more than we know,
survived our own questions.
ANDREA GIBSON We were the letters sent to the wrong address,
but opened anyway.
ANDREA GIBSON An alliance with a powerful person is never safe.
PHAEDRUS We want to expand the bases of support for a free trade agreement with the United States, and theref...
ALEJANDRO TOLEDO [China] must maintain a close relationship with the United States if its modernization efforts are t...
WANG JISI From too much love of living, From hope and fear set free, We thank with brief thanksgiving Whatever...
ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE From too much love of living, From hope and fear set free, We thank with brief thanksgiving Whatever...
ALGERNON SWINBURNE From too much love of living, From hope and fear set free, We thank with brief thanksgiving Whatever...
ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE Outside are the storms and strangers: We - Oh, close, safe and warm sleep I and she, I - and she
ROBERT BROWNING Freedom is contagious. That's why despots fear it so much.
BILL OWENS Sustained close engagement by the United States government is necessary to ensure compliance ... wit...
MICHAEL CROMARTIE I'm committed to sustain current efforts to reach a free trade agreement with the United States,
HOSNI MUBARAK He made the boxes because he was lonely. He didn't have anyone to love, and he made the boxes so he ...
AUDREY NIFFENEGGER You turn on the TV, and you see very bland interviews. Journalists in the United States are very coz...
JORGE RAMOS Afghanistan must never again be a safe haven for terrorism.
JULIA GILLARD Who is ready to be a truly independent representative of Minnesota? Who is free of entangling allian...
WALTER MONDALE The French don't seek out alliances except when there are difficulties.
ERIC ROHMER Under the United States Constitution, the federal government has no authority to hold states "accoun...
RON PAUL I will never apologize for the United States of America -- I don't care what the facts are.
GEORGE BUSH We are here to foster stronger alliances. We are not in the parish to replace anyone.
LAVONYA MALVEAUX Freedom is contagious. That's why despots fear it so much.
BILL OWENS I create a home that is a safe and nurturing place for me, where I am free to gather myself.
MAUREEN BRADY I can't do with mountains at close quarters -- they are always in the way, and they are so stupid, n...
D. H. (DAVID HERBERT) LAWRENCE It is never safe to look into the future with eyes of fear.
EDWARD H. HARRIMAN You are a warrior in a dark forest, with no compass and are unable to tell who the actual enemy is, ...
ANONYMOUS When Demosthenes was asked what were the three most important aspects of oratory, he answered, Actio...
PLUTARCH In high school, there are so many cliques. You're never safe.
BLAKE LIVELY A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular.
ADLAI STEVENSON A free society is a place where it's safe to be unpopular.
ADLAI E. STEVENSON JR. A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular.
ADLAI E. STEVENSON JR. A free society is a place where it's safe to be unpopular
ADLAI E. STEVENSON There are no sure answers for ice being safe. The general standards for safe ice are a good rule of ...
JAKE HOHL I wanted nothing for free.
Nothing came for free at our place anyway.
MARKUS ZUSAK For polyatomic free radicals and ions, one is dependent both for the ground states and the excited s...
GERHARD HERZBERG My goal is to ensure the Northern Border is safe, secure and allows for the free flow of travel and ...
RICK LARSEN You would never give up if you knew how close you were, would you? So never give up because you are ...
VIKRANT PARSAI The DeLay story struck a nerve with people all across the United States because Tom DeLay put a face...
CHRIS BELL To the extent that you can build safe homes that close to the water.
BILL BAILEY History reminds us that dictators and despots arise during times of severe economic crisis.
ROBERT KIYOSAKI I can't do with mountains at close quarters - they are always in the way, and they are so stupid...
D. H. LAWRENCE Never miss an opportunity to show your love, especially to those close to you, because we are always...
PAULO COELHO Free trade has been very good for the Canadian industry. Canada and the United States had establishe...
ALEXANDER MOENS A free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.
ADLAI STEVENSON My definition of a free society is where it's safe to be unpopular.
ADLAI E. STEVENSON JR. The average man doesn't want to be free. He wants to be safe.
HENRY LOUIS MENCKEN If all of us work in accordance with rule of law, if rule of law is implemented, we are all safe, in...
VEERAPPA MOILY The United States is the leader of the free world.
ELIZABETH DOLE Close your eyes and let music set you free.
CHARLES HART Never mind what they say,for religion practitioners are never free,as they profess,they carry huge b...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) People are never free of trying to be content.
MURRAY BOOKCHIN 'Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world.
GEORGE WASHINGTON 'Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world.
GEORGE WASHINGTON A horse with no nose will never win a close race.
BILL STEIN Know when cities and states refuse to help enforce immigration laws, our nation is less safe.
JEFF SESSIONS Violence is a problem we all want to solve. I want to make sure that kids learn to deal with anger b...
PATTY MURRAY Most dreams of glory are safe because we never venture to put them into practice.
CHARLES CUROTHE I mean to say that Congress can hereafter decide whether any states, slave or free, can be framed ou...
WILLIAM H. SEWARD I know that military alliances and armament have been the reliance for peace for centuries, but they...
FRANK B. KELLOGG Caution is the key to safe cycling. I'm aware that cars are bigger than me, but I feel quite saf...
ERIN O'CONNOR Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.
THOMAS JEFFERSON He is most free from danger, who, even when safe, is on his guard.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS The states are not free, under the guise of protecting maternal health or potential life, to intimid...
HARRY A. BLACKMUN She wrote to him fairly regularly, from a paradise of triple exclamation points and inaccurate obser...
J.D. SALINGER Father said I have no sense of humor at all. He said I was unequipped to meet life because I have no...
J.D. SALINGER You take a really sleepy man, Esmé, and he always stands a chance of again becoming a man with all ...
J.D. SALINGER He said I was unequipped to meet life because I had no sense of humor.
J.D. SALINGER Written in ink, in German, in a small, hopelessly sincere handwriting, were the words "Dear God, lif...
J.D. SALINGER You are safe with me."
"I am not at all safe, with you. But I have no desire to be elsewhere.
A.S. BYATT Take me to the height where success would seek my help to succeed!
I ARE The Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci used to say that for her, an interview was like a war. I get t...
JORGE RAMOS From too much love of living, From hope and fear set free, We thank with brief thanksgiving ...
ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE What you are good at, you never do it free!
DEYTH BANGER

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