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A democracy, the realistic observer is forced to conclude, is likely to be idealistic in its feelings about itself, but imperialistic about its practice.

Quote by Irving Babbitt about feelings, democracy

How would you like to be forced all the days of your life to sit beside a stinking, stupid wino every morning at breakfast?

Quote by Jack Henry Abbott about day, life, contentment

When I'm forced by circumstances to be in a crowd of prisoners, it's all I can do to refrain from attack.

Quote by Jack Henry Abbott about prison, attack, circumstances

But clearly the fact that we've gone from zero Iraqi security forces on duty in May to up to 200,000 today is an enormous accomplishment, but it's not enough.

Quote by John Abizaid about force, security, duty

But the key shift in focus will be from counter-insurgency operations to more and more cooperation with Iraqi security forces and to building Iraqi security capacity.

Quote by John Abizaid about security, concentration, force

Certainly our goal is to leave Iraq, but we can't leave Iraq with our forces until we know that the Iraqi security forces are capable and efficient enough to defend the sovereignty of the nation.

Quote by John Abizaid about force, purpose, security, nation

Our forces will not be on the sidelines.

Quote by John Abizaid about force

We'll try to include Iraqi officers in our staffs. We will do everything we can to empower Iraqi security forces to stand up on their own and operate where they can alone.

Quote by John Abizaid about force, security

We've got to ensure that the quality and the capability of these forces will be good enough to withstand the challenges that the insurgents and the terrorists will present to the new Iraqi government.

Quote by John Abizaid about force, quality, present, good, good luck

Yet, we believe that that's probably the vigilance of Iraqi security forces and some of our proactive measures the night before probably saved lives.

Quote by John Abizaid about prudence, force, security, night, faith

CBS fought very hard on this because it believed and believes that there's a principle at stake here. The principle is that Dan Rather doesn't work for the police, and that people that speak to Dan Rather understand that he's a journalist and not...

Quote by Floyd Abrams about police, principle, journalism, work, people

If the word gets out, if the perception exists that by speaking to a CBS journalist you are, therefore, inevitably, immediately speaking to the police, I don't think there's any doubt but that people won't talk. And, therefore, the public won't...

Quote by Floyd Abrams about journalism, police, doubt, word, public, people, contentment

This is going right to the police. So, it's a very dangerous precedent.

Quote by Floyd Abrams about police, rightness

Susceptibility to the highest forces is the highest genius.

Quote by Henry B. Adams about force, genius

Against mighty odds you held the line and faced down a huge military foe, the British Crown Forces and their surrogates in the unionist death squads.

Quote by Gerry Adams about prison, army, force, death, contentment

There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about force, spirit, world

There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about force, interest, fear, man

Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? Man is a great depth, O Lord. The hairs of his head are easier by far to count than his feeling, the movements of his heart.

Quote by Augustin de Hipona about force, heads, soul, heart, man

For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold crime in check; yet crime persists. Why? Because the instincts that are warring in man are not, as the law claims, constant forces in a state of...

Quote by Albert Camus about opinion, crime, criminals, force, law, state, death, man

Moby Dick - that book is so amazing. I just realized that it starts with two characters meeting in bed; that's how my book begins, too, but I hadn't noticed the parallel before, two characters forced to share a bed, reluctantly.

Quote by Michael Chabon about meetings