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The west has a great deal to answer for in the Middle East, from B

The west has a great deal to answer for in the Middle East, from Britains belated empire-building after the First World War to the US and British policy that condemns modern Iraq to the material and social squalor of a half-century ago. – James Buchan

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Since the attack on the United States on September 11 2001, and the US retaliation in Afghanistan and Iraq, there must be few people who have not felt a twinge of nostalgia for the cold war. – James Buchan

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Any new financial order for the world must tackle the three chief challenges of our age. – James Buchan

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To give money to a woman – and here I must speak as a man – is to deny her special quality, her irreplaceability, and reduce her unique amiability to a commodity. Money takes away her name, while transforming her lover into a nameless customer of a market of appetites. – James Buchan

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With those attacks, the terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States. And war is what they got. – George W. Bush

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When my grandfather died, I started adopting some of his accents, to sort of remind myself of him. A homage. He was a war hero, and he was really great with his hands. – Gavin DeGraw

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The military dont start wars. Politicians start wars. – William Westmoreland

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Until democracy in effective enthusiastic action fills the vacuum created by the power of modern inventions, we may expect the fascists to increase in power after the war both in the United States and in the world. – Henry A. Wallace

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The antagonisms between men and women express themselves in the most delicate phase of their life together – in their sexual relationship. – C. L. R. James

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The great leaders are like the best conductors – they reach beyond the notes to reach the magic in the players. – Blaine Lee

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