Quote by Michael Mandelbaum
Words matter, especially words defining complicated political arra

Words matter, especially words defining complicated political arrangements, because they shape perceptions of the events of the past, attitudes toward policies being carried out in the present, and expectations about desirable directions for the future. – Michael Mandelbaum

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Read the news section of the newspaper and there is confusion and uncertainty, a world buffeted by large forces people neither understand nor control. But turn to the sports section and its all different. – Michael Mandelbaum

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Sports
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After all, the past is our only real guide to the future, and historical analogies are instruments for distilling and organizing the past and converting it to a map by which we can navigate. – Michael Mandelbaum

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Future
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Certainly, protecting oppressed people, stopping ethnic conflict and promoting responsible governance are worthy goals. But none is as important for American security and prosperity as keeping the peace in the Middle East, Europe and East Asia. – Michael Mandelbaum

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I have not made any plans for the future, and my wife would kill me if I announced anything before that. – Scott Walker

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A coldly rationalist individualist can deny that he has any obligation to make sacrifices for the future. – Garrett Hardin

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Our imagination is the only limit to what we can hope to have in the future. – Charles Kettering

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Study the past, if you would divine the future. – Confucius

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A holiday cocktail party is where some stranger will learn more about you in an hour than your spouse has learned in a lifetime. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Whatever crushes individuality is despotism, by whatever name it may be called and whether it professes to be enforcing the will of God or the injunctions of men. – John Stuart Mill

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Every parting is a form of death, as every reunion is a type of heaven. – Tryon Edwards

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Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises. – Demosthenes

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