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Having disrupted business practices, social interactions and political campaigns, 2011 will be seen as the year that the rise of the Internet first disrupted foreign relations.

~Douglas Alexander

Topics: Business Campaigns First Foreign Having Interactions Internet Political Practices Relations Rise Seen Social Will Year

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Traditionally, diplomacy was done in an environment of information scarcity. Ambassadors would send back telegrams to foreign ministries, comfortable in the knowledge that their views of a country would be the only source of information the minister would see.

~Douglas Alexander

Topics: Ambassador Back Comfortable Country Diplomacy Done Environment Foreign Information Knowledge Minister Only Scarcity See Send Source Telegram Views Would

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Always there has been some terrible evil at home or some monstrous foreign power that was going to gobble us up if we did not blindly rally behind it.

~Douglas Macarthur

Topics: Always Been Behind Blindly Did Evil Foreign Going Home Monstrous Power Rally Some Terrible Up Us

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Despite my great disappointment in American foreign policy, I am very proud of the American tradition of wild land conservation. It is the best tradition and example of land conservation in the world. It goes back a long way.

~Douglas Tompkins

Topics: Am American Back Best Conservation Despite Disappointment Example Foreign Foreign Policy Goes Great Land Long Long Way Policy Proud Tradition Very Way Wild World I Am

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I believe that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act must be reformed. We must improve the American public's confidence in, and perception of, our national security programs, by increasing transparency, strengthening oversight, and safeguarding civil liberties.

~Dutch Ruppersberger

Topics: Act American Believe Civil Civil Liberties Confidence Foreign Improve Increasing Intelligence Liberties Must National National Security Our Oversight Perception Programs Public Reformed Safeguarding Security Strengthening Surveillance Transparency I Believe I Believe That

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You try various things when you're growing up. I was an attache in the Foreign Service for a while and then I drove a bulldozer, but neither of those panned out for me so it had to be stand-up.

~Dylan Moran

Topics: Drove Foreign Growing Growing Up Had Me Neither Out Service Stand-Up Then Things Those Try Up Various While You

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Yeah, my dad was in the foreign service. We lived in India, Indonesia and Africa, and we traveled a lot from those places. I was 10 when we moved back, and I felt like the odd guy out. It wasn't until later that I appreciated it. But coming back I didn't know any TV shows or music, which was even worse.

~Dylan Walsh

Topics: Africa Any Appreciated Back Coming Dad Even Even Worse Felt Foreign Guy India Indonesia Know Later Like Lived Lot Moved Music Odd Out Places Service Shows Those Traveled Tv Tv Shows Until Which Worse Yeah

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When you look at where the Democratic field is going relative to foreign policy, they are increasingly moving away from a policy of pre-emptive self-defense that the president has adopted since September 11.

~Ed Gillespie

Topics: Adopted Away Democratic Field Foreign Foreign Policy Going Increasingly Look Moving Moving Away Policy President Relative Self-Defense September Since Where You

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So I think that our foreign policy, the president's strong and principled leadership when it comes to the war against terror and foreign policy is going to be an asset.

~Ed Gillespie

Topics: Against Asset Foreign Foreign Policy Going Leadership Our Policy President Principled Strong Terror Think War I Think

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You take a vacation to a place like Thailand and you're ready for the excitement of something new and foreign. But when you're working 14-hour days, all you want is something familiar to ground you. And there's just nothing there.

~Ed Helms

Topics: Days Excitement Familiar Foreign Ground Just Like New Nothing Place Ready Something Something New Take Thailand Vacation Want Working You

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