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No more distressing moment can ever face a British government than that which requires it to come to a hard, fast and specific decision.

~Barbara Tuchman

Topics: British Come Decision Distressing Ever Face Fast Government Hard Moment More Requires Specific Than Which

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But here too it should be noted that the President's approach was to first ask the repressive and brutal Taliban to surrender Osama bin Laden to us, and only after that government refused to do that did we invade.

~Barney Frank

Topics: After Approach Ask Bin Brutal Did First Government Here Invade Noted Only President Refused Repressive Should Surrender Taliban Too Us

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The problem for large scientific projects is to do something that is being done for the first time, balanced against cost, schedule. and promises to the government. That is a hard balancing act.

~Barry Barish

Topics: Act Against Balanced Balancing Being Being Done Cost Done First First Time Government Hard Large Problem Projects Promises Schedule Scientific Something Time

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Why was there so much work-sharing in the 1930s? One reason is that government pushed for it. In his memoirs, President Herbert Hoover estimated that as many as two million workers avoided unemployment as a result of his efforts to promote work-sharing.

~Barry Eichengreen

Topics: Avoided Efforts Estimated Government Herbert His Hoover Many Memoirs Million Much President Promote Pushed Reason Result Two Unemployment Why Workers 1930S

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I have a long-standing interest in what I like to think of as 'forbidden knowledge:' methods of unarmed killing, lock picking, breaking and entry, spy stuff, and other things that the government wants only a few select individuals to know.

~Barry Eisler

Topics: Breaking Entry Few Forbidden Government Individuals Interest Know Knowledge Like Lock Long-Standing Methods Only Other Picking Select Spy Stuff Things Think Unarmed Wants

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When I think of a story, somehow it just always seems to come out involving spooks and spies and government skullduggery.

~Barry Eisler

Topics: Always Come Government Involving Just Out Seems Somehow Spies Story Think I Think

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When I wrote my eighth thriller, 'Inside Out,' in 2009, the villains were a group of CIA and other government officials who colluded to destroy a series of tapes depicting Americans torturing war-on-terror prisoners.

~Barry Eisler

Topics: American Cia Depicting Destroy Eighth Government Government Officials Group Inside Officials Other Out Prisoners Series Tapes Thriller Villains Were Who Wrote

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If everybody in this town connected with politics had to leave town because of chasing women and drinking, you would have no government.

~Barry Goldwater

Topics: Because Chasing Connected Drinking Everybody Government Had Leave Politics Town Women Would You

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The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.

~Barry Goldwater

Topics: Act Any Created Criminals Government Income Income Tax More Other Single Tax Than

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No government, no organisation, no citizen can afford to be less than vigilant in combating bigotry, intolerance and hatred. And frankly, our way of life depends on that vigilance.

~Barry O'Farrell

Topics: Afford Citizen Depends Frankly Government Hatred Intolerance Less Life Organisation Our Than Vigilance Vigilant Way

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