Quote ... unquote."The United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. has so much power that, barring a miracle, it is difficult to see how the temptation to use it unwisely will ever disappear." David Rieff, Mother Jones, 2004 "America's destiny is to police the world." Max Boot Max Boot (born 1969 in Moscow, Soviet Union) is an American author, editorialist, lecturer and military historian. He has been a prominent advocate for neoconservative foreign policy, once describing his own position as support for the use of "American might to promote American , Council on Foreign Relations The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is an influential and independent, nonpartisan foreign policy membership organization founded in 1921 and based at 58 East 68th Street (corner Park Avenue) in New York City, with an additional office in Washington, D.C. , 2003 "There are in fact plenty of good reasons to question the way that America goes about electing its president: the current process takes far too long, it persuades far too few people to vote, and, above all, it is far too dominated by money. However ... (the system) has mostly stood the test of time rather well." The Economist, November 2000 "Massive tax cuts pushed through Congress since 2001 will cost the government nearly three times as much as the combined bill for increased homeland-security, aid, and reconstruction connected to the 9/11 attacks and the war and occupation in Afghanistan and Iraq ... Yet Mr. Bush ... wants more defence spending defence spending n → gasto militar , better homeland security, more benefits for the elderly, and lower taxes--all in the midst Adv. 1. in the midst - the middle or central part or point; "in the midst of the forest"; "could he walk out in the midst of his piece?" midmost of an economic slump. It is as if a father who has just seen his salary cut in half decides to buy a new colour TV and send his kids to private school." Globe and Mail columnist Marcus Gee, August 2003 "... we Americans badly need the UN to help provide a buffer between our interest in peace and the chaos that exists in a disparate, messy outside world ... We Americans need to realize that power is defined not merely by military strength. Power exists in the context of our convictions and through international cooperation ..." Timothy E. Wirth, theGlobalist (online magazine), April 2003 ... Unquote un·quote n. Used by a speaker to indicate the end of a quotation. unquote interj an expression used to indicate the end of a quotation that was introduced with the word `quote' |
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