Mark My Words … I Mean What I Say

0 Comments | Insight on the News, June 12, 2000

"This is what you get when you put poor troops into an impossible situation."

-- Dennis Jett, former U.S. ambassador to Mozambique and author of Why Peacekeeping Fails, on the desperate and headline-making situation in Sierra Leone.

"We agree on the goals, but you think government is the best instrument and I think the voluntary and charitable sectors are the best."

-- A phrase summarizing the concept that political consultant and columnist Dick Morris says George W. Bush must incorporate into his campaign if he is to succeed against Vice President Al Gore in the forthcoming presidential election.

"The major responsibility of a president is to squeeze the last possible cent out of the taxpayer."

-- W.C. Fields, the droll American film comedian, in a quote revived in the latest issue of Reason magazine.

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