538 quotes by diplomats for you to enjoy

We foolishly did not realize Saddam was stupid. April Glaspie

Stupid Foolishly Saddam Did Realize

I often ask myself, 'Why is it that most of the lies come out of Islamic countries, and why is it that most of the social corruptions are in the Middle East and in these Islamic countries?' The answer is, when you control something, when you suppress something, people try to do it another way. Bahman Ghobadi

Myself You People Try Control Way East Out Lies Corruptions Something Something People Countries Come Most Suppress Another Islamic Another Way Answer Often Middle Middle East Social Ask Why

I love music; I come from a region of Kurdistan that is a base for music. Bahman Ghobadi

Love Music Come Region Base

I had seen some films made about the underground music world in Tehran, and most of them were short documentaries about 30 or 40 minutes long. And I always wondered why they weren't publicized more. Really, their only flaw was they were short documentaries. Bahman Ghobadi

Music World Made Long Seen Films Tehran Music World Some Minutes About More Only Had Most Documentaries Underground Always Were Wondered Short Flaw Them Really Why

It feels very, very good to make a film freely, to work without having to wait years for script approval, without looking over your shoulder. Bahman Ghobadi

Work Good Wait Looking Approval Having Over Feels Freely Make Without Years Very Script Shoulder Your Film

Some of them, in accepting the proposed plan of government, coupled their acceptance with a recommendation of various additions to the Constitution, which they deemed essential to the preservation of the rights of the States, or of the People. Caleb Cushing

Government Constitution Rights Acceptance People States Recommendation Some Various Proposed Coupled Accepting Essential Which Them Plan Deemed Preservation

Be the responsibility on their heads who raise this novel and extraordinary question of reception, going to the unconstitutional abridgment, as I conceive, of the great right of petition inherent in the People of the United States. Caleb Cushing

Great People Responsibility Extraordinary States Unconstitutional Conceive Heads Question Going Inherent Who Novel Petition United United States Right Raise Reception

I maintain that the House is bound by the Constitution to receive the petitions; after which, it will take such method of deciding upon them as reason and principle shall dictate. Caleb Cushing

Constitution Will Shall Take Maintain Bound House Principle Method Dictate After Deciding Which Them Reason Receive

If there be any plausible reason for supposing that we have the right to legislate on the slave interests of the District, you cannot put down the investigation of the subject out of doors, by refusing to receive petitions. Caleb Cushing

You Doors Down Out District Investigation Put Supposing Subject Any Legislate Refusing Cannot Interests Reason Plausible Right Receive Slave

Sir, allusion has been made, in an early stage of this debate, to the history of the excitement which once pervaded a considerable part of the country, in reference to the transportation of the mails on the Lord's day. Caleb Cushing

Day History Debate Made Country Stage Considerable Once Has-Been Part Excitement Lord Been Reference Sir The History Of Which Transportation Early

The winged words uttered in this House have gone forth to the world, on their mission of good or of evil. Caleb Cushing

Good Words World Evil Gone Winged Mission House Forth Uttered

This Republic was called into being, organized, and is upheld, by a great political doctrine. Caleb Cushing

Great Political Doctrine Upheld Being Republic Organized

We are laying the foundations of a government, which we hope may outlast the Pyramids. Caleb Cushing

Hope Government Outlast Laying Pyramids May Which Foundations

When we fled from the oppressions of kings and parliaments in Europe, to found this great Republic in America, we brought with us the laws and the liberties, which formed a part of our heritage as Britons. Caleb Cushing

Great Heritage Britons Our Liberties Brought Kings Laws Great Republic Part America Which Formed Republic Us Europe Found

You well know, sir, that when the Constitution was submitted to the People of the respective States for their adoption or rejection, it awakened the warmest debates of the several State conventions. Caleb Cushing

You Constitution People Rejection State Several States Respective Adoption Know Well Debates Sir Submitted Conventions Warmest Awakened

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