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The struggle to get weapons is continuous, but the United States will aid us, if it finds Israel displaying a willingness for peace.
by Yitzhak Rabin (Statesman, Israeli , born in 1922) keywords: aid, continuous, displaying, finds, get, israel, peace, states, struggle, united, us, weapons, will , willingness The theoretical postulate of all diplomatic discussion between nations is the assumed willingness of every nation to do justice.
by Elihu Root (Lawyer, American , born in 1845) keywords: assumed, between, diplomatic, discussion, every, justice, nation, nations, postulate, theoretical , willingness The same tools that make any writer good, plus a cheerful willingness to suspend belief.
by Fred Saberhagen (Author, American , born in 1930) keywords: any, belief, cheerful, good, make, plus, same, suspend, tools, willingness , writer The merit of a democratic regime rests on one's continual willingness to exchange views, and to compete on the basis of individual merit and capacities.
by Jose Eduardo Dos Santos (Statesman , born in 1942) keywords: basis, capacities, compete, continual, democratic, exchange, individual, merit, regime, rests, views , willingness Must faith be exactly that, the willingness and ability to believe in the face of a lack of evidence? If one could find the evidence, would then the faith be dead?
by Clifford D. Simak (Writer, American , born in 1904) keywords: ability, believe, could, dead, evidence, exactly, face, faith, find, lack, must, then, willingness , would Don't let that weapon technology proliferate. Don't let Saddam Hussein get capability for nuclear or chemical weapons, because he's already shown a willingness to use any weapon at his disposal.
by John Sununu (Politician, American , born in 1964) keywords: already, any, because, capability, chemical, disposal, get, his, hussein, nuclear, proliferate, saddam, shown, technology, use, weapon, weapons , willingness Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily.
by Thomas Szasz (Psychologist, American , born in 1920) keywords: act, aware, before, children, conscious, easily, every, injury, learn, learning, own, requires, self-esteem, self-importance, suffer, their, why, willingness , young Any successful nominee should possess both the temperament to interpret the law and the wisdom to do so fairly. The next Supreme Court Justice should have a record of protecting individual rights and a strong willingness to put aside any political agenda.
by Bennie Thompson (Politician, American , born in 1948) keywords: agenda, any, aside, both, court, fairly, individual, interpret, justice, law, next, nominee, political, possess, protecting, put, record, rights, should, strong, successful, supreme, temperament, willingness , wisdom The refusal to rest content, the willingness to risk excess on behalf of one's obsessions, is what distinguishes artists from entertainers, and what makes some artists adventurers on behalf of us all.
by John Updike (Novelist, American , born in 1932) keywords: adventurers, artists, behalf, content, distinguishes, entertainers, excess, makes, obsessions, refusal, rest, risk, some, us , willingness By the time I became chairman and there was more of a feeling of urgency, there was a willingness to accept more forceful measures to try to deal with the inflation.
by Paul A. Volcker (Economist, American , born in 1927) keywords: accept, became, chairman, deal, feeling, forceful, inflation, measures, more, time, try, urgency , willingness The Vietnamese have a secret weapon. It's their willingness to die beyond our willingness to kill. In effect, they've been saying, You can kill us, but you'll have to kill a lot of us; you may have to kill all of us. And, thank heaven, we are not yet ready to do that.
by George Wald (Scientist, American , born in 1906) keywords: been, beyond, die, effect, heaven, kill, lot, may, our, ready, saying, secret, thank, their, us, vietnamese, weapon, willingness , yet Willingness to change is a strength, even if it means plunging part of the company into total confusion for a while.
by Jack Welch (Businessman, American , born in 1935) keywords: change, company, confusion, even, into, means, part, plunging, strength, total, while , willingness Our willingness to acknowledge that we only see half the picture creates the conditions that make us more attractive to others. The more sincerely we acknowledge our need for their different insights and perspectives, the more they will be magnetized to join us.
by Margaret J. Wheatley (Writer , American) keywords: acknowledge, attractive, conditions, creates, different, half, insights, join, make, more, need, only, others, our, perspectives, picture, see, sincerely, their, us, will , willingness