If the Islamic world is so suffused with rage and hatred of us - for our wars, occupations, drone attacks, support of Israel, decadent culture, and tolerance of insults to Islam and the Prophet - why should we call for free elections, when the people will use those elections to vote into power rulers hostile to the United States?
Anti-Catholicism is the anti-Semitism of the intellectual.
Saying the Washington Post is just a newspaper is like saying Rasputin was just a country priest.
For Americans of the Greatest Generation that fought World War II and of the Silent Generation that came of age in the 1950s, the great moral and ideological cause was the Cold War. It gave purpose and clarity to our politics and foreign policy, and our lives.
Many Muslims put their Islamic faith ahead of their national identity and forbid preachers from other religions from coming into their countries to convert their young. Apostasy is treason to Allah. Heresy has no rights.
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Frieden ist nicht die Abwesenheit von Konflikten, es ist die Fähigkeit, Konflikte friedlich zu lösen.
Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.
Das Leben ist ein großes, süßes Lied, also lass die Musik laufen.
Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music.
Mr. Gorbatschow, tear down this wall!
Ich rufe die wissenschaftliche Gemeinschaft unseres Landes, die uns Atomwaffen gegeben hat, dazu auf, ihre Talente für die Menschheit und den Weltfrieden einzusetzen: uns die Mittel an die Hand zu geben, diese Waffen überflüssig zu machen.
I call upon the scientific community in our country, those who gave us nuclear weapons, to turn their great talents now to the cause of mankind and world peace: to give us the means of rendering these nuclear weapons impotent and obsolete.
Would you rather reduce deficits and interest rates by raising revenue from those who are not now paying their fair share, or would you rather accept larger budget deficits, higher interest rates, and higher unemployment? And I think I know your answer.
Die Präsidentschaft hat viele Probleme, aber Langeweile ist keines davon.
The presidency has many problems, but boredom is the least of them.
Wer keine Risiken eingeht, kann nicht verlieren. Aber wer keine Risiken eingeht, kann auch nicht gewinnen.
If you take no risks, you will suffer no defeats. But if you take no risks, you win no victories.
No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now.
Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.
Der Kalte Krieg taut nicht auf. Er brennt mit tödlicher Hitze.
The Cold War isn't thawing; it is burning with a deadly heat.
Als geborener Washingtoner ist mir sehr bewusst, dass Fettleibigkeit bei Kindern ein großes Problem in unserer Hauptstadt darstellt.
As a native Washingtonian, I am well aware that childhood obesity is a real problem in our nation's capital.
Die Washington Bullets ändern ihren Namen. Sie wollen nicht mehr, dass das Team mit Kriminalität assoziiert wird, deshalb heißen sie künftig nur noch Bullets.
The Washington Bullets are changing their name. They don't want their team to be associated with crime. From now on, they'll just be known as the Bullets.
Washington is a place where politicians don't know which way is up and taxes don't know which way is down.
Ich nenne Washington "die Stadt der leicht Verderblichen".
I call Washington "the city of the perishable".
Nancy Pelosi (als Sprecherin des US-Repräsentantenhauses)
Ich gebe ihnen einen gut gemeinten Rat. In DC dreht sich alles um Beziehungen.
Let me give you a little bit of free advice. DC is all about realtionships.
Kimble Hookstraten in Designated Survivor - Staffel 1 Episode 9
Alex: "Das geht so nicht weiter. Du kannst nicht immer Versprechungen machen, die du nicht halten kannst!"
Tom: "Wir sind in Washington, wir können nur solche Versprechungen machen."
Tom: "Wir sind in Washington, wir können nur solche Versprechungen machen."
Alex: "You can't do that. You can't make promises that you won't be able to keep!"
Tom: "We're in Washington, they're the only promises we're allowed to make."
Tom: "We're in Washington, they're the only promises we're allowed to make."
Thomas Adam Kirkman in Designated Survivor - Staffel 1 Episode 1
Du willst einen Freund in Washington? Leg dir einen Hund zu!
You want a friend in Washington? Get a dog!
Washington DC ist für das Lügen, was Wisconsin für den Käse ist.
Washington, D.C. is to lying what Wisconsin is to cheese.
In the Sacramento of the 1950s, it was as though White simply hadn't had time enough to figure Brown out. It was a busy white time. Brown was like the skinny or fat kids left over after the team captains chose sides. You take the rest - my cue to wander away to the sidelines, to wander away.
Richard Rodriguez - Brown: The Last Discovery of America, 2003
In den 1950ern, als ich ein kleines Mädchen war, wäre es für mich nicht möglich gewesen, Moderatorin zu werden.
When I was a little girl in the 1950s, it would not have been possible for me to say, I want to be an anchorwoman when I grow up.
Wer glaubt, wir könnten einfach drei, vier Jahre so weiter machen, wie bisher, der wird sein blaues Wunder, leider im Sinne des Wortes, bei der nächsten Wahl erleben.
Jens Spahn - Februar 2025
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