The aspects of patriotism that hush dissent, encourage going along, and sanction comfortable distancing and compliance with what is indecent and unacceptable... those aspects are too fundamental to ignore or gloss over. Bernadine Dohrn aspectcomfortablecompliance share on social
The Assad regime has lost the consent of the governed, and it is difficult to see how a replacement Alawite regime would be able to regain this consent. Elliott Abrams alawiteassadconsent Change image and share on social
The Assad regime is quite reliant on oil exports. Elliott Abrams assadexportoil Change image and share on social
'The Assassination of Jesse James' remains one of my favorite films that I've done. You know, it's still labeled a loser. Brad Pitt assassinationfavoritefilm Change image and share on social
The assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy led directly to the passage of a historic law, the Gun Control Act of 1968. Jeffrey Toobin actassassinationcontrol Change image and share on social
'The Assassins' Gate' is a very tightly controlled story of the ideas that led to the war and the consequences of those ideas in Iraq, and there is no doubt about where it is going and what kind of groundwork is being laid. George Packer assassinconsequencecontrol share on social
The Assembly has witnessed over the last weeks how historical truth is established; once an allegation has been repeated a few times, it is no longer an allegation, it is an established fact, even if no evidence has been brought out in order to support it. Dag Hammarskjold allegationassemblybring share on social
The assertion of failure coming from such persons does not mean that Mr. Mill failed to promote the practical success of those objects the advocacy of which forms the chief feature of his political writings. Millicent Fawcett advocacyassertionchief share on social
The assertion that 'all men are created equal' was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain and it was placed in the Declaration not for that, but for future use. Abraham Lincoln assertionbritaincreate Change image and share on social
The assimilationist movement is running us into the ground. Harry Hay assimilationistgrindmovement Change image and share on social
