Under Clinton, the defiance of world order has become so extreme as to be of concern even to hawkish policy analysts.

The very phrase ‚foreign affairs‘ makes an Englishman convinced that I am about to treat of subjects with which he has no concern.

I think Clinton, after getting into office and into Washington, was shocked at being bludgeoned. So he spent time trying to be all things to all people – one way guaranteed not to be successful or respected in a lion’s den. You can’t just play around with all those big cats – you’ve got to take somebody on.

Do not go gentle into that good night but rage, rage against the dying of the light.

The United States, to state the obvious, is greatly concerned by the startling number of unaccompanied minors that – children and teenagers who are making a very perilous journey through Central America to reach the United States.

I felt Clinton represented the worst of the 1960s.

As an entrepreneur, I have been known for taking risks throughout my career, but leaving the European Union is not one of the risks I would want the U.K. to take – not as an investor, not as a father, and not as a grandfather. I am deeply concerned about the impact of leaving.

You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy’s ranks.

If the United Nations once admits that international disputes can be settled by using force, then we will have destroyed the foundation of the organization and our best hope of establishing a world order.

He was the sort of person who stood on mountaintops during thunderstorms in wet copper armour shouting ‚All the Gods are bastards.‘

Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.

Women have to be extremely careful about choosing something that they consider an act of defiance that can really be used to further their enslavement.

When I don’t feel free and can’t do what I want I just react. I go against it.

When people are very damaged, they can often meet the world with a kind of defiance.

I’m old enough and cranky enough now that if someone tried to tell me what to do, I’d tell them where to put it.

All parents are concerned about their children’s well-being. As a parent of three kids, I’m very concerned about their well-being.

We are moving towards a world that is reordering itself and that may appear more ordered at some periods of time, but I see no sign that we are moving towards a world order in my definition of it – namely, a system which is accepted, which is internalized by the majority of the key participants.

Concern for man and his fate must always form the chief interest of all technical endeavors. Never forget this in the midst of your diagrams and equations.

What is a rebel? A man who says no: but whose refusal does not imply a renunciation.

There is no question that liberals do an impressive job of expressing concern for blacks. But do the intentions expressed in their words match the actual consequences of their deeds?

Great tragedy has come to us, and we are meeting it with the best that is in our country, with courage and concern for others because this is America. This is who we are.

For the people who ostensibly wish me well or are worried about my immortal soul, I say I take it kindly.

What, man, defy the devil. Consider, he’s an enemy to mankind.

It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only by defying it that the brave escape.

There is no person in this room whose basic rights are not involved in any successful defiance to the carrying out of court orders.

My concern is that contention is becoming accepted as a way of life.

As apostles and prophets, we are concerned not only for our children and grandchildren but for yours as well – and for each of God’s children.

An election is a moral horror, as bad as a battle except for the blood; a mud bath for every soul concerned in it.

Our national determination to keep free of foreign wars and foreign entanglements cannot prevent us from feeling deep concern when ideals and principles that we have cherished are challenged.

You see, Africa makes a fool of our idea of justice. It makes a farce of our idea of equality. It mocks our pieties. It doubts our concern. It questions our commitment. Because there is no way we can look at what’s happening in Africa, and if we’re honest, conclude that it would ever be allowed to happen anywhere else.

As a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, I’m concerned about the recklessness of public policy that endangers people’s lives, especially in minority communities, where crime often is such a scourge.

If ever I feel the soul within me elevate and expand to those dimensions not wholly unworthy of its Almighty Architect, it is when I contemplate the cause of my country, deserted by all the world beside, and I standing up boldly and lone and hurling defiance at her victorious oppressors.

I’m not concerned about all hell breaking loose, but that a PART of hell will break loose… it’ll be much harder to detect.

When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man’s concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.

The many questions about the bombing of Yugoslavia by the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation – meaning primarily the United States – come down to two fundamental issues: ‚What are the accepted and applicable ‚rules of world order,‘ and how do these apply in the case of Kosovo?‘

It was during the Reagan years that defiance of international law and the U.N. Charter became entirely open.

Yes, I’m still going to misbehave!

Clinton himself acted in ways which increased the threat of terror.

I was very worried about my mother, growing up – a lot. I do not want my children to be worried about me.

I am not bound to please thee with my answer.