Wesley Clark Quotes

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• Let's not forget what the origin of the problem is. There is no place in modern Europe for ethnically pure states. That's a 19th century idea and we are trying to transition into the 21st century, and we are going to do it with multi-ethnic states.

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  War, Europe, Ideas

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• We're going to take out seven countries in 5 years, starting with Iraq, and then Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and, finishing off, Iran.

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  Country, Iraq, Iran

  "Democracy Now!" with Amy Goodman, www.globalresearch.ca. March 2, 2007.

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• It doesn't take any more energy to create a big dream than it does to create a little one.

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  Dream, Goal, Energy

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• Nothing could be a more serious violation of public trust than to consciously make a war based on false claims.

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  War, Serious, Claims

  Wesley Clark's speech at the conference of Military Reporters and Editors, October 2003.

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• Imagine a world in which we saw beyond the lines that divide us, and celebrated our differences, instead of hiding from them. Imagine a world in which we finally recognized that, fundamentally, we are all the same. And imagine if we allowed that new understanding to build relations between people and between nations.

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  Differences, People, Understanding

  "Twenty Year Vision for America". Speech at Manchester, New Hampshire, January 10, 2004.

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• There are only two kinds of plans. Plans that might work and plans that won't work... you have to take a plan that might work and make it work.

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  Two, Might, Kind

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• I think we should be very clear on this. You know, this country was founded on the principles of the Enlightenment... It was the idea that people could talk, reason, have dialogue, discuss the issues. It wasn't founded on the idea that someone would get struck by a divine inspiration and know everything right from wrong. I mean, people who founded this country had religion, they had strong beliefs, but they believed in reason, in dialogue, in civil discourse. We can't lose that in this country. We've got to get it back.

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  Country, Strong, Inspiration

  "Real Time with Bill Maher", September 5, 2003.

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• Well, I don't think riding in a fighter plane and getting shot down is a qualification to be president.

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  Thinking, President, Riding

  "Rove's Take: Gen. Clark-McCain-Obama Triangle". "On the Record" with Greta Van Sustern, www.foxnews.com. July 1, 2008.

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• Well, it came from the White House, it came from people around the White House. It came from all over. I got a call on 9/11. I was on CNN, and I got a call at my home saying, 'You got to say this is connected. This is state-sponsored terrorism. This has to be connected to Saddam Hussein.

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  Home, White, Cnn

  "Daily MoJo", www.motherjones.com. July 18, 2003.

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• You have to be true to what you believe in and do your duty.

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  Believe, Duty, Being True

  "60 minutes" with Dan Rather, www.cbsnews.com. November 19, 2003.

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• Well we always need brave, capable young men and women who can run a tactical operation and take risks on the battlefield but you should know when we need you to go in there, that if there's any other way to do it, that we could do this without risking your life, we wouldn't ask you to risk your life.

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  Running, Men, Brave

  Source: www.sbs.com.au

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• You need people with the courage to stand up and voice their opposition without being labeled unpatriotic.

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  Voice, People, Patriotism

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• I think you have to repudiate torture and I think you have to end what's going on at Guantanamo and you have to live up to American values. Basically you restore - what the American dream brought to the world stage was respect for the individual and the idea that people aren't pawns that rulers can push around but they have rights.

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  Dream, Thinking, Rights

  Source: www.sbs.com.au

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• I'm pro-choice, pro-affirmative action, pro-environment and pro-labor. I was either going to be the loneliest Republican in America or I was going to be a happy Democrat.

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  America, Choices, Action

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• Serious research and development efforts are required to produce technologies, strategies, organizations, and trained personnel who can go into failed states, work with our allies and friends, and promote the political and economic reforms that will meet popular needs and reduce the sources of terrorism and conflict.

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  Technology, Research And Development, Organization

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• Europe and America must act together in the face of evil. It's high time for Americans and Europeans to restore that unity and be able to take actions collectively together.

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  America, Europe, Evil

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• The truth is, about the Middle East is, had there been no oil there, it would be like Africa. Nobody is threatening to intervene in Africa.

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  Oil, Middle East, Would Be

  "Gen. Wesley Clark Weighs Presidential Bid: 'I Think About It Every Day'". "Democracy Now!" with Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org. March 2, 2007.

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• One night I walked out of the church when the priest said that we should never have fought the Revolutionary war and every war was bad. It was 4th of July. It was an outrageously political statement. I just never felt right when people in the church would take these overtly political positions especially when I felt like I was a good Christian, I was serving my country, and I just didn't feel like I deserved to be lambasted by the priest on the 4th of July.

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  Christian, Country, War

  "'I'm Spiritual. I'm Religious. I'm a Good Christian.'". Interview with Steven Waldman, www.beliefnet.com. December 2003.

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• The more Marines I have around, the better I like it.

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  Marine, Usmc, Call Of Duty

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• War creates its own intensity of hatred... You don't want to use force except as an absolute last resort.

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  War, Hatred, Lasts

  Interview with Laura Knoy, New Hampshire Public Radio, November 5, 2003.

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• I don't think you can solve what's going on in Iraq unless you can deal effectively with the region and you can't deal effectively with the region if you start with the premise that you can't talk to people who disagree with you.

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  Thinking, Iraq, People

  Source: www.sbs.com.au

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• I think there's no question that, even though we may not have the evidence as Richard (Perle) says, that there have been such contacts (between Iraq and al Qaeda). It' s normal. It's natural. These are a lot of bad actors in the same region together. They are going to bump into each other. They are going to exchange information. They're going to feel each other out and see whether there are opportunities to cooperate. That's inevitable in this region, and I think it's clear that regardless of whether or not such evidence is produced of these connections that Saddam Hussein is a threat.

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  Opportunity, Thinking, Iraq

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• You have to take a plan that might work and make it work

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  Might, Plans

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• The time has passed in America when this party can be the party of compassion and let the executive branch run foreign policy. It won't work. We have to be the party that can stand toe to toe with George W. Bush on national security, as well as the party of compassion.

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  Running, Party, Compassion

  Wesley Clark at Democratic Presidential Candidates Debate at Johnson Theatre, University of New Hampshire in Durham, New Hampshire, www.nytimes.com. December 9, 2003.

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• The campaign in Iraq illustrates the continuing progress of military technology and tactics, but if there is a single overriding lesson it must be this: American military power, especially when buttressed by Britain's, is virtually unchallengeable today. Take us on? Don't try! And that's not hubris, it's just plain fact.

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  Military, Technology, Iraq

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