1,703 Quotes About Accept

  • Author Robert Jervis
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    Once countries know that the U.S. is going to use military force in Iraq, they may accept it, although not with the same support that the U.S. has had in Afghanistan. A lot of countries will decide to at least passively acquiesce. The military success in Afghanistan is helping to carry this support, but if the situation there deteriorates, how the world perceives a possible Iraqi option will change.

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  • Author Rosemary Jenks
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    If we are willing to accept a significant share of those 5 billion people, there's no reason to have work-site enforcement. Even after a big legalization program, you can't control illegal immigration without controlling the job market.

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  • Author Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
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    First, I was so dazzled and besotted by India. People said the poverty was biblical, and I'm afraid that was my attitude, too. It's terribly easy to get used to someone else's poverty if you're living a middle-class life in it. But after a while, I saw it wasn't possible to accept it, and I also didn't want to.

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  • Author Tang Jiaxuan
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    The Chinese government and people cannot accept the conclusion that the bombing was a mistake, ... The U.S. side must make a satisfactory explanation.

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  • Author Thomas Jefferson
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    I had laid it down as a law for my conduct while in office, and hitherto scrupulously observed, to accept of no present beyond a book, a pamphlet, or other curiosity of minor value; as well to avoid imputation on my motives of action, as to shut out

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  • Author Adam Kless
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    I had no idea. We had the paperwork, but it was an oversight. No excuses. Whatever happens, we'll accept it.

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  • Author Alan Keyes
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    One individual doesn't really accept the pro-life position of the party, and the other ... says he supports it and takes a position that is logically inconsistent.

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  • Author Alpha Konare
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    We have never known an Ivory Coast hostile to foreigners. We refuse to accept that image. This is not the Ivory Coast that we know.

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