As has been pointed out with Libya, the debate over Libya, sometimes … — Earl Blumenauer

As has been pointed out with Libya, the debate over Libya, sometimes we allow diplomatic relations with imperfect regimes because progress can best be made through engagement instead of isolation.

Earl BlumenauerPolitician · American · b. 1948

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Science arose from poetry... when times change the two can meet again on a higher level as friends. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning. — Benjamin Franklin
The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart. — Mohandas Gandhi
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