Jacques Chirac Quotes

During the 1860 Republican nominating convention, following the custom of the time, neither Lincoln or the odds on favorite, William H. Seward, were even in Chicago. Lincoln's campaign managers wired him regarding a possible deal with Simon Cameron to obtain the votes of the Pennsylvania delegation:. Lincoln's managers were incredulous. Without bargains there was no way Lincoln stood a chance. They decided that Lincoln didn't really mean what he had said but was only "covering himself" for the record. They proceeded to deal with Cameron as well as trade for most of the prospective cabinet and some Federal judgeships as well. Lincoln won and honored all the bargains when he became president.

Commenting on Middle East peace negotiations:

Adams urged paying tribute to the Barbary Pirates who had an incredible extortion racket going in the Mediterranean. If nations would pay them an annual sum each year, they would not attack and seize merchant ships of that country and sell the ships and goods while holding the sailors for ransom. Most of the European powers were paying the annual tribute as they calculated that it was cheaper than patrolling the Mediterranean with warships or going to war with the Barbary States. More important for Adams was that he did not think that the country would support such a military action. See {640847} That was Adams’ thinking. Jefferson however, sent our Navy and Marines to our first foreign war, and they were very effective. However, despite the American military victories, and because of the inability for the European powers to collaborate and share the burden of naval patrol, the United States went back to the craven policy of paying the blackmail. See {640846} & {640848}.

The Barbary Pirates had an incredible extortion racket going in the Mediterranean. If nations would pay them an annual sum each year, they would not attack and seize merchant ships of that country and sell the ships and goods while holding the sailors for ransom. See {640845} ,{640846} & {640848}

When Eisenhower first use this verb, many criticized him for his poor use of language. There was no such word at the time. Purists pointed out that something was final or it was not. There could not be a process of “finalizing”. Yet Eisenhower, with more experienced than most people developing at developing plans. He knew that in every large planning effort, there was a stage where the big decisions had been made and the plan details had to be amended to be consistent with the final decisions. When he called the process “finalizing” every person who had engaged in large planning efforts realized that this was an excellent term for a process that was a part of the planning process. To the distress of some grammarians and lingists, the term caught on and was used be virtually all planners thereafter. By the end if the 20th century, it was such a common and useful term that few people realized that before Eisenhower’s presidency the word “finalize” had never been used.