Tamora Pierce Quotes
She's all over us like maggots on garbage, just because I interfered with one pickpocket yesterday.
Pierce, Tamora. Terrier. Random House, 2006.
His plan was that at the end of WWII, the 4 nations would police the world to be sure that the “4 Policemen” would be sure that no other Hitler could ever even start to invade neighboring countries. Ironically, he strongly suspected that the Nationalist Chinese would not be able to do this for the Pacific and assumed that the US would have to carry that area as well, but he didn’t doubt the ability of the Russians to police Eastern Europe but didn’t suspect that it would be Russia herself who militarily and covertly would encroach on other Eastern European countries.
after Isabella’s & Ferdinand’s death. When he was Viceroy after the monarchs, he put down an attempt by some of the nobles to gain control when they asked by what authority he functioned, now that the monarchs who appointed him were dead.
Many American leaders wanted to comply with and enforce the Indian treaties, but the remoteness made it difficult. There were always those whites who did not want to be restricted by Indian treaties who took advantage of the situation when there was a leader like Clinton who wanted to enforce the treaties. However in many cases, the American leadership really did not want to enforce the treaties and in some cases, as with President Andrew Jackson, wanted to abrogate the treaties with the Indians.
Chavez frequently insulted officials and leaders of other countries. Here he is insulting Condoleezza Rice, then U.S. National Security Advisor. See linked quotes for examples.
Tamora Pierce is an American writer of fantasy fiction for teenagers, known best for stories featuring young heroines. She made a name for herself with her first book series, The Song of the Lioness (1983–1988), which followed the main character Alanna through the trials and triumphs of training as a knight.
