Chris Murphy Quotes
Washington is agonizingly slow at learning from its mistakes. Especially in the Middle East.
Murphy, Chris (@ChrisMurphyCT). "Washington is agonizingly slow at learning from its mistakes. Especially in the Middle East." Twitter, 2018.
The “entangling alliances” phrase was first used by Thomas Jefferson in his First Inaugural Address. He had been Secretary of State in George Washington’s cabinet. The phrase is often misattributed to Washington. The sentiment was definitely his also however.
See George W. Bush {596316} for the origin of “axis of Evil.
With promises the success lies in following through and keeping the promise which is usually very costly. A threat that fails meanwhile can be the most expensive thing. We make a threat to deter a foreign power from something. Failure occurs when they are not intimidated and go ahead anyway. Then if we follow through on the threat, that is very costly—a war, a trade embargo, or whatever. Not following through on the threat is the costliest of all as we lose our credibility, trust and honor.
In a zero sum system whenever one party gains, the other must lose, and if one loses, the other has a corresponding gain. At other times, legislation was not a zero sum game. Many Congressmen believed that if good legislation would be passed, BOTH parties would benefit as would the country. If poor or no legislation were passed, that would be bad for all.
He had given a speech and then was accused by several representatives He then returned to the podium with this denial. Throughout history many political leaders have started wars to distract the public from the poor economy of other domestic failures. Many others would never do so. All the former, claim that they are the latter.
The “Vegas Rules” emanate from the slogan and practice that “Whatever happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.
Christopher Scott Murphy is an American lawyer and politician serving as the junior United States senator from Connecticut since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served in the United States House of Representatives, representing Connecticut's 5th congressional district from 2007 to 2013. Before being elected to Congress, Murphy was a member of both chambers of the Connecticut General Assembly, serving two terms each in the Connecticut House of Representatives (1999–2003) and the Connecticut Senate (2003–07).
