The intelligence bureaucracy is in a pathological state of dysfunction, and has been for decades. To fix the critical problems, we need to face them in a serious and thoughtful way. Neither party has done that well at all.
Superman has been around for so long; he's been around for, what, eight decades now? And he goes through these different eras where different aspects of who he is get emphasized.
There is a racial element: It's undeniable. We've had inequitable funding of schools for decades in the state of Michigan.
The thing is, getting rid of racism is a cultural thing that takes decades. It's not something we can solve immediately. Structural changes have to happen in our culture.
The movement towards radical transparency and accountability has been gaining steam for several decades.
We've made extraordinary progress on the environment over the decades, and that's something we should celebrate.
This Nation has realized significant environmental improvements over the last three decades.
For decades, Iran has covertly worked to develop a nuclear weapons program and has repeatedly violated its international obligations.
In recurring episodes over the next couple of decades, the minority view gradually won. A profusion of factors differentiates each case from the others, including naked partisanship on both sides, but the trend has been clear.
If you look at the history of other movements, whether Civil Rights or environmental rights, these are all decades-long undertakings.
Wishful thinking did not give Oregonians the bottle bill. Wishful thinking did not give the public access to beaches. Nor can we expect wishful thinking to turn around a decades-long disinvestment in our higher education system.
Jazz is an art that takes decades to appreciate and understand.
I couldn't have imagined that I would live long enough to see Egypt emancipated from decades of repression.
One of the biggest stories in all of politics worldwide, in all of politics in this country, for decades is what's happened with the Republican Party.
For decades, I have supported adoption, and have helped tens of thousands of children worldwide.
I think for too many decades, the politicians have driven a wedge between the gay and lesbian communities and the religious communities for their own benefit, and I think it's time to start to broach those divides.
Valuable companies take decades to build.
Media bias has been a favorite theme of the Right for decades, of course.
I have been typecast in my career, although the type changes with the decades.
I have worked extraordinarily hard for decades to ensure the success of our family business for all of the Middleton family.
The Italian economy has been held back for decades.
People can be successful for a short period of time, but only a handful of people are successful for decades.