"Iraqis have held elections and have recently put together their government, all encouraging developments"
- James A. Leach
About this Quote
This quote by James A. Leach is a positive assessment of the development made in Iraq since the US-led invasion in 2003. It acknowledges the effective holding of elections and the formation of a government as motivating advancements. This recommends that the US-led intervention has been successful in assisting Iraq to become a more stable and democratic country. It also indicates that the US-led intervention has actually succeeded in assisting Iraq to move away from the authoritarian guideline of Saddam Hussein and towards a more democratic system of governance. This quote is a testimony to the progress made in Iraq given that the US-led intervention and is a hopeful sign for the future of the nation.
This quote is written / told by James A. Leach somewhere between October 15, 1942 and today. He/she was a famous Politician from USA.
The author also have 2 other quotes.
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"The American taxpayer should not be treated more shabbily than debtors from other nations and we should be encouraging other nations to help rebuild Iraq's economy"
"The most important and urgent appeal we have to make is for an immediate cease-fire. Initial reports from the cease-fire talks being held in N'Djamena in Chad are not very encouraging"
"By encouraging its citizens to violate our border, Mexico is pushing a tremendous welfare burden off of its shoulders and onto ours, while also benefiting from the significant sums of U.S. currency that these workers will eventually send back home to their families"
"From the business point of view, always encouraging the people in our company to own stock in the company, and if we're going to build something great, to have a lot of people share in the benefits of that greatness"
"Encouraging people to believe in it was the most important thing of all. It's one of the reasons I was always uncomfortable whenever film crews came on the set to shoot things. I didn't want our make-believe to be exposed"
"When we violate the law ourselves, whatever short-term advantage may be gained, we are obviously encouraging others to violate the law; we thus encourage disorder and instability and thereby do incalculable damage to our own long-term interests"
"And so to those who suggest that we are somehow 'harming' young women by encouraging them to take charge of their health we say this: We are not harming young women by educating them. We are arming them with information that they will carry with them throughout their lives"
