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In most communities it is illegal to cry 'fire' in a crowded assembly. Should it not be considered serious international misconduct to manufacture a general war scare in an effort to achieve local political aims?

The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

Telling the truth to people who misunderstand you is generally promoting a falsehood isn't it?

The defendant wants to hide the truth because he's generally guilty. The defense attorney's job is to make sure the jury does not arrive at that truth.

When I grew up in Taiwan the Korean War was seen as a good war where America protected Asia. It was sort of an extension of World War II. And it was of course the peak of the Cold War. People in Taiwan were generally proAmerican. The Korean War made Japan. And then the Vietnam War made Taiwan. There is some truth to that.

The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth.

It is the merit of a general to impart good news and to conceal the truth.

A remark generally hurts in proportion to its truth.

People will generally accept facts as truth only if the facts agree with what they already believe.

The time I trust will come perhaps within the lives of some of us when the outline of this science will be clearly made out and generally recognised when its nomenclature will be fixed and its principles form a part of elementary instruction.

I generally wade in blind and trust to fate and instinct to see me through.

To say that you now trust the Russian military command and control system because some Russian general told you from the bottom of his heart that's the case strikes me as most unrealistic.

When I think it's good not to say the truth I don't say anything. I don't like actors in general they lie they are liars trust me.

I think there is a break down of trust generally between people and politicians. I think that's come about for a whole variety of reasons.

I don't trust doctors. It's not to say there ain't some good ones but on a general level no I wouldn't trust 'em at all.

Soul travel can be a general expansion of awareness and knowingness or conscious experience of the heavenly worlds.

I think it's important to travel around in order to get a notion of what's going on to find out what people are think about. I enjoy talking on campuses most because people are more informed and discussion is generally livelier.

As a general rule I don't plan to travel with my Oscars but we may have to make an exception.

Along with that ongoing process Sinn Fein took a decision to establish a peace commission which had the responsibility to travel around the country to receive submissions from the general public also our opponents.

We have to be thankful considering our number as a family we enjoy very good health generally but you may be sure me and my partner have quite enough to exercise our minds and occupy our attention.

I will forever be thankful to the Malawians and international community and my professional army and army general who said: 'No we will follow the constitution.' That's why I'm here.

When I started out as a music journalist at the end of the 1980s it was generally assumed that we were living through the lamest music era the world would ever see. But those were also the years when hip-hop exploded beatbox disco soared indie rock took off and new wave invented a language of teen angst.

Social networking technology didn't really exist until 2004-2005. I had the idea to use this technology to bridge this gap between a general interest in addressing social issues and the practical action.

Generally what people tend to underestimate is the cyborg nature of Groupon. We are a company that has the DNA of being both a technology company and a heavily operational company.