Credibility Quotes - Page 15

• A bombing was planned [in Syria], which would probably make the situation worse, but would at least establish US credibility.

  Noam Chomsky

  Situation, Syria, Bombing

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• What is "credibility"? It's a very familiar notion. It's basically the notion that is central to the Mafia. So suppose say the Godfather produces some kind of edict and says you're going to have to pay protection money.

  Noam Chomsky

  Mafia, Pay, Kind

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• I would strongly urge the Donald Trump administration to pick someone who is completely apolitical, who doesn't come out of the political process, someone who is a retired judge or an acting judge willing to step down from their judgeship, someone ideally who has prosecutorial experience, but someone who could come in and give credibility to the Russia investigation that is severely in jeopardy.

  Adam Schiff

  Giving, Judging, Political

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• Thus, in a real sense, I am constantly writing autobiography, but I have to turn it into fiction in order to give it credibility.

  Katherine Paterson

  Real, Writing, Order

  Katherine Paterson (2001). “The Invisible Child: On Reading and Writing Books for Children”, Dutton Juvenile

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• There are few things more bizarre than watching people advocate that another country be bombed even while acknowledging that it will achieve no good outcomes other than safeguarding the 'credibility' of those doing the bombing. Relatedly, it's hard to imagine a more potent sign of a weak, declining empire than having one's national 'credibility' depend upon periodically bombing other countries.

  Glenn Greenwald

  Country, People, Outcomes

  "Obama, Congress and Syria" by Glenn Greenwald, www.theguardian.com. September 1, 2013.

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