Listen, there is no courage or any extra courage that I know of to find out
the right thing to do. Now, it is not only necessary to do the right thing,
but to do it in the right way and the only problem you have is what is the
right thing to do and what is the right way to do it. That is the problem.
But this economy of ours is not so simple that it obeys to the opinion of
bias or the pronouncements of any particular individual, even to the President.
This is an economy that is made up of 173 million people, and it reflects
their desires, they're ready to buy, they're ready to spend, it is a thing
that is too complex and too big to be affected adversely or advantageously
just by a few words or any particular -- say, a little this and that, or even
a panacea so alleged.
-- D.D. Eisenhower, in response to: "Has the government
been lacking in courage and boldness in facing up to
the recession?"
the right thing to do. Now, it is not only necessary to do the right thing,
but to do it in the right way and the only problem you have is what is the
right thing to do and what is the right way to do it. That is the problem.
But this economy of ours is not so simple that it obeys to the opinion of
bias or the pronouncements of any particular individual, even to the President.
This is an economy that is made up of 173 million people, and it reflects
their desires, they're ready to buy, they're ready to spend, it is a thing
that is too complex and too big to be affected adversely or advantageously
just by a few words or any particular -- say, a little this and that, or even
a panacea so alleged.
-- D.D. Eisenhower, in response to: "Has the government
been lacking in courage and boldness in facing up to
the recession?"
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- 7/16/89] I've had no indication from home, nor have we picked up any
here that they felt that the US economy was going to move towards a
recession.
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football
Drop back 15 yards and punt!"] v. 1. To give up, typically without any intention of retrying.... - punt v.
[from the punch line of an old joke referring to
American football
Drop back 15 yards and punt!"] 1. To give up, typically without any intention of retrying.... - It is not enough to do the right thing; one must also do it the right way.
- DTRT Do The Right Thing
- Joey: All right. [gets up]
Monica: [stopping him] No!
Joey, we swore we'd never tell! Chandler: [running over and joining Monica] They'll never understand!... - ecurity through obscurity
(alt. `security by obscurity')
A term applied by hackers to most OS vendors' favorite way of
coping with security holes -- namely
ignoring them, documenting neither any known holes nor the underlying security algorithms, trusting that nobody will find out about them and that people who do find out about them won't exploit them.... - However, on religious issues there can be little or no compromise.
There is no position on which people are so immovable as their religious beliefs....
