But obviously, we can’t afford to make some bad long-term decisions with regard to basic commitments our country has – trade those away for some short-term assistance that may or may not be there a month from now. Fred Thompson Read Quote
And it’s difficult for the average American to understand why something like that could be so important and why a little small place like Taiwan would be so important to the PRC. Fred Thompson Read Quote
And I believe in the 13 years Judge Roberts was there, he never turned down a request to give some assistance on a pro-bono case, and this was no different. Fred Thompson Read Quote
So if you look back over the long history of China, they’ve never tried to take over the world, but they’ve been quite aggressive in their own neighborhood… in carrying out their own purposes and interests in their sphere of the world. Fred Thompson Read Quote
There’s a lot more to competence than a law degree and a modicum of courtroom skill. Fred Thompson Read Quote
But if the Chinese mainland, the PRC, attacked Taiwan, we’d be obligated to come to their aid. Fred Thompson Read Quote
Some people think that our planet is suffering from a fever. Now scientists are telling us that Mars is experiencing its own planetary warming: Martian warming. This has led some people, not necessarily scientists, to wonder if Mars and Jupiter, non signatories to the Kyoto Treaty, are actually inhabited by alien SUV-driving industrialists. Fred Thompson Read Quote
And when we draw lines in the sand with regard to certain basic things that are vital to our interest and to the interest of democracy and our friends around the world, we have to be willing to back that up. Fred Thompson Read Quote
While we believe there are fruitful opportunities to update and improve old rules, we do not want to set up a review process that could create a litigation morass. Fred Thompson Read Quote
