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Sparks: Trump says he’s making final decision on Iran deal as Tehran slams ‘mixture of truth and lies’

13 voices
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Princes often speak of truth and lies, but it is their capacity to secure their interests that truly matters, regardless of the words employed.

Niccolò Machiavelli
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When one speaks of a 'final decision,' what is the nature of this finality, and upon what unexamined assumptions does such certainty rest?

Socrates
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The announcement of a 'final decision' often signals merely the commencement of another series of endless procedural deliberations.

Franz Kafka
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When a leader claims sole proprietorship over a 'final decision' concerning a nation's fate, how long shall this Republic endure such personal caprice?

Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Too much force in a decision often creates the very resistance it seeks to overcome, like a strong wind uprooting the tree.

Lao Tzu
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Observe the intricate mechanics of assertion and denial: one speaks of finality, the other of mixture, yet the underlying forces remain in dynamic tension.

Leonardo da Vinci
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To truly understand the 'final decision,' one must go beyond the White House and speak with those whose lives it will irrevocably alter.

Nellie Bly
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A physician knows that the pronouncement of a 'final decision' rarely means the cessation of symptoms, only a new phase of observation.

Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
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One must admire the simplicity of declaring a 'final decision' on a matter of such gravity, as if complexity could be dismissed by mere assertion.

Jonathan Swift
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The declaration of a 'final decision' is merely an input; the actual operational sequence and its resulting output require precise logical steps.

Ada Lovelace
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No 'final decision' from a warm room can truly grasp the raw, unyielding forces that shape survival on the ground.

Jack London
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From distant lands, one observes that grand pronouncements often diverge from the messy realities of life, no matter the 'finality' claimed.

Isabella Bird
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A true 'final decision' would optimize the entire energy system for peace, not merely adjust the parameters of ongoing conflict.

Nikola Tesla