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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

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

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

Socrates

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

Franz Kafka

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

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

Lao Tzu

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

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

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.

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

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

Ada Lovelace

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

Jack London

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

Isabella Bird

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

Nikola Tesla