Our political and legal institutions were in tatters, and an entire nation was traumatized, brutalized and reduced to being an extension of a single man.

President Richard Nixon hailed the 1971 Smithsonian agreement as the most significant monetary agreement in the history of the world. But it was soon in tatters, and the world moved to generalized floating.

Before the crisis, Europe looked like the most likely candidate to make a successful transition to the first equilibrium greater political unification. Now its economic project lies in tatters while the leadership needed to rekindle political integration is nowhere to be seen.

Turkey has also lost several regional allies, particularly some of the Gulf monarchies, which are angry at the Erdoğan government s unconditional support for the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. Turkey s much vaunted soft power diplomacy and neighborhood policy now lie in tatters.

Today, a democratic transition that the West sought to portray as a model that other Arab nations could emulate lies in tatters. Egypt s economy, bruised by the outflow of foreign investment and a dearth of tourists, is on life support.

This is why one can hear many voices opposing the idea of a harmonized EU wide bank levy or tax. This levy, strongly backed by those countries whose financial sectors are in tatters after the crisis, is hard to swallow for EU states that did not intervene to bail out their banks.

Mr. Mercado (Philippines) We welcome Mr. Alvaro de Soto, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, and thank him for his first briefing to the Council on the latest developments in the region, particularly the recent outbreak of violence that not only claimed the lives of several people and wounded several dozens more, but also left a tenuous ceasefire in tatters.

Tsipras and Varoufakis should have seen this coming, because the same thing happened two years ago, when Cyprus, in the throes of a banking crisis, attempted to defy the EU. The Cyprus experience suggests that, with the credibility of the government s default threat in tatters, the EU is likely to force Greece to stay in the euro and put it through an American style municipal bankruptcy, like that of Detroit.

Brothers, don't be children in thoughts, yet in malice be babies, but in thoughts be mature.

Brothers, don't be children in thoughts, yet in malice be babies, but in thoughts be mature.

Brethren, be not children in understanding howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.

Brethren, be not children in understanding howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.

So you're going to be in charge, you're going to be in control, you're going to be in the driver's seat.

Believers, be patient, and race in patience, be steadfast, fear Allah, in order that you will be victorious.

Believers, be patient, and race in patience, be steadfast, fear Allah, in order that you will be victorious.

They'll be so small, they'll be embedded in our clothing, in our environment.

One Day everything that can be in commotion will be in violent commotion,

One Day everything that can be in commotion will be in violent commotion,

And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction

And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction

You shall be blessed in the city, and you shall be blessed in the field.

You shall be cursed in the city, and you shall be cursed in the field.

You shall be blessed in the city, and you shall be blessed in the field.

You shall be cursed in the city, and you shall be cursed in the field.

Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.

Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.

Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.

Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.

Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!

Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!

In order to be effective, assistance should be demand driven.

I could be in the movement in a way that I wasn't able to be in my real life, in myself.

The holy garments of Aaron shall be for his sons after him, to be anointed in them, and to be consecrated in them.

The holy garments of Aaron shall be for his sons after him, to be anointed in them, and to be consecrated in them.

In order for women to be heard and for their concerns to be taken into account, they must be involved in peace negotiations.

Consequently, these will be places that nobody wants to be in.

To be meaningful, the NPT must be applied in its entirety.

In houses (mosques), which Allah has ordered to be raised (to be cleaned, and to be honoured), in them His Name is glorified in the mornings and in the afternoons or the evenings,

In houses (mosques), which Allah has ordered to be raised (to be cleaned, and to be honoured), in them His Name is glorified in the mornings and in the afternoons or the evenings,

Participation in dialogue among civilizations shall be global in scope and shall be open to all, including

It can be in a basket. It can be in a loaf pan, but we pan it.

Don't be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.

Don't be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.