Blackout Quotes

It`s a heart-rending situation any time a child is a victim. But to have essentially an information blackout about the victim is simply not good public policy.

I suspect the psychological pressure associated with that crisis caused the first mental blackout I had ever suffered. It contributed to a deterioration in my health that later required the insertion of a heart pacemaker.

The blackout of 2003 absolutely turned up the heat and put a spotlight on an industry from top to bottom that didn`t get much attention in the previous decade. We are doing things today, and creating legislation that addresses detail we would never have looked at if that blackout had not happened.

Obviously the 2003 blackout was a wake-up call to everyone. August 2003 certainly accentuated the need to reinforce the system.

The military regime accompanied economic advances with cultural stagnation. Intelligence was considered dangerous, so what occurred was a cultural blackout.