We must face the fact that the United States is neither…

We must face the fact that the United States is neither omnipotent nor omniscient, that we cannot impose our will upon the other 94…

— John F. Kennedy

“Violence isn't a Democrat or Republican problem. It's an American problem, requiring an American solution.”

— DaShanne Stokes

“The RTC worked because it was a very American solution: recognize a problem, take losses quickly, and move on.”

— Gordon G. Chang

Brain research tells us that only twenty percent of human beings have a sense of irony, which means that eighty percent of the world…

— Douglas Coupland

I don't know why, but I'm continually amazed to think that two and a half billion of us around the world are connected to…

— Gary Kovacs

90 percent of my time is spent on 10 percent of the world.

— Colin Powell

The U.S. population, a mere four or five percent of the world total, creates half the world's toxic waste.

— Helen Caldicott

Fifty percent of the world are women, yet they always seem a novelty.

— Christopher Morley

Bill Maher thinks 95 percent of the world has a neurological disorder.

— S.E. Cupp

“The richest 1 percent of the world's population are responsible for more than twice as much carbon pollution as the people who make up…

— Greta Thunberg

America has been living on the back of the whole world! If you take how much energy we consume, like, 20 percent of the…

— Raoul Peck

By 2030, up to 10 percent of the world's gross domestic product could be linked to space in some way.

— Dylan Taylor

“The US has 5 percent of the world’s population, and 25 percent of the world’s prison population.”

— Shane Claiborne

“The United States contains less than 5 percent of the world’s population but houses nearly a quarter of the world’s prisoners.”

— Gabor Maté

Women do two thirds of the world's work. Yet they earn only one tenth of the world's income and own less than one percent…

— Anonymous