But the truth is, countries have to do what is best in…

If you look around the world, the countries with the best environmental practices are the wealthiest. There's a reason for that. If you're worried…

— John S. Watson

The condition of women affords in all countries the best criterion by which to judge the character of men.

— Frances Wright

Countries with the best-resourced medical services have the best outcomes for physical illness (it is better to have a heart attack in Washington or…

— Richard Bentall

The countries who do the best in international comparisons, whether it's Finland or Japan, Denmark or Singapore, do well because they have professional teachers…

— Howard Gardner

Economic growth creates jobs, and countries grow when they educate their people and pursue policies that encourage households to save, existing businesses to invest,…

— Peter Blair Henry

We immerse ourselves in escapist mass entertainment, such as 'reality T.V.' programs. We support fanatical politicians and preachers. Our politicians, in turn, support dictators…

— Brendan Myers

The most successful cultural diplomacy strategy integrates people-to-people or arts/culture/media-to-people interactions into the basic business of diplomacy. The programs in Afghanistan, Egypt, and Iran…

— Cynthia P. Schneider

It is truly vital for the United States to assure that it is not attacked with weapons of mass destruction; to prevent wars in…

— Stephen Kinzer

Sometimes when you're in different countries, everything has become so homogenised and there's a Starbucks and McDonald's everywhere, and you could feel like you're…

— Will Yun Lee

It's with them that we have constituted a liberation front and brought our logistic support to armies to help their countries come out of…

— Ahmed Ben Bella

There are no two countries with the same style of economic mechanism, with the same capitalism.

— Anatoly Chubais

It's important for American soldiers to be culturally sensitive when deployed in foreign countries. But it's just as important for the U.S. never to…

— Gary Bauer

We do not know which irresponsible Israeli prime minister will take office and decide to use nuclear weapons in the struggle against neighboring Arab…

— Mordechai Vanunu

Governments follow their people. A great deal has to do with the vision of the leadership of governments. They have a vision, and they…

— Salman Khurshid

The resources of our continent attract, more than ever, the interests of rich countries.

— Omar Bongo