Like grain in a time of famine, the immense resources which the nation does in fact possess go not to the child… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share Image
One of the painfully sobering realizations that come from reading history is the utter incompetence that is possible among leaders of whole… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The real wealth of a nation is its people. And the purpose of development is to create an enabling environment for people… — Mahbub ul Haq Copy Share Image
Whatever the human law may be, neither an individual nor a nation can commit the least act of injustice against the obscurest… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
By common consent of the nations, gold and silver are the only true measure of value. They are the necessary regulators of… — Hugh McCulloch Copy Share Image
In fact, you could make the argument that a historian like Shlomo Aronson does in passing in one of his books, that… — Nicholson Baker Copy Share Image
One of the enduring mysteries of America's occupation of Iraq is why a nation that so little relishes peacekeeping nonetheless refuses to… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
Those in power need checks and restraints lest they come to identify the common good for their own tastes and desires, and… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
The United Nations has long recognised that the imagination, ideals and energies of young men and women are vital for the continuing… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
One reason why so many people are unhappy, not knowing why, is that they have burdened their minds with resentments. These evil… — George Matthew Adams Copy Share Image
I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me. Now, at the end of three years… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
What happens to the mind of a person, and the moral fabric of a nation, that accepts the aborting of the life… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
I think that Russia is very aware that they are on notice when it comes to certain issues. They are very aware… — Nikki Haley Copy Share Image
If you've been preached to, if you've been educated, if you've been raised to believe that America is the most racist, the… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Abuse of power isn't limited to 'bad guys' in other nations. It happens in our own country. Those in power get jaded,… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
I believe that to meet the challenge of our times, human beings will have to develop a greater sense of universal responsibility.… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
The treatment of women in Muslim communities throughout the world is unconscionable. All civilized nations must unite in condemnation of a theology… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
Few Americans realize it, but the United Nations is driving to take control over the Internet. You remember, the folks who want… — Arthur L. Herman Copy Share Image
The raging monster upon the land is population growth. In its presence, sustainability is but a fragile theoretical construct. To say, as… — Pete Wilson Copy Share Image
If as a member of a slave nation I could deliver the suppressed classes from their slavery without freeing myself from my… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, good liberals both, pursued power by offering their candidacies as opportunities for Americans to document their innocence… — Shelby Steele Copy Share Image
Choose to be entrepreneur because then YOU create value. Choose to be an entrepreneur because the products, services, and jobs you create… — John Gokongwei Copy Share Image
For decades, the United States condemned the Chinese Communist Party's coercive population-control policies - too often alone in its criticism, while other… — Robert C. O'Brien Copy Share Image
The Bible says there are things that we should look for that signal the last days and one of them of course… — Greg Laurie Copy Share Image
Pluck from under the family all the props which religion and morality have given it, strip it of the glamour, true or… — Eleanor Rathbone Copy Share Image
I love my brother, I love my dad, actually love my mother as well, hope that's ok. And I admire their service… — Jeb Bush Copy Share Image
In our time, in particular, there exists another form of ownership which is becoming no less important than land: the possession of… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Bush has done more to create passions for what they call terror than any other Administration in this nation's history. I get… — Randall Robinson Copy Share Image
The dramatically different manner in which we, as a nation, responded to the crisis presented by drunk driving and the crisis caused… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
It is not in the United Nations that the Millennium Development Goals will be achieved. They have to be achieved in each… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
We need a government that does not give in to a globalist agenda, an agenda I am now convinced seeks to bring… — George Noory Copy Share Image
The United Nations has become a largely irrelevant, if not positively destructive institution, and the just-released U.N. report on the atrocities in… — Linda Chavez Copy Share Image
Tony Abbott might think coal's good for humanity, of course it was an important driver in the story of the Australian nation.… — Richard Di Natale Copy Share Image
There is the sheer amount of Franklin's wisdom. And the talent. Franklin played four instruments. He was the nation's leading scientist and… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
The new program for children in failing schools will be the largest statewide school choice program in the nation. The creation of… — Clint Bolick Copy Share Image
For me, life is the most beautiful gift of God to mankind, therefore people and nations who destroy life by abortion and… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
As the cost of gasoline rises and our dependence on foreign oil continues to increase, the effect of sending over $100 billion… — Paul Gillmor Copy Share Image
China is an old nation with a colourful history. Its booming economy has triggered an appetite and a curiosity around the world… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
That does not mean we won't experience the tragedy of the loss of some American lives. We will have an opportunity to… — John McCain Copy Share Image
The same people in the Congress who are busy kicking holes in the social safety net are also those who would sell… — Paul Gruchow Copy Share Image
