Country Quote by Annie Lowrey

History shows that nations are more fragile than their citizens think. No nation in history has survived the ravages of time.

— Richard Lamm

We had periodic crises in this country when the technical intelligence didn't support the policy. We had the bomber gap, the missile gap.

— Aldrich Ames

Misclassification means workers are denied not just minimum wage and overtime but other social safety net protections like workers' compensation and unemployment insurance.

— Tom Perez

“Currently, the wealthy who have no pre-existing conditions can afford high-quality health care, while the poor and sick are relegated to hoping for and…

— Seth Holmes

In my current work on global warming, I argue that the only apparent solution to the deep problem of climate change would require very…

— Philip Kitcher

The time has come for an all-out war against poverty. The rich nations must use their vast resources of wealth to develop the underdeveloped,…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

“The United States, which idealized itself as a classless society in which everyone had the opportunity to get ahead, had in fact fallen behind…

— Jane Mayer

Resource-rich nations should not ignore efficiency simply because energy is abundant.

— Khalid A. Al-Falih

“The geography hypothesis claims that the great divide between rich and poor countries is created by geographical differences. Many poor countries, such as those…

— Daron Acemoğlu

Poor nations are hungry, and rich nations are proud; and pride and hunger will ever be at variance.

— Jonathan Swift

Humanity must accept that the food, the raw materials, the energy, the scientific knowledge and so on, belongs to everybody, that it is given…

— Benjamin Creme

the distinction between rich nations and poor nations is one of the great dominant political and international themes of our century.

— Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth