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Alliances are crucial to success in the political sphere. However, if we are to approach other organizations to propose alliances for the public good, we… — Arthur Curley
Our global economy is out of control and performing contrary to basic principles of market economics. — David Korten
To feed applied science by starving basic science is like economising on the foundations of a building so that it may be built higher. It… — George Porter
The basic problem most people have is that they are doing nothing to solve their basic problem. — Bob Richardson
[It is a basic principle of a tyrant] to unarm his people of weapons, money and all means whereby they resist his power. — Walter Raleigh
When young we have a vivid sense of basic values like trust and warm-heartedness, which we tend to neglect in today's competitive world as we… — Dalai Lama
No matter what part of the world we come from, we are all basically the same human beings. We all seek happiness and try to… — Dalai Lama
The majority of humankind does not accept this system, despite claims of worldwide support. Even with Russia's ratification, 75% of the world's CO2 is emitted… — Andrey Illarionov
By explanation the scientist understands nothing except the reduction to the least and simplest basic laws possible, beyond which he cannot go, but must plainly… — Carl Friedrich Gauss
Climate change will affect the basic elements of life for people around the world - access to water, food production, health, and the environment. Hundreds… — Nicholas Stern
Friendship is the most constant, the most enduring, the most basic part of love. — Ed Cunningham
My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers; if they don't they're weeds. — David Hobson
The basic question that the 'new science' raises for our balance sheet is the issue of what scientific questions have not been asked for 500… — Immanuel Wallerstein
Understand that you, yourself, are no more than the composite picture of all your thoughts and actions. In your relationships with others, remember the basic… — Denis Waitley
With a basic understanding of all humans as brothers and sisters, we can appreciate the usefulness of different systems and ideologies that can accommodate different… — Dalai Lama
My biggest frustration so far is the fact that this society has not been willing to take some basic steps to keep guns out of… — Barack Obama
The basic discovery about any people is the discovery of the relationship between its men and its women. — Pearl S. Buck
You may never see a Rembrandt or the Sistine Chapel, but aren't you glad as a human being they are still there? Probably the only… — George N. Atiyeh
No one had ever told her this basic fact: not everyone got to be loved. — Lauren Oliver
The basic idea underlying religion is to create an atmosphere for the spiritual development of the individual. This being the situation, it is clear that… — B R Ambedkar

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