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My central arms control objective has been to reduce substantially and ultimately to eliminate nuclear weapons and rid the world of the nuclear threat. The…
— Ronald Reagan
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Today we are again witnessing the emergence of transnational elites ... [Whose] ties cut across national boundaries ...It is likely that before long the social…
— Zbigniew Brzezinski
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Being a patriot doesn’t mean prioritizing service to government above all else. Being a patriot means knowing when to protect your country, knowing when to…
— Edward Snowden
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Only one rational path is open to us - simultaneous de-development of the [overdeveloped countries] and semi-development of the underdeveloped countries (UDCs), in order to…
— John Holdren
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The violent, antirationalistic impulse in Western countries is reacting to an intellectual state of affairs in which all thinking has become strategy; this impulse shows…
— Peter Sloterdijk
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Countries with deficit don't want to pay the bill, and they want to get more loans, and countries with superiority, they don't want to help…
— Sebastian Pinera
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I have a lot of trouble understanding all the detail of finance and administration - but if you combine intellectual and professional capacity with a…
— Evo Morales
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As Buddhism moved to the West, one of the big characteristics was the strong place of women. That didn't exist in the countries of origin.…
— Pema Chodron
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I ask you and all the leaders of the world: Would you act differently, would you keep silent and do nothing if you were in…
— Miriam Makeba
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And I think to be in NATO for the countries of our region, it means more guarantees for us, it means more responsibility for our…
— Aleksander Kwasniewski
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India, in particular, is looking to develop nuclear power for domestic, commercial use, and we should work with them. This is a good deal for…
— Bobby Jindal
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If some countries have too much history, we have too much geography.
— William Lyon Mackenzie
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With unfailing consistency, U.S. intervention has been on the side of the rich and powerful of various nations at the expense of the poor and…
— Michael Parenti
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Byrnes... was concerned about Russia's postwar behavior. Russian troops had moved into Hungary and Rumania, and Byrnes thought it would be very difficult to persuade…
— Leo Szilard
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Also, it is interesting that developing countries, with China and India perhaps in the lead, where the future of the global environment will be decided…
— Maurice Strong
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It is true that no member state can be required to make payments to others. But if countries want to offer voluntary assistance, as in…
— Wolfgang Schauble
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Germany has always stood for an E.U. of the 27 countries. But in light of Britain's continued resistance to further integration steps, as we saw…
— Wolfgang Schauble
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Spain and southern Italy, in which Catholicism has most deeply implanted its roots, are even now, probably beyond all other countries in Europe, those in…
— William Edward Hartpole Lecky
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As in many countries precious metals belong to the crown, so here more precious natural objects of rare beauty should belong to the public.
— Henry David Thoreau
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I believe employers should be aware that employees who earn under $10 an hour cannot lead an independent life. But I do not believe that…
— Richard Riordan
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