Changed Quote by Gijs de Vries

Having common European standards has not only boosted prosperity here and across the continent, it is undoubtedly the best way of managing the challenges…

— Chuka Umunna

All the privileged can travel, see different worlds; not everyone can. I think it is important for people to have an interesting locale nearby.

— Zaha Hadid

If one doesn't know one's own country, one doesn't have standards for foreign countries.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

It's important to begin to even consider whether countries can become something that looks very different because people tend to take their countries for…

— Juan Enriquez

Maybe it is the last chance for Europe to influence standards for world trade. Next it will be between the US and the Asia-Pacific…

— Sigmar Gabriel

Our unique selling point as a country is global, not regional. Our industries have a pitch to the world, rather than simply trade with…

— Crispin Blunt

Nations have the wrong granularity. They’re too small to be global and too big to be local, and all they can think about is…

— Nicholas Negroponte

You look at the world situation, look at London, Paris, Italy, it is all basically the same as the U.S. Then you look at…

— Donna Karan

In this day and age, the U.S. and Europe do not have the luxury of focusing solely on a single region.

— Susan Rice

In an era of global value chains, worldwide sourcing and the never-ending search for new markets, we must be careful to avoid the proliferation…

— Roberto Azevedo

The country should be more inclusive, not less inclusive, and over an infinite timeline, it becomes more inclusive. It doesn't always happen at once.

— W. Kamau Bell

I think regionalism was a little easier before mass communication was made possible. This is not to say that regionalism doesn't exist anymore. I…

— Jimenez Lai