Nations Quote by Óscar Arias Download Open image “I saw no reason why other nations should tell Central Americans how to solve their problems.” — Óscar Arias ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Nations Problems Reason Saw Why
With a foreign policy appropriately rooted in some sense of humanitarian decency, the Central African crisis will not be easily ignored by American policymakers.… — Michael Johns Copy Share Image
No one is concerned with Central America anymore. If a million people are facing starvation in northern Nicaragua and Honduras, it's none of our… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Free trade will go a long way toward alleviating poverty in Central America. Yet trade alone is not enough. — Óscar Arias Copy Share Image
Proponents of the Central America Free Trade Agreement have conveniently ignored this fundamental fact: the effect of trade on incomes in Central America and… — Stephen F. Lynch Copy Share Image
They didn't need to be specifically South American or Latin American. Instead we discovered we were talking about human beings in general. We realized… — Alex Abreu Copy Share Image
There is no solution to any world problem, to any national problem, to any city problem or to any local problem, unless and until… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
We didn't have any solution to the world's problems. I mean, we were trying to grow up in a socialist way to some future… — Joe Strummer Copy Share Image
Our national problems usually do not cause nearly as much harm as the solutions. — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The absence of significant development aid has only increased the importance of trade for Central America's future. — Óscar Arias Copy Share Image
The problem with the world is that not enough nations are trying to emulate what Americans've done. — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Solutions will not be found while Indigenous people are treated as victims for whom someone else must find solutions. — Malcolm Fraser Copy Share Image
The 20th century has been marked by cynicism, selfishness, greed, and the desire to please, all without changing the status quo. In the 21st… — Óscar Arias Copy Share Image
War, and the preparation for war, are the two greatest obstacles to human progress, fostering a vicious cycle of arms buildups, violence and poverty. — Oscar Arias Copy Share Image
On Dec. 1, 1948, after the triumph of the revolution, which insured the final victory of the will of the people expressed through elections,… — Óscar Arias Copy Share Image
“It is essential that justice be done, it is equally vital that justice not be confused with revenge, for the two are wholly different.” — Oscar Arias Copy Share Image
The best way to perpetuate poverty is by spending on arms and military, and the best way to fight terrorism is by fighting the… — Óscar Arias Copy Share Image
India, Pakistan, China, Singapore and South Korea are heavily investing in nuclear arms. Since 21st century is the century of Asia, Asian countries should… — Óscar Arias Copy Share Image
Peace consists, very largely, in the fact of desiring it with all one's soul. The inhabitants of my small country, Costa Rica, have realized… — Oscar Arias Copy Share Image
During my administration, our desire has been to strengthen the civilian spirit of our people. Thus, we have eliminated military ranks and salutes from… — Óscar Arias Copy Share Image
Our world is certainly dangerous, but it is made more dangerous, not less, by those who value profits over peace. — Óscar Arias Copy Share Image
It's clear to me that many weapons sales are very short-sighted. The U.S. and other arms-producing countries sell weapons for a variety of reasons,… — Oscar Arias Copy Share Image
To demilitarize the country means to make a profound decision. It is not enough to change the name of the armed forces. It is… — Óscar Arias Copy Share Image
We seek in Central America not peace alone, not peace to be followed someday by political progress, but peace and democracy, together, indivisible, an… — Óscar Arias Copy Share Image
One can put some trust in the gratitude of a sovereign, and also in that of his family; under certain conditions, one can even… — Otto von Bismarck Copy Share Image
If we gave up our freedom as the price of security, we would no longer be the great nation that we are. — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
But we are convinced that if we are to play a meaningful role nationally, and in the community of nations, we must be second… — Vikram Sarabhai Copy Share Image
I genuinely did not expect more than half our nation to choose to walk away from our long-term allies into the arms of our… — Brian Reade Copy Share Image
Our young Marines of today are courageous, willing to make sacrifices, and are marvelous team players. I am confident our Corps, and indeed our… — James T. Conway Copy Share Image
The world's history is a divine poem, of which the history of every nation is a canto, and every man a word. Its strains… — James A. Garfield Copy Share Image
No nation being under another nation can accept gifts, and kick at the responsibility attached to those gifts, imposed by the conquering nation. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Throughout our history, the words of the Declaration have inspired immigrants from around the world to set sail to our shores. These immigrants have… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
In a democratic nation, power must be linked with responsibility, and obliged to defend and justify itself within the framework of the general good. — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
When the fountains of government [borrowing] abundance began to dry up, when through lack of funds and the impossibility of negotiating fresh loans the… — John T. Flynn Copy Share Image