International Quotes - Page 27

• What is most needed in Darfur is an international peacekeeping and protection presence, and this is what the Sudanese government most wants to avoid.

  Samantha Power

  Government, Want, Protection

  "Dying in Darfur" by Samantha Power, www.newyorker.com. August 30, 2004.

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• Let us assume that the ideal were reached; let us imagine a state of international life in which the danger of war no longer exists. Then no one would dare to demand a penny for obviously completely superfluous armaments.

  Ludwig Quidde

  War, Demand, Pennies

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• The security of which we speak is to be attained by the development of international law through an international organization based on the principles of law and justice.

  Ludwig Quidde

  Law, Organization, Justice

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• But Iran has gone far beyond what is necessary for a purely civilian programme. It has concealed several nuclear facilities from the International Atomic Energy Agency, played hide-and-seek with the international community, and rejected all offers of co-operation from the U.S., the EU, and others.

  Anders Fogh Rasmussen

  Agency, Iran, Community

  "The case for western missile defence" by Anders Fogh Rasmussen, www.theguardian.com. March 31, 2010.

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• The American people ask, and legitimately so, why should we carry the heavy burden to ensure international peace and stability. You also profit from it, so you should also take your share in the burden. That's Secretary Gates's message. I share that message.

  Anders Fogh Rasmussen

  People, Messages, Burden

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Since stepping down as laboratory director in 1999, I have devoted an increasing fraction of my time to international issues. I am involved with energy, environment, and sustainability issues, particularly as they involve new energy sources free of greenhouse gases.

  Burton Richter

  Issues, Energy, Directors

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• Unless we repeal the illegal Byrd amendment, American exports will be vulnerable to retaliation, and the U.S. will continue to face a difficult task convincing other countries to make their laws comply with international rules.

  Jim Ramstad

  Country, Law, Faces

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• When you live in America, it's kind of insular - the news coverage that you get - unless you're really smart about it and find more international news coverage. I've learned that from my husband. In the French culture, they talk politics.

  Kim Raver

  Husband, Smart, America

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Masood Ahmed brings to the position of director of external relations extensive experience gained in a range of senior positions in international finance and development.

  Rodrigo Rato

  Senior, Directors, Development

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• I think the overwhelming majority of the American people know that we have got to stand together, that we're going to grow together, that we're going to survive together, and that if we start splintering, we're not going to succeed in a highly competitive international economy.

  Bernie Sanders

  Thinking, People, Together

  "The Rachel Maddow Show", www.nbcnews.com. August 29, 2011.

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• The spirit of logical analysis should in practice blend with the practical pressure for the adoption of some form of international language, but it should not allow itself to be stampeded by it.

  Edward Sapir

  Practice, Adoption, Analysis

  Edward Sapir (1949). “Culture, Language, and Personality: Selected Essays”, p.64, Univ of California Press

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• The American movie, in part because America's a melting pot, the cultural hodgepodge that America makes, generates movies that have appeal across all international boundaries. And that's really not true for most domestic film industries. It's no longer true of France and Italy, less true than it used to be of the U.K.

  Howard Stringer

  America, Melting, France

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• I also urge the Obama administration - both on its own and in cooperation with other responsible governments around the world - to use all legal means necessary to shut down WikiLeaks before it can do more damage by releasing additional cables. WikiLeaks' activities represent a shared threat to collective international security.

  Joe Lieberman

  Mean, Responsible Government, Around The World

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• I had two different degrees: One in International Relations/Political Science and another degree in Radio and Television Production.

  Hannah Simone

  Two, Political, Degrees

  "Esquire Presents Me in My Place with Hannah Simone". www.esquire.com. April 23, 2012.

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• In international football you have 10 games a season, with players from different clubs. There's no time for proper coaching; they're just recovering from playing on the Saturday.

  Graham Taylor

  Football, Player, Games

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• I will get to the truth, if not in Ukrainian courts, then in international ones. I will fight to my last breath. They want to put me in prison but that won't help. My voice will be heard even louder from prison than now, and the whole world will hear me.

  Yulia Tymoshenko

  Fighting, Voice, World

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• Without international participation, jobs and emissions will simply shift overseas to countries that require few, if any, environmental protections, harming the global environment as well as the U.S. economy.

  Fred Upton

  Country, Jobs, Environmental

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• To say I have played through four World Cups, two Lions tours, 91 international games and a ridiculous number of injuries and other setbacks gives me an incredibly special feeling of fulfilment. I know myself well enough to know that I will never truly be satisfied.

  Jonny Wilkinson

  Games, Two, Numbers

  "Rugby legend Wilkinson quits England", www.cnn.com. December 12, 2011.

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• For the past 21 years, I've been privileged to be part of an amazing organization called the International Women's Media Foundation.

  Judy Woodruff

  Past, Media, Years

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• It's very important for Taiwan to maintain its international contact.

  Ma Ying-jeou

  Important, Taiwan, Contact

  "Talk Asia" with Anjali Rao, edition.cnn.com. February 13, 2007.

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• Clearly it is better that, when someone is wanted by the international police, and this person travels, and a country knows about it, that country reports the fact.

  Ricardo Lagos

  Country, Police, Facts

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• The leader of Iran made one of the most repugnant remarks the international community has heard since Adolf Hitler.

  Tom Lantos

  Iran, Community, Leader

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• Individual and national rights to wealth rest on the basis of civil and international law, or at least of custom that has the force of law.

  Alfred Marshall

  Law, Rights, Wealth

  Alfred Marshall (1890). “Principles of Economics”

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• The worst thing that you can do in terms of bringing a product up to the market is to be two days after someone else has brought a similar product to the international market-It's dead.

  Ann Macbeth

  Two, Worst, Term

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• Sports biography at its best. Rich in period detail, anecdote, and fresh perspective, Strong Boy paints both the good and the bad sides of success, as America's growing celebrity culture turned a simple Irish American gladiator into a national, in fact international hero. A very human story with profound parallels for our sports-obsessed culture today!

  Nigel Hamilton

  Sports, Strong, Hero

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