“The Americas has been a relatively stable continent. The last truly new border we have is Panama in 1903.” Quote by Juan Enriquez
“During a period of time when Italy is talking about splitting northern and southern Italy, France is talking about splitting with Corsica and Normandy, England is talking about splitting with Wales and Scotland and England. And it goes on and on and on.” TalkingGoes OnPeriodsEnglandFranceSouthernScotlandWalesSplittingNormandySouthern Italy Author:Juan Enriquez
“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 granted.” PeopleLooksImportantDifferentCountryGranted Author:Juan Enriquez
“Ask your friends how many stars will be in the U.S. flag in 50 years? And the reason why that's a reasonable question is because there has never been a President of the United States who's been buried under the same flag he was born under.” YearsStatesReasonAsksStarsPresidentBornUnitedUnited StatesReason WhyReasonableBuriedFlags Author:Juan Enriquez
“The U.S. started with no stars. In fact, it started with a completely different flag. The last two were added in 1959, Hawaii and Alaska.” TwoDifferentFactsLastsStarsFlagsHawaiiAlaska Author:Juan Enriquez
“Real estate prices are way out of whack with what people earn.” PeopleWayRealEstates Author:Juan Enriquez
“The thing that's really important to understand is, the last thing an empire traditionally does is drive itself into bankruptcy. You've seen that with the great empires.” DoeImportantLastsEmpiresBankruptcyGreat Empires Author:Juan Enriquez
“When you go and you tour Europe, or you go and you tour Egypt, or you go and you tour Iraq, or you go and you tour Afghanistan, or India, or whatever. Governments get to a point where they're illegitimate because people just give up on them as far as being leaders who have their country's interests at heart.” PeopleGivingHeartCountryGovernmentInterestLeaderGiving UpEuropeIndiaIraqAfghanistanEgyptBeing A LeaderJust Give Up Author:Juan Enriquez
“Borlaug would be one figure that I think fundamentally changed India, China, all of Southeast Asia, and gave them the time to be able to build on other things.” ThinkingWould BeAbleFiguresChangedIndiaChinaAsiaSoutheast Asia Author:Juan Enriquez
“If I had a wand and could put statues in different places, one of the statues would go to a man who just died, called Norman Borlaug, who came up with the Green Revolution.” IfsMenDifferentRevolutionDiedGreenStatuesDifferent PlaceWandsGreen Revolution Author:Juan Enriquez