“I'm not talking about him; I'm talking about the countries that go to support [Antonio] Guterres plan, because he needs the support of other countries, he cannot achieve that plan while many countries in the world are still supporting the terrorists in Syria. So, of course we support it, whether helping the people to live, to go back to their country, and to live in security without terrorists.” PeopleWorldNeedsStillsCountryHelpingCoursesTalkingSupportPlansAchieveSecurityTerroristOther CountriesSyriaNot TalkingAntonio Author:Bashar al-Assad
“Participation in the collective life of the polis both restrains the extraordinary individual and enlarges the ordinary individual, allowing him to participate in the extraordinary. An individual can achieve participatory excellence via the accomplishments of the polis and need not always be caught up in the agnostic struggle to outdo his peers.” NeedsIndividualStruggleAchieveOrdinaryExcellenceExtraordinaryCaughtAccomplishmentCollectivesAllowingPeersParticipationAgnosticCaught UpPolis Author:Rebecca Goldstein
“I've been an activist all my life. And always a liberal activist, for the simple reason that it is on the liberal left that you find the true recognition for the need for fairness in society. I'm not saying equality, because that you can never achieve, because equality is based on such complex criteria. But fairness is another issue.” NeedsReasonLeftSimpleIssuesAchieveComplexesRecognitionActivistFairnessCriteria Author:Patrick Stewart
“In order to achieve that end goal of equality it is a very gendered oppression primarily affecting women that needs to be tackled.” NeedsEndsOrderGoalAchieveOppression Author:Laura Bates
“Companies are actually much better than governments and other bureaucracies at organizing in a holistically efficient way the extremely complex path from the examination of molecules all the way to the delivery of medicines to patients. Already in the conception and selection of research projects, companies would anticipate all the challenges down the line that they will need to overcome in order to achieve actual health impact. Bureaucratic organizations, by contrast, are notoriously bad at this sort of optimizing.” WayNeedsGovernmentOrderChallengesLinesCompanyPathAchieveProjectsResearchOrganizationOvercomingImpactMedicineComplexesPatientConceptionEfficientContrastBureaucracySelectionExaminationAnticipateDeliveryMolecules Author:Thomas Pogge
“Ordinary people like you and me can achieve very little on their own. We need to build support. Even if you are a thought leader and have some good ideas on how to make the world better, and even if you write five or ten books - that won't have much effect unless you have people who are willing to support your ideas.” PeopleIfsWorldNeedsWritingLittlesBookIdeasLeaderSupportFiveAchieveEffectsWillingLike YouTenOrdinaryGood IdeasOrdinary People Author:Thomas Pogge
“In order to achieve something, in competition with the powerful and smartly wielded influence of corporations, we need to join forces and be as well-organized as they are. This does not come natural to us more intellectual types, as we tend to be averse to hierarchy and groupthink; we don't like to be part of anything like a disciplined and well-organized team or movement. But the alternative is to continue losing politically - which means continued failure to protect the world's poor, who are really bearing the brunt of our disorganization.” WorldNeedsWellsMeanDoeOrderForceNaturalPoorPowerfulTeamInfluenceAchieveMovementTypeProtectIntellectualLosingCompetitionAlternativesCorporationsOrganizedHierarchyGroupthinkDisorganization Author:Thomas Pogge
“It is for the poor people's sake, above all, that we urgently need more unity and better organization and need to concentrate our reform efforts in order to really to achieve reforms, one by one.” PeopleNeedsOrderPoorEffortAchieveOrganizationUnitySakeReformPoor People Author:Thomas Pogge
“When you grow up, as I have, in the shadow of Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and others, success is defined as the total global transformation of a market. To achieve that, you need low prices and an attractive offering. It's about trying to make a positive impact on a big scale.” NeedsTryingBigsJobsGrowsGrowing UpAchieveLowsShadowTransformationImpactBillsScalesDefinedAttractiveGatesOfferingPositive Impact Author:Reed Hastings
“The singularity of Islam is its universality. As American citizens and as Muslims, you need to show there is something specific, namely our moral singularity. We believe there is one God and this one God is pushing us to reach universal values by liberating ourselves from our ego and by serving humanity. We must be involved in this by all means necessary, in a nonviolent way, through the legal, media, economic and cultural systems. We cannot achieve this if there is no courage, if we are not ready to sacrifice.” IfsWayNeedsBelieveMeanShowsValuesHumanityMoralSacrificeEconomicAchieveMediaReadyCitizensInvolvedEgoUniversalIslamPushingServingLiberatingNot ReadyAmerican CitizensSingularityUniversality Author:Tariq Ramadan
“Objectivity is very hard to achieve. It needs some research and patience. If you want to do something honest, you have to explore it a little longer.” IfsWantNeedsLittlesHardAchieveHonestResearchObjectivity Author:Michel Gondry