“The future of Norway isn't about competing on being the cheapest but the most innovative. We have an expensive welfare state and the only answer to continue that way is to become more competitive, especially on knowledge.” WayStatesAnswersWelfareExpensiveCompetingInnovativeWelfare StateNorway Author:Erna Solberg
“... ages in which the dominant weapon is expensive or difficult to make will tend to be ages of despotism, whereas when the dominant weapon is cheap and simple, the common people have a chance... A complex weapon makes the strong stronger, while a simple weapon -- so long as there is no answer to it -- gives claws to the weak.” PeopleGivingLongAgeStrongDifficultChanceSimpleAnswersCommonWeaponsWeakStrongerComplexesExpensiveDominantDespotismClaws Book:The Collected Essays, Journalism, and Letters of George Orwell: In front of your nose, 1945-1950 Source: The Collected Essays, Journalism, and Letters of George Orwell: In front of your nose, 1945-1950
“Russia doesn't want any arms race. Russia would not engage in the arms race. We have enough technological means to provide not very expensive answer to the efforts to build missile defense.” WantMeanEnoughAnswersEffortRaceArmsDefenseRussiaExpensiveTechnologicalMissilesArms RaceMissile Defense Author:Sergey Lavrov