“However useful may be the National Parks and Forests of the West for those affording the Pullman fare to reach them, what is needed by the bulk of the American population is something nearer home.” MayHomeNeededBenefitsWestPopulationForestsParksNational ParksAffording Author:Benton MacKaye
“The governments and the communist parties in Vietnam and China are doing their best to develop their local economies. But the rise of countries in Asia is not in opposition to development and affluence in Western nations. It is a mutually beneficial development. The interests of Western investors are protected in our country. Both we and the West benefit from this in equal measure.” CountryGovernmentNationsInterestPartyEconomyDevelopmentEqualBenefitsWestWesternChinaLocalsOur CountryOppositionCommunistInvestorsVietnamProtectedAsiaBeneficialAffluenceCommunist Party Author:Nguyen Minh Triet
“Imposing excessive new regulations, or closing coal-fired power plants, would produce few health or environmental benefits. But it would exact huge costs on society - and bring factories, offices and economies to a screeching halt in states that are 80-98% dependent on coal: Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, North Dakota, Ohio, Utah, West Virginia and Wyoming.” StatesEconomyProduceHugeCostOfficeBenefitsPlantWestEnvironmentalDependentFactoriesRegulationCoalClosingVirginiaHaltOhioImposingIndianaKentuckyUtahDakotaMissouriPower PlantsWest VirginiaWyomingNorth Dakota Author:Paul Driessen
“Historically, international law lent a measure of legality to the colonial system, and allowed the West to set the rules for participation as a sovereign state on a global level. It also protected the interests of foreign investment in countries of the global South even when these were exploitative, and deprived countries of the benefits of resources situated within their territories.” CountryStatesLawInterestLevelsBenefitsResourcesWestInvestmentSouthInternationalTerritoryProtectedSovereignParticipationDeprivedInternational LawLegality Author:Richard A. Falk
“I think we're entering a very dangerous time. The West has set itself up, decided it's in charge, not for good intentions, not for the benefit of mankind.” ThinkingTimeMankindDangerousBenefitsDecidedIntentionWestEnteringGood Intentions Author:Thom Yorke
“People always did like to talk, didn't they? That's why I call myself a witch now: the Wicked Witch of the West, if you want the full glory of it. As long as people are going to call you a lunatic anyway, why not get the benefit of it? It liberates you from convention.” PeopleIfsWantLongBenefitsGloryWestWickedWhy NotWitchConventionsLunaticElphabaWicked WitchWicked Witch Of The West Book:Wicked Source: Wicked
“My father's vision was to see the Pilbara developed in a way that would benefit his beloved north, and West Australia and he wanted to see Australia become a stronger economy benefiting from the development of our north. His life was spent pursuing that vision.” WayWantedFatherVisionEconomyDevelopmentBenefitsAmbitionEconomicsStrongerWestBelovedAustralia Author:Gina Rinehart