“The failure of the White House and Congress to seriously address the nation's fiscal situation is certain to broaden the belief among many voters that the U.S. political system is broken.” PoliticalCertainHouseBeliefNationsWhiteSituationBrokenCongressAddressesWhite HouseVotersPolitical Systems Author:Ron Fournier
“The dominant orthodoxy in development economics was that Third World countries were trapped in a vicious cycle of poverty that could be broken only by massive foreign aid from the more prosperous industrial nations of the world. This was in keeping with a more general vision on the Left that people were essentially divided into three categories - the heartless, the helpless, and wonderful people like themselves, who would rescue the helpless by playing Lady Bountiful with the taxpayers' money.” PeopleWorldHeartCountryThreeLeftNationsVisionPovertyWonderfulBrokenDevelopmentEconomicsThirdsAidsCyclesMassiveCategoriesDividedTrappedRescueHelplessDominantViciousProsperousTaxpayersOrthodoxyThird WorldHeartlessThird World CountriesForeign AidVicious CyclesCycle Of Poverty Book:Ever Wonder Why?: and Other Controversial Essays Source: Ever Wonder Why?: and Other Controversial Essays
“Americans are rightly concerned about the security and the integrity of the nation's borders because the system is broken. Some are concerned about the possibility of terrorists crossing our borders and coming into our cities.” NationsCitiesSecurityPossibilityBrokenIntegrityConcernedTerroristBordersCrossings Author:Chris Cannon
“Shall I tell you the law of God in regard to the African race? If the white man who belongs to the chosen seed mixes his blood with the seed of Cain, the penalty, under the law of God, is death on the spot. This will always be so.” IfsMenMadeEarthLawFatherGivenNationsWhiteRaceBloodChangedBrokenEmptyRegardSeedsHungryChosenSpotsPenaltiesWhite ManCovenantCainOrdinancesHungry ManAfrican Race Author:Brigham Young
“Upon suffering beyond suffering: the Red Nation shall rise again and it shall be a blessing for a sick world. A world filled with broken promises, selfishness and separations. A world longing for light again. I see a time of Seven Generations when all the colors of mankind will gather under the Sacred Tree of Life and the whole Earth will become one circle again.” WorldWholeLightEarthSufferingNationsGenerationsTreeMankindColorBrokenPromiseBlessingRedSickSacredFilledLongingSevenCirclesSeparationSelfishnessIndianNativeNative AmericanBroken PromisesNative AmericaTree Of LifeNative American IndianGreat Native AmericanNative CountrySick World Author:Crazy Horse
“God has chosen little nations as the vessels by which He carries His choicest wines to the lips of humanity to rejoice their hearts, to exalt their vision, to strengthen their faith, and if we had stood by when two little nations [Belgium and Serbia] were being crushed and broken by the brutal hands of barbarians, our shame would have rung down the everlasting ages.” IfsHeartLittlesTwoWarHandsAgeHumanityNationsVisionBrokenShameWineLipsChosenCarrieRejoiceBrutalEverlastingVesselCrushedBarbariansBelgiumSerbia Author:David Lloyd George
“My aspirations for this country would be on the scope of what Franklin Roosevelt brought to this country in 1932 when he saw a nation that was broken economically.” CountryWould BeNationsSawsBrokenAspirationScopeFranklin Author:Dennis Kucinich
“A new breeze is blowing--and a nation refreshed by freedom stands ready to push on: there is new ground to be broken, and new action to be taken.” ActionNationsTakenReadyBrokenBreeze Author:George H. W. Bush
“There is an Arabic proverb which says that "Peace comes from understanding, not agreement." Agreements are more easily broken than made; but understanding never. It is urgent, therefore, and in the interest of peace, that there be better understanding among nations. As people we are one, seeking the same goal. As nations, we lose each other down the different paths we choose to fulfill our national objectives. that is why we must understand each other better.” PeopleMadeDifferentNationsUnderstandingGoalInterestLosesPathBrokenSeekingObjectivesAgreementUrgentDifferent Paths Author:King Hussein I
“A new breeze is blowing, and a nation refreshed by freedom stands ready to push on. There is new ground to be broken, and new action to be taken. There are times when the future seems thick as a fog; you sit and wait, hoping the mists will lift and reveal the right path. But this is a time when the future seems a door you can walk right through into a room called tomorrow.” SeemsActionNationsWaitingWalksRoomsPathTakenDoorsReadyBrokenTomorrowLiftsThickFogBreezeMistRight Path Author:George H. W. Bush
“When the people of a nation stop communicating, they lose the common purpose that made them great. Their cities become ghost towns. People live aimlessly because they have no cause for which they are willing to die. The cry of the populace is 'Just leave me alone'. Perhaps the ultimate hell is that the wish will be granted. It is not unlikely that our own nation will collapse not through an explosive roar, but through a deafening silence. This silence must be broken in our generation. We may never get another chance.” PeopleMayMadePurposeDiesNationsWishCausesLosesChanceCommonCitiesSilenceHellGenerationsCryWillingBrokenUltimateTownsCommunicateGhostGrantedCollapseLeaving MeUnlikelyMe AloneOur GenerationExplosivesLeave Me AloneAnother ChanceWilling To DieCommon PurposeGhost TownJust Leave Me Alone Author:Jeff Myers
“What sort of love is this love that we have for countries? What sort of country is it that will ever live up to our dreams? What sort of dreams were these that have been broken? Isn't the greatness of great nations directly proportionate to their ability to be ruthless, genocidal? Doesn't the height of a country's 'success' usually also mark the depths of its moral failure?” Has BeensCountryDreamNationsAbilityLove IsMoralGreatnessBrokenMarkDepthHeightOur DreamsRuthlessGreat NationsMoral Failure Author:Arundhati Roy