“Self-interest and mutual interest are inextricably linked. National interests can best be advanced through collective action, ... Calculate not just the human misery of the poor themselves. Calculate our loss: The aid, the lost opportunity to trade, the short-term consequences of the multiple conflicts; the long-term consequences on the attitude to the wealthy world of injustice and abject deprivation amongst the poor.” WorldHumansLongSelfActionOpportunityLostTermInterestLossPoorAttitudeConflictConsequenceTradeMiseryInjusticeAidsLong TermCollectivesMutualWealthyMultipleLinkedShort TermSelf InterestDeprivationNational InterestsCollective ActionLost OpportunityMutual Interest Author:Tony Blair
“Whenever I write a letter to a family who has lost a loved one in Iraq, or read an email from a constituent who has dropped out of college because her student aid has been cut, I'm reminded that the actions of those in power have enormous consequences--a price that they themselves almost never have to pay.” WritingHas BeensActionLostPayCuttingStudentsCollegeConsequenceLettersIraqAidsEnormousLoved OnesEmailConstituents Book:The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream Source: The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
“The ultimate law of language is, dare we say, that nothing can ever reside in a single term. This is a direct consequence of the fact that linguistic signs are unrelated to what they designate and that, therefore, 'a' cannot designate anything without the the aid of 'b' and vice versa, or, in other words, that both have value only by the difference between them.” FactsLawValuesLanguageTermDifferencesConsequenceDirectUltimateVicesDareAidsVice Versa Author:Ferdinand de Saussure
“Increasingly developing countries are asking for aid to help deal with the consequences of climate change, which we don't want to give.” WantGivingCountryHelpingDealsConsequenceAskingClimateClimate ChangeAidsDevelopingDeveloping Countries Author:Elizabeth Kolbert
“The growing inequality of wealth and income distribution is both a moral and economic problem. If the wealthy are unwilling to pay more taxes, then this is going to lead to spending cuts. And if you put off the table things like national defense, then you're going to end up cutting more and more out of programs that aid the poor. So, I think there are consequences to this idea that tolerance for inequality requires us to - to just do nothing to make the wealthy contribute a higher share of resources to fund the government.” IfsThinkingIdeasEndsProblemGovernmentWealthPoorPayMoralCuttingGrowingShareEconomicHigherTaxesConsequenceResourcesProgramTablesSpendingDefenseAidsToleranceIncomeInequalityFundWealthyDistributionUnwillingNational DefenseEconomic ProblemsSpending CutsIncome Distribution Author:Bruce Bartlett
“I am sure it is in the medical textbooks, there are many things that cause immune deficiency and you will find therefore in the South African HIV and AIDS programme, that it will say that part of what we have got to do is to make sure that our health infrastructure, our health system is able to deal adequately with all of the illnesses that are a consequence of AIDS.” AbleCausesDealsConsequenceSouthIllnessAidsMedicalSouth AfricaInfrastructureHivImmuneTextbooksDeficiencyProgrammesHealth System Author:Thabo Mbeki
“AIDS obliges people to think of sex as having, possibly, the direst consequences: suicide. Or murder.” PeopleThinkingSexConsequenceMurderSuicideAidsWorld Aids DayAids Day Author:Susan Sontag
“You've got to learn to let go and let your children fall, and fail. If you try to protect them from hurt, and always rush to their side with Band-Aids, they won't learn about life, and what is true, what works, what helps, and what are real consequences of certain kinds of behavior. When they do get hurt, which they will, they won't know how to take care of their grown selves. They won't even know where the aspirin is kept.” IfsKnowsTryingKindChildrenRealSelfHelpingCareCertainFallSidesHurtKnow HowFailingBandProtectLetting GoBehaviorConsequenceTake CareAidsYour ChildrenAspirinBand AidLearn To Let Go Author:Anne Lamott