“President Obama has said that our aspirations should be realistic. We are not going to turn one of the poorest countries in the world, that was plunged into 30 years of war, into an advanced, industrialized, Western-style democracy. What we want to achieve is Afghanistan's capacity to secure and govern itself.” WorldWantShouldYearsSaidWarCountryTurnsPresidentDemocracyAchieveStyleCapacityWesternSecureAspirationRealisticAfghanistanPresident ObamaPoorest Author:David Petraeus
“The new co-operation government will do the best it can to address the country's problems, and I believe that with the co-operation of all - and the new government stresses this - and the unity of all, we will achieve that.” BelieveCountryProblemGovernmentI BelieveAchieveStressUnityOperationsAddressesDo The BestNew Government Author:Lucas Papademos
“With the frenzied pace in our own country, with the degenerating school system, with a crime rate that rises 30% a year, and with politicians that seem more interested in posturing than in governing, it has become more difficult, or should I say challenging, to achieve that inner symbiosis with life.” ShouldYearsCountrySeemsSchoolHumanityDifficultChallengesAchieveCrimeBuddhismPoliticianRatePaceShould IGoverningSchool SystemCrime RatesSymbiosis Author:Frederick Lenz
“I love playing for my country, getting the support. Especially for the kids and everybody, showing my example of what I can achieve so early. And maybe they can achieve it, too, just to get that in their minds.” MindI CanCountryKidsSupportAchieveExample Author:Maria Sharapova
“In London - and forget those extra public pressures on politicians - the lovely old Sloane world of manor houses simply hasn't cut it since Big Bang in 1986, the point at which Mrs. Thatcher really started to achieve her ambition to make this country more like America - its ambition, economy, it's very tangible measures of success.” WorldCountryBigsAmericaHouseForgetEconomyCuttingAchievePoliticianAmbitionPressureLondonLovelyExtrasBangsTangibleMeasure Of SuccessMrs Thatcher Author:Peter York
“As a dedicated, successful writer, Lydia Sigourney violated essential elements of the very gender roles she celebrated. In the process, she offered young, aspiring women writers around the country an example of the possibilities of achieving both fame and economic reward.” CountryYoungProcessRolesSuccessfulEconomicAchieveExamplePossibilityFameEssentialsElementsRewardsGenderDedicatedGender Roles Author:Lydia Sigourney
“Our country as a whole, no less than the Hastings College of Law, values tolerance, cooperation, learning, and the amicable resolution of conflicts. But we seek to achieve those goals through "[a] confident pluralism that conduces to civil peace and advances democratic consensus-building," not by abridging First Amendment rights.” FirstsCountryWholeLawValuesGoalRightsAchieveBuildingCollegeConflictDemocraticToleranceOur CountryResolutionCooperationAmendmentsConsensusFirst AmendmentPluralismFirst Amendment RightsConsensus Building Author:Samuel Alito
“We have spoken on many occasions of the need to achieve high economic growth as an absolute priority for our country. The annual address for 2003 set for the first time the goal of doubling gross domestic product within a decade.” NeedsFirstsCountryGoalGrowthEconomicAchieveProductsFirst TimeAbsolutesDecadesPrioritiesOur CountryOccasionsAddressesGrossEconomic GrowthAnnualsGross Domestic Product Author:Vladimir Putin
“The capitalists of a country which manages to capture foreign markets from other countries are able to increase their profits at the expense of the capitalists of the other countries. Similarly, a colonial metropolis may achieve an export surplus through investment in its dependencies.” MayCountryAbleAchieveIncreaseInvestmentProfitManageExpensesCaptureCapitalistOther CountriesDependencySurplusMetropolis Book:Selected Essays on the Dynamics of the Capitalist Economy 1933-1970 Source: Selected Essays on the Dynamics of the Capitalist Economy 1933-1970