“The country will also need 'new forms of social welfare' instead of its current system which is excessively centred on pensions.” NeedsCountryFormSocialCurrentsWelfarePensionSocial Welfare Author:Giorgio Napolitano
“If the current birth rate, which is the lowest in the major developed countries, continues, there will be no Japanese. Who will pay the enormous debt?” IfsCountryPayBirthMajorsRateCurrentsDebtEnormousLowestDeveloped CountryBirth Rate Author:Jim Rogers
“The current total of countries in the world with First Amendments is one. You have guaranteed freedom of speech. Other countries don't have that.” WorldFirstsCountrySpeechCurrentsAmendmentsOther CountriesFreedom Of SpeechFirst Amendment Author:Neil Gaiman
“I’m not a gun owner and, as I think as is the case for the more than half the people in the country who also aren’t gun owners, that means that for me guns are alien. In the current rhetorical climate people seem not to want to say: I think guns are kind of scary and don’t want to be around them.” PeopleThinkingWantKindMeanCountrySeemsHalfCasesGunClimateCurrentsScaryAliensOwnersRhetoricalGun Owners Author:Josh Marshall
“We do believe the current Ukrainian authorities are illegitimate. They cannot be legitimate as they do not have a national mandate for running the country, which speaks for itself. At the same time, we do not refuse to deal with them. We stay in touch at the ministerial level.” BelieveCountryRunningSpeakLevelsDealsAuthorityCurrentsRefuseMandatesUkrainian Author:Vladimir Putin
“Because we don't have a Fairness Doctrine, and because we have further media consolidation, and because we have a craptastic corporate media, WE DON'T HAVE NEWS! We don't have an informed populous and we don't have a democracy... Everyone in the world knows that America, (in its current state, because of right-wingers) that the right wing arm of this country (that speaks for this country unfortunately) has no credibility when it comes to human rights or independent media.” KnowsWorldHumansCountryStatesAmericaSpeakDemocracyRightsMediaArmsNewsIndependentWingsHuman RightsCurrentsDoctrineCorporateFairnessCredibilityRight WingConsolidationIndependent Media Author:Janeane Garofalo
“The Czech Republic stood with the U.S., Canada and a handful of other countries against the prevailing international current, but history has shown us time and again that what is right is not what is popular.” CountryInternationalCurrentsCanadaRepublicOther CountriesHandfulTry AgainPrevailingCzechCzech Republic Author:Benjamin Netanyahu
“According to current birthrate projections, France will be a majority Muslim country anyway in about 50 years. I get a lot of e-mails from Americans who think that Europeans are spineless. And I think they're right.” ThinkingYearsCountryMajorityCurrentsFranceMailProjectionSpineless Author:Pat Condell