“The financial crisis in our country is not a passing storm. Given the size of the problems, our national effort will not be completed in 2012. It will take many years and will require the efforts and insistence of several governments.” YearsCountryProblemGovernmentGivenEffortCrisisFinancialSizeStormPassingPassingsOur CountryFinancial CrisisInsistence Author:Lucas Papademos
“Serbia did not want to recognize our country in a peaceful way, so that is why they wanted to destroy us. All our efforts to find a peaceful solution were impossible. In order to save the people, NATO had to intervene.” PeopleWayWantCountryWantedOrderEffortImpossibleSolutionsOur CountryPeacefulNatoSerbia Author:Ibrahim Rugova
“I mean, the world has already done a big, big effort to forget debt to countries heavily indebted and with low income. And that has given good chances to countries to get out of poverty.” WorldMeanCountryDoneBigsGivenChanceForgetEffortPovertyLowsDebtIncomeIndebtedGood ChanceLow Income Author:Rodrigo Rato
“Significant steps have been taken since 9-11 to protect out country here at home, but much remains to be done, Americans from across the political spectrum must come together to develop the next phase of our efforts to counter global terror.” Has BeensCountryDoneHomeTogetherPoliticalNextEffortStepsTakenProtectRemainsTerrorSignificantPhasesSpectrumPolitical Spectrum Author:Warren Rudman
“The United States cannot reshape other countries in its own image and that, with a few exceptions, its efforts to police the world are neither in its interests nor within the scope of its resources. This whole tendency to see ourselves as the center of political enlightenment and as teachers to a great part of the rest of the world strikes me as unthought-through, vainglorious and undesirable.” WorldCountryStatesWholeAmericaPoliticalInterestUnitedEffortUnited StatesTeacherEnlightenmentResourcesPoliceStrikesTendenciesExceptionOther CountriesScopeUndesirable Author:George F. Kennan
“President Bush is an intelligent man. He is not going to declare an economic war against Iraq . [...] I admire your extraordinary efforts to rebuild your country. I know you need funds. We understand that, and our opinion is that you should have the opportunity to rebuild your country. But we have no opinion on Arab-Arab conflicts like your border disagreement with Kuwait .” KnowsMenNeedsShouldWarCountryAmericaOpportunityPresidentEffortOpinionEconomicLike YouConflictShould HaveIntelligentExtraordinaryIraqAdmireBordersFundPresident BushDisagreementIntelligent ManKuwait Author:April Glaspie
“I'm very proud of the fact that Israel is the one country in a very broad radius that - in which Arabs have free and fair elections. That's sacrosanct. That will never change. I wasn't trying to suppress a vote. I was trying to get something to counter a foreign-funded effort to get votes that are intended to topple my party. And I was calling on our voters to come out.” TryingCountryFactsPartyEffortProudCallingFairsVoteElectionIsraelBroadsVotersNever ChangeRadius Author:Benjamin Netanyahu
“I was the legal counsel in the effort to amend the Virginia Constitution to give Virginians the right to hunt and fish constitutionally, and we are one of the few states in the country to protect that right.” GivingCountryStatesEffortProtectConstitutionFishesHuntsVirginiaVirginians Author:Tim Kaine
“The fact that you are here tonight gathered together with us testifies to the fact you understand the need for this organization and the need for redoubling our efforts in this organization to try to assure that democracy as represented by the United States must depend upon a total freedom of religion, which is written into our Constitution, of course, and the mere suggestion that anyone could maintain that one's patriotism, one's devotion to one's country can be judged by one's religion is so vile, so vile that we have to take to the streets indeed and to put it aside.” NeedsTryingCountryStatesGodFactsTogetherSpiritualityCoursesUnitedEffortUnited StatesDemocracyWrittenStreetsDependsOrganizationConstitutionMereDevotionTonightJudgedSuggestionsInterfaithFreedom Of Religion Author:Walter Cronkite
“This Civil Rights Act is a challenge to all of us to go to work in our communities and our states, in our homes and in our hearts, to eliminate the last vestiges of injustice in our beloved country. So tonight I urge every public official, every religious leader, every business and professional man, every working man, every housewife - I urge every American - to join in this effort to bring justice and hope to all our people, and to bring peace to our land.” PeopleMenHeartCountryStatesHomeLastsCommunityChallengesReligiousJusticeInspiringEffortLeaderRightsLandInjusticeEqualityCivil RightsBelovedOfficialsTonightUrgesOur CommunityHousewifeWorking ManReligious LeadersPublic OfficialsBeloved CountryCivil Rights ActUncontrollable Urge Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“No Zionist can forgo the smallest portion of the Land Of Israel. [A] Jewishstate in part [of Palestine] is not an end, but a beginning ..... Our possessionis important not only for itself ... through this we increase our power,and every increase in power facilitates getting hold of the country in itsentirety. Establishing a [small] state .... will serve as a very potent lever inour historical effort to redeem the whole country.” ImportantEndsCountryStatesWholeEffortLandIncreaseHistoricalIsraelPortionsSmallestPalestineZionistFacilitateLevers Author:David
“If I could get one message to you it would be this: the future of this country and the welfare of the free world depends upon our success in space. There is no room in this country for any but a fully cooperative, urgently motivated all-out effort toward space leadership. No one person, no one company, no one government agency, has a monopoly on the competence, the missions, or the requirements for the space program.” IfsWorldPersonsCountryGovernmentWould BeSpaceRoomsEffortCompanyDependsMessagesProgramMissionsWelfareAgencyIf I CouldMotivatedRequirementsMonopolyCompetenceCooperativesFree WorldSpace ProgramGovernment Agencies Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“It is important that the remaining scenic areas of the country be at once made into State or National Parks. Fortunately there still are a number of these wild places, but it will require effort to save them. Each Park proposed will have powerful and insidious opposition. The insidious opposition to National Parks will say, ‘There is a feeling in Congress that we should not have any more National Parks at this time’; or, ‘We should wait until present ones are improved.’” ShouldMadeStillsImportantCountryStatesFeelingsWaitingPowerfulNumbersEffortAreasCongressParksOppositionInsidiousNational ParksScenicWild Places Author:Enos Mills
“[T]he mass-man sees in the State an anonymous power, and feeling himself, like it, anonymous, he believes that the State is something of his own. Suppose that in the public life of a country some difficulty, conflict, or problem presents itself, the mass-man will tend to demand that the State intervene immediately and undertake a solution directly with its immense and unassailable resources. This is the gravest danger that to-day threatens civilisation: State intervention; the absorption of all spontaneous social effort by the State.” MenBelieveCountryStatesFeelingsProblemSocialEffortDangerDemandConflictMassSolutionsResourcesDifficultyImmenseSpontaneousInterventionCivilisationPublic LifeAbsorption Book:the Revolt of the Masses Source: the Revolt of the Masses
“At one with the power of the American landscape, and renowned for the patient skill and timeless beauty of his work, photographer Ansel Adams has been visionary in his efforts to preserve this country's wild and scenic areas, both in film and on Earth. Drawn to the beauty of nature's monuments, he is regarded by environmentalists as a monument himself, and by photographers as a national institution. It is through his foresight and fortitude that so much of America has been saved for future Americans.” Has BeensCountryEarthAmericaFilmEffortSkillsAreasInstitutionsPatientPhotographerSavedLandscapePreservesTimelessFortitudeMonumentVisionariesForesightEnvironmentalistNature BeautyRenownedScenicAmerican Landscape Author:Ansel Adams
“In countries where there is a mild climate, less effort is expended on the struggle with nature and man is kinder and more gentle.” MenCountryEffortStruggleClimateGentleKinderMan And Nature Author:Anton Chekhov
“Let me assure my countrymen of the Southern States that it is my earnest desire to regard and promote their truest interest - the interests of the white and of the colored people both and equally and to put forth my best efforts in behalf of a civil policy which will forever wipe out in our political affairs the color line and the distinction between North and South, to the end that we may have not merely a united North or a united South, but a united country.” PeopleMayEndsCountryStatesPoliticalDesireInterestLinesWhiteUnitedEffortForeverPolicyColorLet MeRegardSouthAffairDistinctionSouthernBehalfEarnestWipeTruestCountrymenBest EffortNorth And South Author:Rutherford B. Hayes
“When it comes to the war in Iraq, the time for promises and assurances for waiting and for patience is over. Too many lives have been lost, too many billions of dollars have been spent for us to trust the president on another tired and failed policy that's opposed by generals and experts, Democrats and Republicans, Americans and many of the Iraqis themselves.” GivingHas BeensWarCountryAmericaLostWaitingPresidentEffortStrugglePolicyPromiseRepublicanDemocratIraqTerrorBillionsExpertsAssuranceIraq WarPatience And WaitingRefocus Author:Barack Obama
“We must help all our young people to understand that ours is still a very poor country, that we cannot change this situation radically in a short time, and that only through the united efforts of our younger generation and all our people, working with their own hands, can China be made strong and prosperous within a period of several decades. The establishment of our socialist system has opened the road leading to the ideal society of the future, but to translate this ideal into reality needs hard work.” PeopleNeedsMadeStillsCountryHardHelpingHandsRealityYoungStrongPoorUnitedEffortSituationGenerationsHard WorkPeriodsIdealsChinaDecadesEstablishmentTranslateSocialistProsperousShort TimeYounger GenerationPoor CountriesIdeal Society Author:Mao Zedong
“The fact is that in too many parts of our country, we still have discrimination. And affirmative action is not just something that applies to people of color. Some people have a mistaken view of it in America. It also is with respect to women, it's with respect to other efforts to try to reach out and be inclusive in our country.” PeopleTryingStillsCountryFactsActionAmericaViewsEffortColorDiscriminationOur CountryReach OutMistakenRespecting OthersAffirmative ActionAffirmative Author:John F. Kerry
“To further promote anti-corruption efforts, we need to insist on the successful experiences gained through the Party's long-term anti-corruption practice. We need to actively draw on effective practices conducted by foreign countries around the world, and our own valuable heritage.” WorldNeedsLongCountryTermPartyEffortPracticeSuccessfulDrawsCorruptionValuableAround The WorldLong TermHeritageForeign Countries Author:Xi Jinping
“Antigun advocates have always faced an uphill battle in this country. Americans have, to begin with, a constitutional right to gun ownership. Today, half of American households exercise this right, owning a total of about 250 million guns; and over 99 percent of those households do so in a responsible manner. To fight for major restrictions on an item that plays such a valued part in the lives of so many people looks like a nearly impossible task. So if you're really committed to the effort, and you want to win, what do you do? Simple: You lie.” PeopleIfsWantLooksCountryPlayTodayLyingFightingWinningSimpleEffortHalfMillionsImpossibleExerciseBattleMajorsPercentGunTasksResponsibleCommittedHouseholdOwnershipItemsRestrictionUphill BattlesGun Ownership Author:Dave Kopel
“Our economic assistance must be carefully targeted, and must make maximum use of the energy and efforts of the private sector... Economic freedom is the world's mightiest engine for abundance and social justice... Developing countries need to be encouraged to experiment with a growing variety of arrangements for profit sharing and expanded capital ownership.” WorldNeedsCountryUseWisdomPoliticsEnergySocialJusticeEffortEconomyGrowingEconomicSocial JusticeProfitExperimentsVarietyDevelopingAbundanceLiberalismEnginesOwnershipArrangementsAssistanceMaximumPrivate SectorBe EncouragedDeveloping CountriesEconomic FreedomProfit Sharing Book:Ronald Reagan Source: Ronald Reagan
“To large numbers of American citizens life in certain parts of the country becomes intolerably hazardous. They may be seized on any pretext, however flimsy, and put to death with horrible tortures. No government pretending to be civilized can go on condoning such atrocities. Either it must make every possible effort to put them down or it must suffer the scorn and contempt of Christendom.” MayCountryGovernmentCertainSufferingNumbersEffortGoes OnCitizensHorribleTortureCivilizedPretendingContemptScornLarge NumbersAtrocitiesAmerican CitizensPretextChristendomLynching Author:H. L. Mencken
“German economic salvation has been brought about solely through the efforts of the German people and the experience they have gained. Countries abroad have contributed nothing to this.” PeopleHas BeensCountryEffortEconomicSalvation Author:Adolf Hitler