“One more time? We've done this. We've done this at least four times where there's a new government program to help homeowners who have trouble with their mortgages. None of these programs have worked. I don't know why anyone would think that this next idea is going to work. All it does is delay the clearing of the market. As soon as the market clears and we understand where the prices really are - that will be the most important thing we can do in order to improve home values around the country.” ThinkingKnowsDoeImportantIdeasCountryDoneHelpingHomeGovernmentValuesOrderNextCan DoFourTroubleProgramImportant ThingsConservativeMore TimeDelayGoing To WorkMortgageClearingGovernment ProgramsNew GovernmentConservative ValuesHomeowners Author:John Boehner
“The national parklands have a major role in providing superlative opportunities for outdoor recreation, but they have other people serving values. They can provide an experience in conservation education for the young people of the country; they can enrich our literary and artistic consciousness; they can help create social values; contribute to our civic consciousness; remind us of our debt to the land of our fathers.” PeopleCountryHelpingYoungValuesFatherOpportunitySocialConsciousnessRolesLandMajorsDebtArtisticParksServingProvidingConservationOur FatherCivicsRecreationSocial ValuesSuperlativesOutdoor Recreation Author:Stewart Udall
“The fact is whether one looks at this [outsourcing] in terms of men and women, working men and women in this country who are simply being screwed, or whether one looks at this in terms of corporations who are benefiting, the fact is it is certainly not helping the American economy.” MenLooksCountryFactsHelpingTermEconomyMen And WomenLaborCorporationsWorking ManOutsourcingAmerican Economy Author:Lou Dobbs
“As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti, to share in their suffering, help rebuild the country, moving from misery to poverty with dignity.” PeopleCountryHelpingTodayMovingSufferingPovertyShareReadyTomorrowConcernedDignityMiseryHaitiReady To Leave Author:Jean-Bertrand Aristide
“If you can see, hear, feel, and think, you should know that King Dollar rules the United States, and that the workers are robbed and exploited in this country to the heart's content of the masters.If you are not deaf, dumb, and blind, then you know that the American bourgeois democracy and capitalistic civilization are the worst enemies of labor and progress, and that instead of protecting them, you should help to fight to destroy them.” IfsThinkingKnowsFeelsShouldHeartCountryStatesHelpingFightingUnitedEnemyUnited StatesDemocracyProgressWorstMastersKingsCivilizationLaborBlindDollarsWorkersDumbDeafBourgeoisWorst Enemy Author:Alexander Berkman
“I look forward to continuing to be a role model to women across the country and helping them have confidence in all they do in the ring, on the court or in the game of life!” LooksCountryHelpingGamesRolesModelsCourtRingsRole ModelsContinuingHave Confidence Author:Marlen Esparza
“I look under the skin of countries' economies, and I help them make better decisions and be stronger, to prosper and create employment.” LooksCountryHelpingDecisionEconomySkinsStrongerEmployment Author:Christine Lagarde
“There's a normal tendency in the campaign, during a crisis, for the country to rally around the White House. vThat may help Al Gore in this campaign, but on the other hand, George W. Bush handled himself so well the other night on foreign policy that I think it fortified him just before this crisis broke.” ThinkingWellsMayCountryHelpingHandsNightHouseWhitePolicyNormalCrisisCampaignsTendenciesBrokeWhite HouseAlsForeign PolicyGore Author:David Gergen
“The UN should arrange, as US forces leave, for an international group of peacekeepers and negotiators from the Arab countries to bring together Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds, and work out a solution for self-governance that would give all three groups a share in political power. Simultaneously, the UN should arrange for shipments of food and medicine, from the United States and other countries, as well as engineers to help rebuild the country.” GivingShouldWellsSelfCountryStatesHelpingTogetherPoliticalThreeForceUnitedUnited StatesGroupsShareSolutionsMedicineInternationalWork OutEngineersOther CountriesGovernancePolitical PowerKurdsPeacekeepers Author:Howard Zinn
“Russia can offer state-of-the-art technology, .. For example, we can help other countries launch space devices such as satellites.” ArtCountryStatesHelpingSpaceTechnologyExampleOffersHelping OthersRussiaDevicesOther CountriesSatellites Author:Vladimir Putin
“The whole financial structure of Wall Street seems to rise or fall on the mere fact that the Federal Reserve Bank raises or lowers the amount of interest. Any business that can't survive a one percent change must be skating on thin ice. Why even the poor farmer took a raise of another ten percent just to get a loan from the bank, and nobody from the government paid any attention. But you let Wall Street have a nightmare and the whole country has to help to get them back into bed again.” CountryWholeFactsHelpingSeemsGovernmentFallInterestPoorAttentionStreetsWallAmountBedTenPercentEconomicsPaidRaisesStructureMereFinancialIceNightmareFarmersReservesLoanSkatingFederal ReserveSkating On Thin Ice Author:Will Rogers
“If your Income Taxes go to help out the less fortunate, there could be no legitimate kick against it in the world. This is becoming the richest, and the poorest Country in the world. Why? Why, on account of an unequal distribution of the money.” IfsWorldCountryHelpingBecomingTaxesAccountsIncomeFortunateKicksDistributionPoorestIncome TaxLess Fortunate Book:Will Rogers' Weekly Articles: The Hoover Years, 1929-1931 Source: Will Rogers' Weekly Articles: The Hoover Years, 1929-1931
“A people without children would face a hopeless future; a country without trees is almost as helpless; forests which are so used that they cannot renew themselves will soon vanish, and with them all their benefits. A true forest is not merely a storehouse full of wood, but, as it were, a factory of wood and at the same time a reservoir of water. When you help to preserve our forests or plant new ones you are acting the part of good citizens.” PeopleChildrenCountryHelpingFacesUsedWaterActingTreeCitizensBenefitsPlantWoodsForestsPreservesHopelessFactoriesHelplessReservoirsGood Citizen Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“You can find your way across this country using burger joint the way a navigatior uses stars....We have munched Bridge burgers in the shadow of the Brooklyn Bridge and Cable burgers hard by the Golden Gate, Dixie burgers in the sunny South and Yankee Doodle burgers in the North....We had a Capitol Burger - guess where. And so help us, in the inner courtyard of the Pentagon, a Penta burger.” WayCountryHardHelpingUseStarsShadowSouthGoldenBridgesGatesYankeesJointsCablesSunnyBrooklynCapitolHamburgersPentagonBurgersDixieBrooklyn Bridge Author:Charles Kuralt
“There's so much benevolence on helping your fellow person. And the morality that helped build our country is based on the values that are found in the Bible. And as we look at problems, maybe we're getting away from those values. And in my little small way, I want to encourage people to get back into those values.” PeopleWayWantLooksLittlesPersonsCountryHelpingProblemValuesFoundMoralityFellowsOur CountryGet AwayGet BackBenevolence Author:Tom Hayden
“I have worked enough and I am happy to be touring the country speaking about living with MS to give people inspiration and motivation to help themselves.” PeopleGivingCountryEnoughHelpingInspirationMotivationalMotivationTouringInspiration And Motivation Author:Teri Garr
“We are delighted that these regulations are now law, and we commend the provincial government for helping put the issue on the front burner. These requirements will push more companies to have the conversations they should be having around board and executive committee diversity and, hopefully, their talent development. Businesses need to tap the full pool of smart, talented people to stay competitive and strengthen our country’s economic future.” PeopleNeedsShouldCountryHelpingGovernmentLawCompanyIssuesEconomicTalentFrontsDevelopmentConversationDiversitySmartOur CountryHopefullyBoardsExecutivesPoolRegulationCommitteesRequirementsDelighted Author:Alex Johnston
“In America, one of the great liberal documents of the world is the Declaration of Independence. One of the great conservative documents of the world is the Constitution of the United States. We need both documents to build a country. One to get it started - liberal. And the other to help maintain the structure over the years - conservative.” WorldNeedsYearsCountryStatesHelpingAmericaUnitedUnited StatesConstitutionIndependenceStructureConservativeDocumentsDeclarationDeclaration Of IndependenceConstitution Of The United StatesGreat ConservativeGreat Liberal Author:Jim Rohn
“When I see the worsening degeneracy in our politicians, our media, our educators, and our intelligentsia, I can't help wondering if the day may yet come when the only thing that can save this country is a military coup.” IfsMayI CanCountryHelpingWonderMediaMilitaryPoliticianEducatorCoups Author:Thomas Sowell
“A great deal of what passes by the name of patriotism in these days consists of the merest bigotry and narrow-mindedness; exhibiting itself in national prejudice, national conceit, and national hatred. It does not show itself in deeds, but in boastings--in howlings, gesticulations, and shrieking helplessly for help--in flying flags and singing songs--and in perpetual grinding at the hurdy-gurdy of long-dead grievances and long-remedied wrongs. To be infested by such a patriotism as this is perhaps among the greatest curses that can befall any country.” LongDoeCountryHelpingShowsSongNamesDealsSingingHatredPrejudiceDeedsFlyingThese DaysCursePatriotismBigotryFlagsPerpetualBoastConceitGrievanceNarrow MindednessSinging Songs Book:Character Source: Character
“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
“Then there are three or four countries that have said they won't do anything. I believe Libya, Cuba and Germany are ones that have indicated they won't help in any respect.” BelieveSaidCountryHelpingThreeI BelieveFourGermanyCubaLibya Author:Donald Rumsfeld
“It has been said, "History is written by the victors." I take this to mean we can make ourselves victorious by writing, and then rewriting our own stories. In a country and culture so dominated by media, by the manipulation of words and stories, telling the tales of people whose stories historically have not been told is a radical act and I believe an act that can change the world and help rewrite history.” PeopleWorldWritingBelieveMeanHas BeensSaidCountryHelpingStoriesCultureI BelieveWrittenMediaTalesRadicalChanging The WorldManipulationRewriting Author:Jennifer Beals
“I want to help people help themselves, not have government tell people what to do. I just don't think it's the role of the United States to walk into a country and say, we do it this way, so should you.” PeopleThinkingWayWantShouldCountryStatesHelpingGovernmentWalksUnitedRolesUnited States Author:George W. Bush
“Without investments in research and science that will create the next Apple, create the next new innovation that will sell products around the world, we will lose. If we're not training engineers to make sure that they are equipped here in this country, then companies won't come here. Those investments are what's going to help to make sure that we continue to lead this world economy not just next year, but 10 years from now, 50 years from now, a hundred years from now.” IfsWorldYearsCountryHelpingNextLosesCompanyEconomyThis WorldProductsTrainingResearchHundredInnovationSellsInvestmentAround The WorldApplesEngineersNext YearWorld Economy Author:Barack Obama
“By making college more affordable for all and more accessible for minority students, the first new higher education authorizing legislation in a decade will help strengthen our nation and America's middle class, and spur a new age of innovation and ingenuity in our country.” FirstsCountryHelpingAgeAmericaNationsClassMiddleStudentsCollegeHigherInnovationDecadesOur CountryMinoritiesMiddle ClassLegislationNew AgeAffordableIngenuitySpursHigher Education Author:Nancy Pelosi
“You have given us something more than money, you have given us a lot of your sons, your children that were killed beside our own children in Iraq. Iraqi people are insistent on going along the path for their economy and their security, but we do need the help of other countries who will help us, to stand beside us.” PeopleNeedsChildrenCountryHelpingGivenEconomyPathSecuritySonOur ChildrenIraqYour ChildrenOther CountriesYour Son Author:Ibrahim al-Jaafari
“In the presence of this blood banner which represents our Führer, I swear to devote all my energies and my strength to the saviour of our country, Adolf Hitler. I am willing and ready to give up my life for him, so help me God.” GivingCountryHelpingEnergyBloodWillingReadyGiving UpOur CountryHelp MeSwearSaviourBannerGod Help MeReady To Give Up Author:Baldur von Schirach
“By boosting oversight and accountability, we can empower the VA in its core mission of helping the men and women who have served our country.” MenCountryHelpingHe ManMen And WomenMissionsCoreOur CountryEmpoweringAccountabilityOversight Author:Ann Kirkpatrick
“We are the people who run this country. We are the deciders. And every single day, every single one of us needs to step outside and take some action to help stop this war. Raise hell. Think of something to make the ridiculous look ridiculous. Make our troops know we're for them and trying to get them out of there. Hit the streets to protest Bush's proposed surge. If you can, go to the peace march in Washington on Jan. 27. We need people in the streets, banging pots and pans and demanding, 'Stop it, now!'” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsNeedsTryingLooksWarCountryHelpingRunningActionStepsHellStreetsRaisesRidiculousProtestMarchPotTroopsOur TroopsBangingPots And Pans Author:Molly Ivins
“We wanted to see this country win the war just as much as those advisors did. We felt we would help to do that by reporting the truth. And so there was the moral outrage over this general and the ambassador in Saigon who kept denying the truth we would see.” WarCountryHelpingWantedLiteratureWinningFeltMoralOutrageAmbassadorsAdvisorsSaigonMoral OutrageDenying The Truth Author:Neil Sheehan
“The American people are not uniquely, but characteristically the most spontaneously generous in the world and you're seeing that all over this country in Web sites of charitable organizations that are crashing because of the overwhelming desire on the part of ordinary people to help out.” PeopleWorldCountryHelpingDesireSeeingOrdinaryOrganizationGenerousOverwhelmingSiteOrdinary PeopleCharitableOverwhelming DesireCharitable Organizations Author:Richard Norton Smith
“They [people of Afghanistan] didn't want Al-Qaeda in their country. They didn't appreciate the Taliban taking control. But they really have an incredible amount of dignity. And by that, they are grateful for America's help in ridding them of the Taliban. The average, ordinary person is glad that their daughter can go to school now. There's no public executions, no banning of soccer games. The difference is, they're appreciative, but they don't want any prolonged military presence of the United States there.” PeopleWantPersonsCountryStatesHelpingSchoolAmericaGamesDifferencesUnitedUnited StatesMilitaryAmountOrdinaryDaughterAppreciateDignityGratefulIncrediblesAverageGladSoccerAlsAfghanistanExecutionAl QaedaTalibanAppreciativeOrdinary PersonSoccer GameMilitary Presence Author:Immortal Technique
“God help this country if we're now prepared to vote for someone we don't trust. But every election cycle we do things we never dreamed of.” IfsCountryHelpingVoteElectionPreparedCyclesDon't TrustGod Help Author:Rudy Giuliani