“In 2005, I founded the Democratic Pacific Union, an international organization of 28 democratic countries to promote democracy, peace and prosperity in the Pacific region.” CountryDemocracyOrganizationUnionsDemocraticInternationalProsperityRegionsPacificDemocratic Country Author:Annette Lu
“I'm fighting for small businesses. I'm not fighting for big oil. Don't be confused. And there are thousands of businesses in this state that are at great risk. Meanwhile, the country keeps guzzling the oil, but we're out of work down here. We need to get back to work to build this region, and we intend to do so.” NeedsCountryStatesBigsFightingRiskOilConfusedRegionsGet BackSmall BusinessBack To WorkGreat RiskBig Oil Author:Mary Landrieu
“That Iran is willing to threaten Israel is wrong[. . . .] We pose no threat and if we are conducting nuclear research and development we are no threat to Israel. We have no intention of aggression against any country. [. . .] Today we announce to you that the political will of Iran is aimed at the negotiated settlement of the case and we dont want to aggravate the situation in our region[. . . .] We know that this issue can be settled in a constructive dialogue and we welcome that.” IfsKnowsWantCountryTodayPoliticalSituationCasesIssuesWillingDevelopmentResearchThreatIntentionIsraelNuclearDialogueWelcomeRegionsIranAggressionConstructiveSettlementConductingResearch And DevelopmentPolitical Will Author:Ali Larijani
“Recall that the United Nations commissioned Arab scholars and analysts to publish the Arab Human Development Report. What causes the backwardness, the scholars wondered, of 22 Arab states, covering nearly 300 million people? Their conclusion? Of all world regions, the Arab countries scored the lowest in freedom, media independence, civil liberties, political process and political rights.” PeopleWorldHumansCountryStatesPoliticalNationsCausesProcessUnitedLibertyMillionsRightsMediaDevelopmentIndependenceConclusionReportsRegionsScholarRecallsLowestUnited NationsPublishCoveringCivil LibertiesHuman DevelopmentAnalystsPolitical Rights Author:Larry Elder
“The issue here really is not whether international trade shall be free but whether or not it makes any sense for a country - or, for that matter, a region - to destroy its own capacity to produce its own food. How can a government, entrusted with the safety and health of its people, conscientiously barter away in the name of an economic idea that people's ability to feed itself? And if people lose their ability to feed themselves, how can they be said to be free?” PeopleIfsSaidIdeasCountryMatterGovernmentNamesLosesAbilityIssuesEconomicProduceCapacitySafetyTradeInternationalRegionsInternational Trade Author:Wendell Berry
“Global sports tournaments have a range of benefits that go far beyond the games themselves. They can transform the image of a country or a region. They bring people together and reveal new possibilities to a nation's youth.” PeopleCountryTogetherGamesNationsSportsPossibilityYouthBenefitsRangeRegionsTournamentsNew Possibilities Author:Richard Attias
“Now in this island of Atlantis there was a great and wonderful empire which had rule over the whole island and several others, and over parts of the continent and, furthermore, the men of Atlantis had subjected the parts of Libya within the columns of Heracles as far as Egypt, and of Europe as far as Tyrrhenia.This vast power, gathered into one, endeavored to subdue at a blow our country and yours and the whole of the region within the straits, and then, Solon, your country shone forth, in the excellence of her virtue and strength, among all mankind.” MenCountryWholeVirtueWonderfulMankindHe ManEuropeExcellenceBlowOur CountryIslandsEmpiresRegionsContinentsEgyptColumnsLibyaAtlantis Book:Gorgias and Timaeus Source: Gorgias and Timaeus
“People in the eastern regions [of Ukaraine] are talking about federalisation, and Kiev has at long last started talking about de-centralisation. Order in the country can only be restored through dialogue and democratic procedures, rather than with the use of armed force, tanks and aircraft.” PeopleLongCountryUseLastsOrderForceTalkingDemocraticDialogueRegionsEasternProceduresTanksAircraftArmed ForcesKiev Author:Vladimir Putin
“The world today is experiencing a profound and rapid socio-cultural transformation. But the changes do not occur at a uniform pace, and the discrepancies in the change process have differentiated the various countries and regions of our planet.” WorldCountryTodayProcessPlanetsTransformationProfoundVariousRegionsPaceUniformsRapidsOur PlanetWorld TodayDiscrepancies Book:A Theology of Liberation: History, Politics, and Salvation Source: A Theology of Liberation: History, Politics, and Salvation
“The end result of the adoption of permaculture strategies in any country or region will be to dramatically reduce the area of the agricultural environment needed by the households and the settlements of people, and to release much of the landscape for the sole use of wildlife and for re-occupation by endemic flora.” PeopleEndsCountryUseResultsEnvironmentNeededAreasStrategyReleaseLandscapeRegionsOccupationSoleHouseholdAdoptionWildlifeSettlementPermacultureEnd ResultsFlora Author:Bill Mollison
“Every city, every town, every region in USA has these weird things - the way they pronounce words, or what they call soda, or how people drive. It's a huge country, and there's all these strange pockets of behavioral patterns that social anthropologists could spend lifetimes researching and reporting on.” PeopleWayCountrySocialCitiesStrangeHugeTownsLifetimePatternsUsaPocketsRegionsWeird ThingsSodaAnthropologists Author:Michael Schur