“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
“Norway is a small country, about half the size of Sweden, but it has a very good film climate because they have municipal cinemas, so even in the smallest towns you have a cinema that shows art house films from all over the world.” WorldArtCountryShowsFilmHouseHalfTownsClimateVery GoodSizeCinemaSmallestSwedenGood FilmsNorwaySmall Countries Author:Stellan Skarsgard
“I might have arguments with the size of Reagan's military buildup, but given the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, staying ahead of the Soviets militarily seemed a sensible thing to do. Pride in our country, respect for our armed services, a healthy appreciation for the dangers beyond our borders, an insistence that there was no easy equivalence between East and West--in all this I had no quarrel with Reagan. And when the Berlin Wall came tumbling down, I had to give the old man his due, even if I never gave him my vote.” IfsMenGivingCountryMightGivenEasyMilitaryDangerWallPrideHealthyArgumentVoteWestSizeAppreciationDuesEastOur CountryBordersThings To DoStayingOld ManAfghanistanSovietSensibleQuarrelsInvasionBerlinInsistenceEast And WestBerlin WallTumblingArmed ServicesTumbling Down Book:The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream Source: The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
“Whenever it was necessary to have a large entourage, we used military vehicles or, as for the two state funerals and our state swearing in, we hired every spare Cadillac from every undertaking firm in Ottawa. It's a make-shift way to operate a country of the size and rank of Canada.” WayTwoCountryStatesUsedMilitarySizeFirmCanadaFuneralVehicleSparesUndertakingsSwearingCadillacsEntourageOttawa Author:Judy LaMarsh