“But obviously, we can't afford to make some bad long-term decisions with regard to basic commitments our country has - trade those away for some short-term assistance that may or may not be there a month from now.” MayLongCountryTermDecisionMonthsCommitmentRegardTradeOur CountryLong TermAssistanceShort Term Author:Fred Thompson
“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
“Is it appropriate still for a German to have a gun? I only use that as an example of a country that's still deeply involved and engaged in the conversations about how to come to terms with the past. Certainly for that country, it's not forgotten.” StillsCountryUsePastTermExampleInvolvedConversationGunForgottenEngagedAppropriate Author:Stephen Daldry
“I keep up with everything in terms of health, fitness, nutrition, skin care, hair, nails. Really, everything. I'm an avid reader of every women's health newsletter from every hospital in the country.” CountryCareTermHairReaderSkinsHospitalsNutritionNailsAvidHealth FitnessSkin CareWomen's HealthNewsletters Author:Evelyn Lauder
“People are crying out for a Conservative Party that is decent, reasonable, common sense and in it for the long term of this country.” PeopleLongCountryTermPartyCommonCryConservativeCommon SenseLong TermDecentReasonableConservative Party Author:David Cameron
“One of the most important things for a country, particularly when it's seeking to attract long-term capital in big risky projects that are going to have a payback over many years if not decades, is to be seen as being a predictable environment where tax changes will be few. But if they are going to come about they'll come about in a way that you know is predictable, understandable.” IfsKnowsWayYearsLongImportantCountryBigsTermEnvironmentTaxesProjectsImportant ThingsSeekingDecadesLong TermPredictablePayback Author:Malcolm Turnbull
“I don't reject the concept of preemptive war. I'm a mother of five. I have five grandchildren. And I always say: Think of a lioness. Think of a mother bear. You come anywhere near our cubs, you're dead. And so, in terms of any threat to our country, people have to know we'll be there to preemptively strike. But what the president [Bush] did was, on the basis of no real intelligence for an imminent threat to our country, chose to go into a war for reasons that are still unknown to us.” PeopleThinkingKnowsStillsWarRealCountryReasonMotherPresidentTermFiveBearsConceptsBasesThreatStrikesOur CountryRejectsGrandchildrenPresident BushCubsLionessReal Intelligence Author:Nancy Pelosi
“I am aware that many regard me as an anti-sports character person, but the truth is that the country's economy by then was in bad shape. Tanzania being among the highly indebted countries, I had to give sports the least prominence during my first term, while setting priorities in revitalising our economy.” GivingFirstsPersonsCountryCharacterSportsTermEconomyTruth IsShapesRegardPrioritiesSettingSettingsIndebtedProminenceTanzania Author:Benjamin Mkapa
“When the press writes scare stories about the global labor supply draining jobs from rich to poor places, the story is usually presented as a "race to the bottom" simply in terms of wages. Capitalism supposedly looks for labor wherever labor is cheapest. This story is half wrong. A kind of cultural selection is also at work, so that jobs leave high-wage countries like the United States and Germany, but migrate to low-wage economies with skilled, sometimes overqualified workers.” WritingLooksKindCountrySometimesStatesStoriesJobsTermPoorUnitedRaceHalfUnited StatesEconomyRichLowsCapitalismLaborPressesWorkersBottomGermanyScareWagesSelectionDrainingMigrateOverqualified Book:The Culture of the New Capitalism Source: The Culture of the New Capitalism
“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
“Well, first of all, we now have everybody with the exception of India, Pakistan, and Israel, and I dont think these three countries are going to join by simply providing them an incentive, in terms of technology.” ThinkingFirstsWellsCountryThreeTermTechnologyIndiaIsraelExceptionProvidingPakistanIncentivesIndia Pakistan Author:Mohamed ElBaradei
“Today, you have 20 percent of the world controlling 80 percent of the Gross Domestic Product; you've got a $30 trillion (US) world economy, and $24 trillion of it is in the developed countries... These inequities can't exist. So if you are talking about systemic breakdown, I think you have to look in terms of social breakdown.” IfsThinkingWorldLooksCountryTodaySocialTermTalkingEconomyProductsPercentCapitalismGrossBreakdownWorld EconomyDeveloped CountryGross Domestic Product Author:James Wolfensohn