“Everywhere you go on the continent of Europe at this hour you see the conflict between militarism and industrialism. You see the expansion of industrial power pushed forward by the energy, hope, and thrift of men, and you see the development arrested, diverted, crippled, and defeated by measures which are dictated by military considerations.” MenEnergyHoursPowerMilitaryGoes OnDevelopmentConflictEuropeOppressionDeceptionConsiderationContinentsDefeatedExpansionArrestedThriftCrippledMilitarism Book:War and Other Essays Source: War and Other Essays
“Imagine discovering a continent so vast that it may have no end to its dimensions. Imagine a new world with more resources than all our future greed might exhaust, more opportunities than there will ever be entrepreneurs enough to exploit, and a peculiar kind of real estate that expands with development. Imagine a place where trespassers leave no footprints, where goods can be stolen infinite number of times and yet remain in the possession of their original owners, where business you never heard of can own the history of your personal affairs.” WorldKindMayRealEndsEnoughMightOpportunityNumbersImagineHeardDevelopmentResourcesInfiniteOriginalsEntrepreneurGreedAffairPossessionDimensionsOwnersGoodsOur FuturePeculiarNew WorldDiscoveringContinentsEstatesStolenExploitsFootprint Author:John Perry Barlow
“Africa's agricultural sector has enormous scope for development, which would benefit both the continent's economy and its people.” PeopleEconomyDevelopmentBenefitsEnormousContinentsScope Author:Richard Attias
“Developments since the rise of National Socialism make it probable that the continent will be freed from its Jewish destroyers of people and exploiters forever, and the German example after the German victory in World War II will also serve to bring about the destruction of the Jewish world tormentors on other continents.” PeopleWorldWarForeverExampleDevelopmentVictoryDestructionSocialismWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiWorld War IContinentsDestroyers Author:Julius Streicher
“People began to understand that with the acquisition of California the nation had obtained practically half a continent, of which the future possibilities were almost unlimited, so far as the development of natural resources and the genera production of wealth were concerned.” PeopleNationsNaturalWealthHalfEconomyPossibilityDevelopmentResourcesConcernedProductionsCaliforniaContinentsUnlimitedAcquisitionNatural ResourcesFuture Possibilities Book:The Railroad Builders: A Chronicle of the Welding of the States Source: The Railroad Builders: A Chronicle of the Welding of the States
“The countries that have collected the most development aid are also the ones that are in the worst shape. Despite the billions that have poured in to Africa, the continent remains poor.” CountryPoorWorstDevelopmentShapesRemainsAidsBillionsDespiteContinentsDevelopment Aid Author:James Shikwati
“China surely must be interested in a more stable, non-antagonistic relationship with the African continent precisely because of its own needs. And therefore would have to say in our own interests, as China, it is necessary that we participate in the process of the development of the African continent.” NeedsProcessInterestDevelopmentChinaStableContinentsAfrican Continent Author:Thabo Mbeki
“There's another point that I wanted to mention here, particularly the engagement and commitment to Africa. For us Europeans, Africa as a neighboring continent is of prime importance. The development of African countries is in our very own vested interest.” CountryWantedInterestDevelopmentCommitmentImportancePrimeEngagementContinents Author:Angela Merkel