“The United States needs serious change in its fiscal, entitlement, infrastructure, immigration, and education policies, among others. And yet a polarized and often paralyzed Washington has pushed dealing with these problems off into the future, which will only make them more difficult and expensive to solve.” NeedsStatesProblemDifficultUnitedUnited StatesPolicySeriousSolveImmigrationExpensiveInfrastructureEntitlementParalyzed Author:Fareed Zakaria
“Honesty is not only the deepest policy, but the highest wisdom; since, however difficult it may be for integrity to get on, it is a thousand times more difficult for knavery to get off; and no error is more fatal than that of those who think that Virtue has no other reward because they have heard that she is her own.” ThinkingMayDifficultVirtueHeardHonestyPolicyIntegrityThousandHighestErrorsRewardsKnavery Book:Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think Source: Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think
“I think when war becomes your life, I think its very difficult to have the proper perspective to be able to create a fully balanced policy.” ThinkingWarAbleDifficultPolicyPerspectiveBalanced Author:Michael Hastings
“Israel has been extremely aggressive, they have continued with their settlement policies, they have continued demolitions, they have continued with their occupation policies which entail a humiliation of Palestinians, which makes the (peace) process difficult.” Has BeensPeaceProcessDifficultPolicyIsraelOccupationAggressivePalestinianHumiliationSettlementDemolition Author:Margot Wallstrom
“Events and developments that we have observed in 2014, prove that this year will be very difficult for the world economy, but thoughtful economic policy, diversification and unity between the country's leadership and people guarantee that this year will be successful for us.” PeopleWorldYearsCountryDifficultLeadershipEconomySuccessfulEconomicEventsPolicyDevelopmentProveUnityThoughtfulGuaranteesBeing SuccessfulGuarantees ThatEconomic PolicyWorld EconomyDiversification Author:Ilham Aliyev
“You do have to keep in mind as you're going through extraordinarily difficult circumstances, that if you stay true, true to your values, if you stay true to your principles, if you believe in these values, then you can work in that context to right policies that may not be working.” IfsMindBelieveMayValuesDifficultPrinciplesPolicyCircumstancesIf You BelieveStay TrueDifficult Circumstances Author:Condoleezza Rice
“I don't think it is so difficult to solve the problems between Cuba and the United States; it all depends on whether there is a dialogue, a discussion, or if the prejudices and hatred of people like the extremists and terrorists from the Cuban community, who try to impose their policies, prevail.” PeopleIfsThinkingTryingStatesProblemDifficultCommunityUnitedUnited StatesPolicyDependsHatredPrejudiceSolveTerroristDialogueDiscussionCubaExtremistCuban Author:Fidel Castro
“The Germans should be the first to sympathize with us [Egyptians]. They know how difficult it is to build a democracy following a dictatorship, and they were the first to be critical of Morsi's anti-democratic policies.” KnowsShouldFirstsDifficultKnow HowDemocracyPolicyDemocraticFollowingCriticalDictatorship Author:Mohamed ElBaradei