“The dynamic ideal we call democracy, gradually growing up in the human heart for two-thousand five hundred years, at least, has now every opportunity to found the natural democratic state in these United States of America by way of natural economic order and a natural, or organic, architecture.” WayYearsHumansHeartTwoStatesAmericaOrderFoundOpportunityNaturalUnitedUnited StatesGrowing UpDemocracyFiveGrowingEconomicThousandHundredIdealsDemocraticArchitectureUnited States Of AmericaHuman HeartEconomic OrderOrganic Architecture Author:Frank Lloyd Wright
“In the United States economic system you can lose big or you can win big. If you lose you wind up wearing a Hefty bag and sleeping in a doorway. If you win you can have sex with Catherine Zeta Jones when you're seventy-five.” IfsStatesBigsWinningSexLosesSleepUnitedUnited StatesFiveEconomicWindBagsSeventiesDoorwaysEconomic SystemsSleeping InYou Can WinZeta Author:Richard Jeni
“I don't want the United States to be in a global economy where our economic future is bound to that of Zimbabwe. We can't necessarily trust the decisions that are being made financially in other countries.” WantMadeCountryStatesDecisionUnitedUnited StatesEconomyEconomicBoundsOther CountriesGlobal EconomyZimbabwe Author:Michele Bachmann
“We have a very old conservation movement, particularly in the United States, which has focused on campaigns to protect endangered species: the spotted owl, the old-growth forest. But usually it stops there. To me, biodiversity is the full spectrum. Species conservation is not only about wilderness conservation. Its also about protecting the livelihood of people even while changing the dominant relationship that humans have had with other species. In India, its an economic issue, not just an ecological one.” PeopleHumansStatesGrowthUnitedUnited StatesIssuesEconomicMovementProtectIndiaSpeciesFocusedCampaignsForestsWildernessDominantConservationSpectrumEcologicalLivelihoodOwlBiodiversityEndangered SpeciesEconomic Issues Author:Vandana Shiva
“The United State has a net worth against which our debt is a joke ... we wrote in 2008 the United States is going to come out of this recession fast. The Europeans are going to fragment. The Chinese are going to be cremated. Why could we come out of it? Why has all economic theory been proven wrong? Because we're rich and we could afford it.” StatesUnitedUnited StatesRichEconomicTheoryJokesDebtChineseProvenFragmentsRecessionsNet WorthEconomic TheoryProven Wrong Author:George Friedman
“If you think about the last 50 years, Africa's proximity and historical context has absolutely been with Europe and the United States, but their approach in dealing with the economic challenges that Africa faces in particular has been one of handing out aid, not developing economies, not building a long term relationship around agriculture and so on.” IfsThinkingYearsLongHas BeensStatesLastsFacesTermChallengesUnitedUnited StatesEconomyEconomicBuildingParticularApproachEuropeHistoricalAidsDevelopingLong TermAgricultureProximityLong Term RelationshipHistorical Context Author:Dambisa Moyo
“The people of the United Kingdom have spoken, and we respect their decision. The special relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom is enduring, and the United Kingdom's membership in Nato remains a vital cornerstone of US foreign, security and economic policy.” PeopleStatesDecisionUnitedUnited StatesEconomicSpecialSecurityPolicyRemainsEndureKingdomsNatoCornerstonesMembershipUnited KingdomEconomic PolicySpecial Relationship Author:Barack Obama
“We start with an economic approach. We look at what are the greatest causes of death in the developing world, and what causes the largest amount of disability, which would prevent you from getting a job. A lot of those deaths start with diseases, diseases we don't get in such a great number in the United States.” WorldLooksStatesJobsCausesUnitedNumbersUnited StatesEconomicAmountDiseaseApproachDevelopingDisability Author:Melinda Gates
“It is my firm belief that it will be in the interests of the United States, especially our economic interests, to pursue comprehensive immigration reform.” StatesBeliefInterestUnitedUnited StatesEconomicImmigrationPursueReformFirmComprehensiveImmigration ReformFirm Beliefs Author:Barack Obama