“Most of the well-developed world - Australia, Western Europe - they develop their resources base, they inventory it, they develop it, and they view it as a good source of jobs and revenue. We are a country that for too long has taken affordable energy for granted.” WorldWellsLongCountryJobsEnergyViewsTakenSourceResourcesEuropeWesternGrantedAustraliaRevenueAffordableInventoryWestern Europe Author:John S. Watson
“We are ready to build large underground gas storages in Turkey, to participate in the privatization of Turkey's gas-distribution networks, to use the existing and participate in the construction of new pipelines in order to supply our energy resources through Turkey to third countries, including in southern Europe” CountryUseOrderEnergyReadyResourcesEuropeThirdsIncludingGasSouthernConstructionParticipationDistributionTurkeysStoragePipelinePrivatization Author:Vladimir Putin
“In Western Europe people perish from the congestion and stifling closeness, but with us it is from the spaciousness.... The expanses are so great that the little man hasn't the resources to orient himself.... This is what I think about Russian suicides.” PeopleThinkingMenLittlesResourcesEuropeSuicideWesternClosenessLittle ManStiflingExpanseWestern EuropeCongestionSpaciousness Author:Anton Chekhov
“We have seen... that, although England is by far the richest nation of Europe, we have already outstripped her in the race after wealth, and we have only begun the development of our vast resources.” NationsWealthRaceDevelopmentResourcesEuropeEngland Book:Our Country Source: Our Country
“Bolivia historically made and still makes a living from natural resources. Before it was tin, but also silver, gold, and other minerals were plundered by many foreign countries. Europe after the United States.” MadeStillsCountryStatesNaturalUnitedUnited StatesResourcesEuropeGoldSilverNatural ResourcesMineralsTinForeign CountriesBolivia Author:Evo Morales
“Europe is not one of the major powers. And Africa even less so of course. But Africa has what Europe lacks: space, human resources, and natural resources while Europe has the technological innovation that Africa lacks. Together we can become a power which can count in the future.” HumansTogetherCoursesNaturalSpaceMajorsResourcesEuropeInnovationTechnologicalNatural ResourcesHuman ResourcesTogether We Can Author:Abdoulaye Wade
“Besides the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation.... Notwithstanding the military establishments in the several kingdoms of Europe, which are carried as far as the public resources will bear, the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.” PeopleGovernmentNationsMilitaryArmsBearsResourcesEuropeAdvantageConstitutionKingdomsEstablishmentAmendmentsSecond AmendmentRight To Bear ArmsMilitiaBearing ArmsGun RightsFederalistRights And FreedomsFederalist PapersFounding Fathers Gun2 AmendmentFounding Fathers Second AmendmentDisarmingAmendment 1Patriotic GunAmendment 13Guns In AmericaAmerican Law Book:The Federalist, on the New Constitution, Written in the Year 1788 Source: The Federalist, on the New Constitution, Written in the Year 1788
“However, if Moscow regains control over Ukraine, with its 52 million people and major resources as well as access to the Black Sea, Russia automatically again regains the wherewithal to become a powerful imperial state, spanning Europe and Asia.” PeopleIfsWellsStatesBlackPowerfulMillionsSeaMajorsResourcesEuropeAccessRussiaAsiaUkraineMoscow Book:The Grand Chessboard Source: The Grand Chessboard
“At first you will make headway, but as your limited resources begin to fail, shut out from the markets of Europe as you will be, your cause will begin to wane. If your people will but stop and think, they must see that in the end you will surely fail.” PeopleIfsThinkingFirstsEndsCausesFailingResourcesEuropeCivil WarAmerican Civil WarLimited Resources Author:William Tecumseh Sherman
“Societies that exclude the exoskeleton of religion should reflect carefully to what will happen to them over several generations. We don’t really know, because the first atheistic societies have only emerged in Europe in the last few decades. They are the least efficient societies ever known at turning resources (of which they have a lot) into offspring (of which they have few).” KnowsShouldFirstsHappensLastsKnownGenerationsResourcesEuropeDecadesEfficientOffspringAtheistic Author:Jonathan Haidt