“It would convert the Treasury of the United States into a manufactory of paper money. It makes the House of Representatives and the Senate, or the caucus of the party which happens to be in the majority, the absolute dictator of the financial and business affairs of this country. This scheme surpasses all the centralism and all the Caesarism that were ever charged upon the Republican party in the wildest days of the war or in the events growing out of the war.” WarCountryStatesHappensHouseUnitedPartyUnited StatesGrowingEventsRepublicanPaperAbsolutesMajorityAffairFinancialSenateRepresentativesDictatorSchemesRepublican PartyTreasuryHouse Of RepresentativesCaucusPaper Money Author:James A. Garfield
“We stand today at the threshold of a great event both in the life of the United Nations and in the life of mankind, that is the approval by the General Assembly of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.” HumansTodayNationsUnitedRightsMankindEventsUniversalHuman RightsApprovalDeclarationUnited NationsAssemblyThresholdGreat EventsGeneral AssemblyDeclaration Of Human Rights Book:The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Source: The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers
“A friend of mine once said that there were only two truly national events in the history of the United States. One was the Civil War and the other one was the Depression.” SaidTwoWarStatesUnitedUnited StatesEventsMinesCivil War Author:Arthur Miller
“The events in Prague, together with the Berlin blockade, convinced the European recipients of American economic assistance that they needed military protection as well: that led them to request the creation of a North Atlantic Treaty Organization, which committed the United States for the first time ever to the peacetime defense of Western Europe.” FirstsWellsStatesTogetherUnitedUnited StatesEconomicMilitaryEventsCreationNeededFirst TimeEuropeOrganizationWesternCommittedProtectionDefenseConvincedAssistanceRequestBerlinTreatiesWestern EuropePragueBlockades Author:John Lewis
“I was filming a movie in London, and I drove through Ireland. It was quite beautiful, and the countryside was really remarkable. The contrast between the countryside and Ireland, and the murals there, with Northern Ireland still being a part of the United Kingdom, there's just a stark contrast in those two things. And I found that the art that came out of the conflict was really spectacular because it was about remembering either events or points of view for local neighborhoods, or the rallying cries of one side against the other.” ArtStillsTwoBeautifulRememberFoundSidesUnitedViewsEventsCryConflictPoint Of ViewLondonLocalsKingdomsTwo ThingsRemarkableNeighborhoodContrastIrelandSpectacularCountrysideStarksUnited KingdomNorthern IrelandRallyingMuralRallying Cry Author:Vince Vaughn
“The most fearful phenomenon of these midcentury years is not the atom bomb; atomic energy does have its constructive possibilities.... The most fearful event of these times is the colossal expansion of the government of the United States and the constant increase of executive power within the government.” YearsDoeStatesGovernmentAmericaEnergyUnitedUnited StatesEventsPossibilityIncreaseConstantBombsExecutivesPhenomenonAtomsFearfulExpansionConstructiveColossalAtom BombAtomic EnergyExecutive Power Author:Wheeler McMillen
“The invasion of Iraq was not an unprecedented event; it really was the natural extension of a conflict with Iraq that began on August 2, 1990, when Iraq invaded Kuwait and occupied Kuwait, which was a major oil supplier to the United States.” StatesNaturalUnitedUnited StatesEventsConflictMajorsIraqOilExtensionsInvasionAugustUnprecedentedKuwaitSuppliers Author:Michael Klare
“The just response to this terrible event should be to go immediately to the world community, the United Nations. The rule of international law should be marshaled, but it's probably too late because the United States has never done that; it's always gone it alone.” WorldShouldStatesDoneLawNationsCommunityUnitedUnited StatesGoneEventsTerribleLateResponseInternationalToo LateUnited NationsInternational LawTerrible Events Author:Edward Said
“The United Nations was the thing I wanted to work for. Like the United Nations Commission for Refugees is what I was interested in. And then people said if you do that you'll hit glass ceilings all the time, because you are not Ghanian or Nigerian and that's the way to progress though a multinational organization like that. In any event, they said do five years' legal experience and come back. And after five years I decided to stay where I was. So I am really an accidental lawyer.” PeopleIfsWayYearsSaidWantedNationsUnitedFiveProgressEventsDecidedOrganizationGlassesLawyerFive YearsThey SaidRefugeeUnited NationsCeilingsMultinationalsGlass Ceiling Author:John Gimlette
“I just sang, recently, for the Prime Minister of Bangladesh - the 34th most powerful woman in the world, according to Forbes Magazine. The United Nations had an event where her son got an award and they put me on this special program on competitiveness and sustainability, and we're talking about doing a world tour of me and the music.” WorldNationsUnitedPowerfulTalkingSpecialEventsSonProgramMagazinesMinistersMost PowerfulPrimeAwardsSustainabilityPrime MinisterUnited NationsPowerful WomenCompetitivenessBangladeshForbes Author:Robert Davi
“Whenever I visit an industrialized nation that isn't the United States, it immediately becomes apparent how much more educated and informed and aware of international events their citizens are compared to Americans.” StatesNationsUnitedUnited StatesEventsCitizensInternationalEducated Author:Jim Goad
“I think Irish people started to move to the United States - many things that were of consequence. And it was a tiny and mild event compared to what had happened 74,000 years ago.” PeopleThinkingYearsStatesMovingUnitedUnited StatesHappenedEventsConsequenceYears AgoTiny Author:Werner Herzog