“There was a hateful video that was disseminated on the Internet. It had nothing to do with the United States government, and it's one that we find disgusting and reprehensible. It's been offensive to many, many people around the world. That sparked violence in various parts of the world, including violence directed against Western facilities including our embassies and consulates.” PeopleWorldStatesGovernmentUnitedUnited StatesViolenceInternetWesternIncludingVariousVideoAround The WorldDisgustingOffensiveFacilityHatefulState GovernmentUnited States GovernmentEmbassy Author:Susan Rice
“We certainly see opportunities in Vietnam for talented people to have jobs in the IT sector, including the improvement of the efficiency of the economy and the government.” PeopleGovernmentJobsOpportunityEconomyIncludingImprovementVietnamEfficiency Author:Bill Gates
“It certainly makes sense to expand the pulp industry in Indonesia, .. It's clear that it will be a very competitive exporter of pulp to the rest of the world, including China and India. So the interest by the Indonesian government is clearly to establish a really competitive plantation fiber base to support a globally attractive export industry.” WorldGovernmentInterestSupportClearIndustryIndiaCompetitionIncludingChinaMake SenseAttractiveIndonesiaFiberPulpPlantationsChina And India Author:David Walker
“Several generations of high school students have grown up ignoring and disbelieving everything they've heard from government and police about drugs, including information that was factual and valid, because they discovered for themselves that most of what has been taught to them was simply not true.” Has BeensGovernmentSchoolGenerationsHeardInformationStudentsTaughtDrugHigh SchoolPoliceIncludingFactualHigh School Students Author:Ann Shulgin
“Don't Latin Americans have the right to ask why their elected governments are being opposed and coup leaders supported?.. Poverty and hardship in large parts of Africa are preventing this from happening. Don't they have the right to ask why their enormous wealth - including minerals - is being looted, despite the fact that they need it more than others?” NeedsFactsGovernmentAsksWealthLeaderPovertyHappeningsIncludingEnormousDespiteHardshipLatinLatin AmericaPreventingMineralsCoupsLatin American Author:Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
“A leader has to know how the system functions - not just the system of government but the whole social and economic system, including business, the unions, and the universities.” KnowsWholeGovernmentSocialLeaderKnow HowEconomicFunctionUnionsIncludingUniversityEconomic SystemsSystems Of Government Author:Jean Chretien
“People talk about smart sanctions and crippling sanctions. Ive never seen smart sanctions, and crippling sanctions cripple everyone, including innocent civilians, and make the government more popular.” PeopleGovernmentSmartIncludingInnocentCiviliansSanctionsCripples Author:Mohamed ElBaradei
“Its up to any government to decide how to react to the denial of basic human rights anywhere in the world, including Egypt.” WorldHumansGovernmentRightsIncludingHuman RightsDenialEgyptBasic Human Rights Author:Mohamed ElBaradei
“Zealous groups threaten to infringe civil liberties when they seek government support to impose their own religious views on nonadherents. This has taken many forms, including attempts to introduce organized prayer in public schools, to outlaw birth control and abortion, and to use public tax revenues to finance religious schools.” UseGovernmentSchoolFormReligiousPrayerViewsLibertySupportTakenGroupsAtheismBirthTaxesIncludingPositive AtheismFinanceOrganizedAbortionIntroducingRevenuePublic SchoolCivil LibertiesBirth ControlOutlawZealousReligious Views Author:Norman Dorsen
“Democracy entails a correlation between the public interest as expressed by a majority of the population and the governmental policies that affect them. The term encompasses various manifestations, including direct, participatory and representative democracy, but Governments must be responsive to people and not to special interests such as the military-industrial complex, financial bankers and transnational corporations. Democracy is inclusive and does not privilege an anthropological aristocracy.” PeopleDoeGovernmentTermInterestDemocracySpecialMilitaryPolicyDirectMajorityComplexesIncludingFinancialPrivilegePopulationVariousCorporationsManifestationRepresentativesBankersAristocracySpecial InterestsCorrelationPublic InterestMilitary Industrial ComplexTransnational Corporations Author:Alfred-Maurice de Zayas
“Through my Faith-Based and Community Initiative, my Administration continues to encourage the essential work of faith-based and community organizations. Governments can and should support effective social services, including those provided by religious people and organizations. When government gives that support, it is important that faith-based institutions not be forced to change their religious character.” PeopleGivingShouldImportantCharacterHumorGovernmentPoliticalSocialCommunityReligiousSupportEssentialsOrganizationInstitutionsIncludingAdministrationInitiativePolitical HumorSocial ServiceFaith Based Author:George W. Bush