“We hear from time to time about horrible human rights atrocities happening around the globe. Our government claims that it stands in favor of human rights, and our leaders are in the news demanding consequences for other countries that are abusing their populations. But there is a huge denial about how widespread and common these kinds of atrocities are in the United States, and that we are not nearly as different from other countries as we would like to believe we are.” BelieveHumansKindChildrenDifferentCountryStatesGovernmentUnitedCommonLeaderUnited StatesRightsHugeNewsHappeningsConsequenceClaimsHuman RightsPopulationFavorsHorribleDenialOther CountriesGlobesAtrocities Author:Lundy Bancroft
“In the past when a country became as powerful as the United States, other countries would band together to clip its wings. But that isn't happening now and I don't think it's not going to happen, because other countries are not threatened by us, and they secretly appreciate the services that we provide, even if they don't usually say so.” IfsThinkingCountryStatesHappensTogetherPastUnitedPowerfulUnited StatesBandHappeningsAppreciateWingsOther CountriesThreatenedClip Author:Michael Mandelbaum
“This is one thing that's very interesting, how the people on the left always talk about separation of church and state. When you look at the theocracies all across the Middle East, where we look at constitutions that are based upon the Qur'an, I don't think you want to see that happening in the United States of America. So it is a theocratic political construct.” PeopleThinkingWantLooksStatesAmericaPoliticalLeftChurchInterestingUnitedUnited StatesOne ThingMiddleHappeningsConstitutionEastSeparationMiddle EastUnited States Of AmericaConstructsVery InterestingChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And StateTheocracy Author:Allen West
“The United States does not have a very good record in the Middle East. I think they have the best of intentions but I think the problem is that it's very difficult from Washington, or from Iowa or Nebraska to understand what is happening in this crazy part of the world. In some cases US diplomacy has been somewhat naive.” ThinkingWorldDoeHas BeensStatesProblemDifficultUnitedCasesUnited StatesRecordsCrazyMiddleHappeningsIntentionVery GoodEastMiddle EastDiplomacyNaiveIowaNebraskaGood Records Author:Moshe Arens
“I think it's a scandal what has been happening in the school system so far as lower income classes. The dropout rates, the illiteracy rate, you know literacy in the United States was a lot higher in 1890 than it is now.” ThinkingKnowsHas BeensStatesSchoolUnitedClassUnited StatesHigherHappeningsRateIncomeLiteracyScandalSchool SystemIlliteracyDropouts Author:Milton Friedman
“We try to coordinate regularly with Russia, as well as with others - except for the United States - on what is happening in the region. And we're open to discussing with everybody the situation in Syria, because we believe it's a common threat.” TryingBelieveWellsStatesUnitedCommonSituationUnited StatesHappeningsThreatRussiaRegionsSyriaDiscussing Author:Mohammad Javad Zarif
“I get most my information about what's happening in the United States from reports and studies, which are often in conflict with what you read on the editorial pages, or handouts from right wing institutions like the American Enterprise Institute.” StatesUnitedUnited StatesStudyInformationConflictPagesHappeningsInstitutionsWingsEnterpriseReportsRight WingInstituteEditorialsHandouts Author:Ishmael Reed
“The moment we turn over the soil we start poisoning it and we go on poisoning it all the way through... and there's probably not a river in the United States that doesn't have pesticide poisoning in it. The fish are dying. The seas are getting polluted. All of these things are happening. The rain forests are going. That's what the context is.” WayStatesMomentsTurnsUnitedUnited StatesSeaDyingGoes OnHappeningsRainRiversFishesForestsSoilPoisoningPesticides Author:W. S. Merwin
“The criminalization of Black life was something specific to the United States in the post-Reconstruction period and there's something like it happening today with mass incarceration, directed largely against black males.” StatesTodayBlackUnitedUnited StatesPeriodsMassHappeningsMalesPostsReconstructionIncarcerationMass IncarcerationBlack LivesBlack Males Author:Noam Chomsky
“The fastest-growing population in the United States is the older people, because we are living much longer, healthier lives. The problem is, individuals often don't have the resources to take care of older people as they age. This is something that is happening, and we have to deal with it. It was happening also in my life.” PeopleStatesProblemCareAgeIndividualUnitedDealsUnited StatesGrowingHappeningsResourcesPopulationTake CareOlder PeopleHealthier Life Author:Isabel Allende
“In general, I think what Donald Trump's message is, is: I'm a very practical, execution-oriented entrepreneur who built a successful business. I've demonstrated an ability to go global with my business. I can get along with a lot of different people. There are certain problems in the United States right now born from faulty policy. So what is happening right now is the lower and middle class are being left behind by the globalization and by the global elite. I think that's basically his message, and Bernie Sanders' is similar.” PeopleThinkingI CanDifferentStatesProblemCertainLeftBornAbilityUnitedBehindsClassUnited StatesSuccessfulMiddlePolicyTrumpRight NowMessagesHappeningsBuiltEntrepreneurPracticalsMiddle ClassElitesExecutionGlobalizationLeft BehindDifferent PeoplesSuccessful Business Author:Anthony Scaramucci
“Deflation means a slowdown of income growth. Markets shrink, new capital investment and employment also taper off, so wages decline. That is what's happening as deliberate policy in Europe and the United States. Falling or stagnant prices are simply the result of having less income to spend.” MeanStatesFallGrowthUnitedResultsUnited StatesPolicyHappeningsEuropeInvestmentIncomeEmploymentDeclineWagesDeliberateShrinksStagnantDeflationCapital Investment Author:Michael Hudson
“Just like we did in Japan, in South Korea. Just like is happening in Iraq. Laura [Bush] and I feel very strongly that if the United States were to leave.” IfsFeelsStatesUnitedUnited StatesHappeningsSouthIraqJapanVery StrongKoreaLauraSouth Korea Author:George W. Bush
“There are so many issues that impact women. When we talk about prison reform, for example, women were [once] sterilized in women's prisons. When they were giving birth, they were asked to sign paperwork but they weren't even completely conscious of what they were signing. That sounds like something that would never happen in America, but it was happening, not just in America, but in [California], one of the most progressive states in the United States.” GivingStatesHappensAmericaSoundUnitedUnited StatesIssuesExampleBirthHappeningsConsciousImpactPrisonReformCaliforniaProgressiveLike SomethingSigningGiving BirthPaperworkPrison Reform Author:Patricia Arquette
“Nothing about economic growth in the United States over the course of the past 40, 50 years, during which time this has been continually happening, would indicate that we are being harmed in an overall sense by this.” YearsHas BeensStatesPastCoursesGrowthUnitedUnited StatesEconomicHappeningsEconomic Growth Author:P. J. O'Rourke
“We often confuse or loosely use the ideas of crony capitalism or neoliberalism to actually avoid using the word "capitalism", but once you've actually seen, let's say, what's happening in India and the United States - that this model of US economics packaged in a carton that says "democracy" is being forced on countries all over the world, militarily if necessary, has in the United States itself resulted in 400 of the richest people owning wealth equivalent [to that] of half of the population.” PeopleIfsWorldIdeasCountryStatesUseWealthUnitedHalfUnited StatesDemocracyModelsHappeningsCapitalismEconomicsIndiaPopulationNeoliberalismCroniesCrony Capitalism Author:Arundhati Roy
“You can't have anything happening today within the petro-monarchies, is going to be too risky for the United States and the oil interests there.” StatesTodayInterestUnitedUnited StatesHappeningsOilMonarchy Author:Tariq Ramadan
“In England, enclosure programs kind of destroyed the commons. In the United States, it happened later. But, ah, now it's happening in the world. The last remnant of the commons is the environment, which the indigenous people are still trying to preserve and we sophisticated rich people are trying to destroy.” PeopleWorldTryingKindStillsStatesLastsUnitedUnited StatesRichEnvironmentHappenedHappeningsProgramEnglandDestroyedPreservesSophisticatedIndigenousRich PeopleIndigenous PeopleRemnantsEnclosure Author:Noam Chomsky
“But we had - I think if you look at law enforcement 10 years ago, if you look at the challenges, the FBI was focused excessively on what was happening in the United States.” IfsThinkingYearsLooksStatesLawChallengesUnitedUnited StatesHappeningsYears AgoFocusedLaw EnforcementEnforcementFbi Author:Robert Mueller