“I have been supporting the European Union, but we are still a work in progress. We have to become more of a United States of Europe. We should talk about electing a president of the E.U., rather than having one selected from the heads of government.” ShouldHas BeensStillsStatesGovernmentPresidentUnitedUnited StatesProgressEuropeUnionsEuropean UnionSelectedWork In Progress Author:George Papandreou
“Greece has given Europe the opportunity to fix a defect in the euro zone, that is the fact that we did not have a fiscal union. Now steps have been taken to begin that process. And there is more solidarity from nation to nation, and that is a good thing. That has been Greece's gift to Europe.” Has BeensFactsOpportunityGivenNationsProcessStepsTakenEuropeGood ThingsUnionsZoneSolidarityDefectsGreeceEuro Author:George Papandreou
“This is the free enterprise system. The only place in the world that I can recall where companies never failed was the old Soviet Union. This is what investors do in free enterprise and capitalism system. [...[ And, yes, free enterprise system can be cruel. But the problem with this administration is that small businesses are the one who had suffered the most, the kind that need investors, the kinds that don't need the hundreds of pages, thousands of pages of regulations that continue to plague them and have them hold back on the hiring investment.” WorldNeedsKindHas BeensI CanProblemCompanyRepublicanPagesCapitalismUnionsInvestmentAdministrationEnterpriseInvestorsSovietRegulationRecallsSoviet UnionSmall BusinessPlagueHiringPlaces In The WorldFree Enterprise Author:John McCain
“After the fall of the Soviet Union, if you start the clock, then 47 journalists, reporters, cameramen, photographers have been killed in Russia since the fall of communism. That makes it the third most deadly country on Earth to practice journalism. That's not a record to be proud of.” IfsHas BeensCountryEarthFallPracticeRecordsProudThirdsUnionsPhotographerRussiaJournalismCommunismJournalistClockSovietReportersBe ProudSoviet UnionCameraman Author:Daniel Silva
“Couples who have been together for a long time say the key to staying together is to work as a team toward the greater good, tolerating some tough (even tragic) times to grow together and work toward a mature kind of union.” KindLongHas BeensTogetherGrowsWomenGreaterTeamKeysCoupleLong TimeToughUnionsTragicStayingMatureTeam WorkGreater GoodStaying Together Author:Amy Dickinson
“It is not possible to redefine marriage. Marriage is the union between a man and a woman, has been historically, remains so. It is Alice in Wonderland territory, Orwellian almost, for any Government of any political persuasion to seek to come along and try to re-write the lexicon. It will not do.” MenWritingTryingHas BeensGovernmentPoliticalRemainsUnionsTerritoryPersuasionWonderlandLexiconOrwellian Author:Roger Gale
“I am truly happy that I am able to travel from time to time to the USSR the country I love above all. I always have been, I am now and will always be a loyal friend of the Soviet Union.” Has BeensCountryAbleUnionsSovietLoyalSoviet UnionUssrTruly HappyLoyal Friend Author:Paul Robeson
“The new tinge to modern minds is a vehement and passionate interest in the relation of general principles to irreducible and stubborn facts. All the world over and at all times there have been practical men, absorbed in 'irreducible and stubborn facts'; all the world over and at all times there have been men of philosophic temperament, who have been absorbed in the weaving of general principles. It is this union of passionate interest in the detailed facts with equal devotion to abstract generalisation which forms the novelty of our present society.” MenWorldMindHas BeensFactsFormInterestPrinciplesModernEqualRelationUnionsPassionatePracticalsDevotionAll TimeAbstractStubbornTemperamentNoveltyWeavingPhilosophicVehementGeneralisation Author:Alfred North Whitehead
“It has been said, and only half in jest, that a tough, professionally led union is a great force for improving management performance. It forces the manager to think about what he is doing and to be able to explain his actions and behavior.” ThinkingHas BeensSaidAbleActionForceHalfBehaviorToughPerformancesManagementUnionsManagersImprovingJest Author:Peter Drucker