“It wouldn't cost too much to change the rules of trade so that poor countries can work their way out of poverty. But the world's leaders won't act unless they hear enough people telling them. And every day they fail to act, thousands of people die because they can't afford the basics of survival.” PeopleWorldWayCountryEnoughDiesPoorLeaderPovertyToo MuchFailingCostSurvivalTradeBasicsEnding PovertyPoor Countries Author:Edward de Bono
“But will this attention to poverty be sustained or transient? That depends on our leaders - whether we step up and sustain our moral commitment as the country's conscience would naturally want us to do.” WantCountryAttentionLeaderMoralStepsPovertyDependsConscienceCommitmentWant UStep UpTransient Author:John Edward
“Where will our country find leaders with integrity, courage, strength-all the family values-in ten, twenty, or thirty years? The answer is that you are teaching them, loving them, and raising them right now.” YearsCountryValuesAnswersLeaderTeachingIntegrityRight NowTenTwentiesParentingOur CountryThirtyThirty YearsFamily ValuesCourage Strength Author:Barbara Bush
“I further promise you, that all my wealth and property will be in Pakistan. I will take ownership of this country and won't be like those leaders who create hideouts abroad” CountryWealthLeaderPromisePropertyOwnershipPakistan Author:Imran Khan
“The future of any leader or political systems is to be determined by the people of the country.” PeopleCountryPoliticalLeaderDeterminedPolitical Systems Author:Ban Ki-moon
“I think Joe Leiberman has been one of the leaders of the country... people have such a broad respect for him as a moral force.” PeopleThinkingHas BeensCountryForceLeaderMoralBroads Author:Alan Lightman
“President Obama is a man who had certain advantages because of the civil rights movement. He had the opportunity to go to some of the best schools in this country - schools that train you how to run the political paradigm, not challenge it. The leaders of the Black Power Movement were challenging that paradigm.” MenCountryRunningSchoolPoliticalCertainOpportunityBlackPresidentChallengesLeaderRightsMovementAdvantageTrainCivil RightsPresident ObamaParadigmCivil Rights MovementBlack PowerBest School Author:Danny Glover
“In Russia an authoritarian leader is running the country. You can't fight Putin with elections because he controls them. That's why demonstrations are the most effective approach. Unfortunately Russia has sunk to this primitive level.” CountryRunningFightingLevelsLeaderApproachElectionRussiaPrimitivePutinDemonstration Author:Alexei Navalny
“I'm not a lukewarm European. I know that the German-French friendship is indispensable, no matter who the countries' leaders are.” KnowsCountryMatterLeaderIndispensableLukewarm Author:Francois Hollande
“I really do believe that the basic principle that Americans have the right to know what they're buying when they buy it is going to be something that spreads across this country very quickly, and that the food manufacturers would be wise to be leaders instead of trying to block this with lawsuits and other ways of trying to get their way.” KnowsWayTryingBelieveCountryWould BeLeaderPrinciplesWiseSpreadBlockBuyingBeing WiseLawsuitBasic Principles Author:Peter Shumlin
“Ultimately, I think the United States is a pretty awesome country but it very plausibly would have been even awesomer had English and American political leaders in the late 18th century been farsighted enough to find compromises that would have held the empire together.” ThinkingHas BeensCountryStatesEnoughTogetherPoliticalUnitedLeaderUnited StatesCenturyLateCompromiseEmpiresPolitical Leaders18th Century Author:Matthew Yglesias
“Finally, a prominent nation is taking on the homosexual agenda and rejecting it outright. A number of African nations have done the same, but third-world countries are not newsworthy to mainstream media. The irony is stunning that a Communist nation would understand that preserving the value of men and women marrying and producing children makes for demographic survival, while many American Christian leaders cower in the shadows, in fear of activist homosexuals and their leftist supporters. I say 'cheers' to the Russians on this one. That nation will probably outlive America.” MenWorldChildrenCountryDoneChristianAmericaValuesNationsNumbersLeaderMediaSurvivalMen And WomenShadowThirdsIronyAgendasActivistCommunistCheerMainstreamSupporterHomosexualThird WorldMarryingStunningDemographicsRejectingProminentLeftistsMainstream MediaThird World CountriesChristian LeadersNewsworthy Author:Sylvia Thompson
“Your country needs religious leaders and religious politicians” NeedsCountryReligiousLeaderPoliticianReligious Leaders Author:Tariq Ramadan
“We do not have many women leaders in the world. But if you look at the current examples, most of those few female leaders that we have today lead their countries under the pressure of difficult political and economic circumstances. They all posses strong personalities and have real political influence on the domestic and international scene.” IfsWorldLooksRealCountryTodayPoliticalStrongDifficultLeaderInfluenceEconomicExamplePersonalityCircumstancesSceneFemalePressureInternationalCurrentsPosseStrong PersonWoman LeaderFemale LeadersStrong PersonalityPolitical Influence Author:Dalia Grybauskaite
“If a country has a fascist leader, this is a great horror for that country; but there is much greater horror: The existence of ignorant and unethical masses who support that primitive leader!” IfsCountryExistenceLeaderSupportGreaterHorrorMassIgnorantPrimitiveFascistsUnethical Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“There is ...a huge tacit conspiracy between the U.S. government, its agencies and its multinational corporations, on the one hand, and local business and military cliques in the Third World, on the other, to assume complete control of these countries and "develop" them on a joint venture basis. The military leaders of the Third World were carefully nurtured by the U.S. security establishment to serve as the "enforcers" of this joint venture partnership, and they have been duly supplied with machine guns and the latest data on methods of interrogation of subversives.” WorldHas BeensCountryHandsGovernmentLeaderSecurityMilitaryHugeGunMachinesThirdsBasesMethodAssumingLocalsDataCorporationsAgencyEstablishmentConspiracyPartnershipVentureJointsThird WorldCliqueInterrogationMultinationalsMachine GunsTacitMilitary LeaderMultinational CorporationsJoint VenturesLocal Business Author:Edward S. Herman
“We didn't put a single boot on the ground, and [Muammar] Gaddafi was deposed. The Libyans turned out for one of the most successful, fairest elections that any Arab country has had. They elected moderate leaders.” CountryLeaderSuccessfulElectionBootsModeratesGaddafiMuammar Gaddafi Author:Hillary Clinton
“With the country moving toward inclusion, the leaders of the Boy Scouts of America have instead sent a message to young people that only some of them are valued. They've chosen to teach division and intolerance.” PeopleCountryAmericaMovingYoungLeaderBoysTeachMessagesChosenDivisionInclusionIntoleranceBoy ScoutBoy Scouts Of America Author:Chad Griffin
“I think that the United States should be the leader, not only militarily. We need to stand for freedom; we need to stand for justice in the world, because there aren't too many countries that do.” ThinkingWorldNeedsShouldCountryStatesJusticeUnitedLeaderUnited States Author:James K. Glassman
“As the leader of a country, you are not free to enjoy the luxury of such feelings. The Afghan people want peace, which requires persistence. We are determined to defend our country, and the whole region and the entire world understands the justice of our cause and the principled way in which we have engaged in it.” PeopleWorldWayWantCountryWholeFeelingsCausesEnjoyJusticeLeaderDeterminedOur CountryLuxuryPersistenceEngagedRegionsAfghanPrincipled Author:Ashraf Ghani
“Baghdad fell on April 9, 2003, Hussein and his regime were brought down, we declared "Mission Accomplished" and celebrated victory . . . and chaos erupted. We did not assert control and authority over the country, especially Baghdad. We did not bring with us the capacity to impose our will. We did not take charge. And Iraq did not in a few weeks magically transform itself into a stable nation with democratic leaders. Instead a raging insurgency engulfed the country.” CountryNationsLeaderWeekVictoryAuthorityCapacityDemocraticChaosIraqMissionsRageAccomplishedRegimesStableHusseinAprilBaghdadInsurgencyMission AccomplishedDemocratic Leaders Author:Colin Powell
“Before Bin Laden did everything but advertise. Yet he had to blow up the Twin Towers just to get the attention of anyone outside the intelligence community. So what did we do? We invaded the wrong country, killed the wrong madman, and too often used the wrong interrogation techniques on the wrong people-all because our leaders lost contact with the truth.” PeopleCountryUsedLostCommunityAttentionLeaderBlowTechniqueContactTwinsTowersBin LadenMadmenInterrogationIntelligence CommunityTwin TowersInterrogation Techniques Book:The Devil's Light: A Novel Source: The Devil's Light: A Novel
“In this country, a smart leader is suspect. That's just the way it is. Even George Bush's father, who was a lot smarter than the son, had to sort of prove that he wasn't that bright.” WayCountryFatherLeaderSonProveSmartSuspectsSmarter Author:Bill Maher
“One of the principles that we operate on in this country is that leaders are held accountable. The simple truth is that we went into Iraq on the basis of some intuition, some fear, and some exaggerated rhetoric and some very, very scanty evidence.” CountrySimpleLeaderPrinciplesTruth IsEvidenceBasesIraqIntuitionRhetoricExaggeratedSimple Truths Author:Wesley Clark
“Bloomberg says in this poll, leaders from across the political spectrum have condemned this policy, saying banning members of an entire religion from entering the country goes against everything we believe in as Americans, and it will make our country less safe by alienated the allies we need to fight ISIS.” NeedsBelieveCountryPoliticalFightingLeaderPolicySafeMembersOur CountryAlliesEnteringPollsSpectrumIsisPolitical Spectrum Author:Steve Inskeep
“George W. Bush, another Republican who I probably didn`t agree with on much, right after 9/11 went to a mosque and joined with some Muslim leaders and said that, look, you know, we`re not going to tolerate any backlash. These people who attacked our country are criminals and they`re terrorists, and they might try to profess a religion, but they definitely violate the principles of that religion.” PeopleKnowsTryingLooksSaidCountryMightLeaderPrinciplesRepublicanAgreeCriminalsTerroristOur CountryTolerateMosquesBacklash Author:Steve King
“I was repelled by the sleazy reality of the totalitarian countries: politicians were shameless. There were corruption, pollution, shoddy goods, long lines, and suicide everywhere, but the leaders kept boasting about their great achievements and bright tomorrows. I saw all this and tried to show it in my pictures as simply and straightforwardly as I could. All I wanted to do was record how all these poor people adapted to lies and suffering, how they got used to it, how, in fact they were bound to miss it when it was over.” PeopleLongCountryFactsShowsRealityWantedUsedLyingSufferingLinesPoorLeaderRecordsSawsMissingTomorrowPoliticianAchievementSuicideBoundsCorruptionGoodsPollutionPoor PeopleBoastAdaptedShamelessGreat AchievementLong LinesSleazy Author:Antonin Kratochvil
“Like all of you I'm angry. I'm angry at what's happening to our nation. Citizens, it's time to take our country back. Bombastic insults wont take it back. Political rhetoric that promises a lot and delivers little, won't take it back. All of our problems can be solved. All of our wounds can be healed by a tested leader who is willing to fight for the character of our nation.” LittlesCountryCharacterProblemPoliticalFightingNationsLeaderWillingCitizensPromiseHappeningsAngryWoundsOur CountryInsultRhetoricTestedHealedBombasticPolitical Rhetoric Author:Carly Fiorina
“I offer myself as a leader to the people of this country because I think they're looking for solutions, not lawyers arguing over laws or entertainers throwing out sound bites that draw media attention. We need to solve the problem.” PeopleThinkingNeedsCountryProblemLawSoundAttentionLeaderMediaOffersSolutionsDrawsSolveLawyerArguingBitesThrowingEntertainersSound Bites Author:Ted Cruz
“I've always felt fine about Putin. I think he is a strong leader, he's a powerful leader, he's represented his country the way - the country is being represented.” ThinkingWayCountryStrongFeltPowerfulLeaderFinePutinPowerful LeadersStrong Leaders Author:Donald Trump
“I like fighters. That's why I love Russ Feingold. I love Barbara Boxer. And Howard Dean and John Conyers. Democrats I talk to around the country want their leaders to come out and fight for them.” WantCountryFightingLeaderDemocratFighterDeanBoxersBarbara Author:Stephanie Miller
“My vision of a better world would be one under the control of a strong United Nations, one that truly has the support of all countries in the world. Only an effective world government could provide sufficient law and have the power to control the unboundaried destructive forces of pollution and war. I will continue to be a leader in the World Federalist Association.” WorldWarCountryGovernmentWould BeLawStrongForceNationsUnitedLeaderVisionSupportSufficientDestructiveAssociationPollutionUnited NationsWorld GovernmentFederalist Author:Lloyd Bridges
“There is no city or country in the world where women and girls live free of the fear of violence. No leader can claim: this is not happening in my backyard.” WorldCountryGirlCitiesLeaderViolenceHappeningsClaimsBackyardsLive Free Author:Michelle Bachelet
“Sarah Palin has already had an effect on foreign relations... The new president of Pakistan, Ali Zardari, is in hot water, because last week, Sarah was on a class trip to New York, where she met foreign leaders... And one of the leaders she met was Zardari, and he was gushing over her. He said, oh, you're more gorgeous in person than you are on TV. And so the people in his home country of Pakistan, the Islamists, they issued a fatwa on him, for being too 'flirty.' And when Sarah today was told that Zardari had gotten a fatwa because of her, she said, 'I know, I felt it when he hugged me.'” PeopleKnowsPersonsSaidCountryHomeTodayLastsFeltPresidentWaterLeaderClassWeekEffectsNew YorkTvsMetsRelationHotPakistanGorgeousPalinFlirtyIslamistsHot WaterForeign RelationsHome Country Author:Bill Maher
“There is no doubt in my mind that Rudy Giuliani in the Senate will be a leader for the people of New York but also for the people of Arizona and the people all over this country.” PeopleMindCountryLeaderDoubtNew YorkNo DoubtSenateArizonaRudy Author:John McCain
“Mitt Romney understands the importance of Alaska as a leader in our country's energy production and I look forward to working with him on such an important economic and national security matter.” LooksImportantCountryMatterEnergyLeaderEconomicSecurityImportanceProductionsOur CountryNational SecurityRomneyAlaskaEnergy Production Author:Lisa Murkowski
“North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been awarded the highest rank in the country's military. The decision was praised by everyone from Parliamentary leader Kim Jong Un to opposition leader Kim Jong Un.” Has BeensCountryDecisionLeaderMilitaryHighestOppositionNorth KoreaKoreanKimParliamentaryNorth Korean Author:Conan O'Brien