“If we want more trade in the world, we should establish bilateral trade agreements with other democratic countries. That way we can control the decision-making process. The major economic countries of the world will enter into those agreements.” IfsWorldWayWantShouldCountryProcessDecisionEconomicMajorsTradeDemocraticAgreementDecision MakingTrade AgreementsCountries Of The WorldDemocratic CountryDecision Making Process Author:Dana Rohrabacher
“I think there is universal agreement within the economics profession that the decline - the sharp decline in the quantity of money played a very major role in producing the Great Depression.” ThinkingRolesMajorsEconomicsUniversalProfessionAgreementQuantityDeclineGreat Depression Author:Milton Friedman
“There's a huge misconception that it's all about the oil, and the truth is there's actually not much oil left in Abyei. The misperception arose because when the peace agreement was signed in 2005, Abyei accounted for a quarter of Sudan's oil production. Since then, the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague defined major oil fields to lie outside Abyei. They're in the north now, not even up for grabs, and they account for one percent of the oil in Sudan. The idea that it's "oil-rich Abyei" is out of date.” IdeasLyingLeftRichFieldsHugeTruth IsMajorsPercentAccountsCourtProductionsOilDefinedPermanentAgreementQuartersMisconceptionSudanMisperceptionArbitrationOil ProductionOil Field Author:Rebecca Hamilton
“I understood that these trade agreements were going to destroy the middle class of this country. I led the fight against us. That is one of the major differences that we have.” CountryFightingDifferencesClassMiddleMajorsUnderstoodTradeMiddle ClassAgreementTrade Agreements Author:Bernie Sanders
“When you're young and you're comin' up, and you dream of gettin' this record deal, and then you actually get it, and, you know, its apples and oranges from everything that you pictured. The line was pretty self-explanatory to me: once I got in my major label agreement, I definitely couldn't deal with it. It was drivin' me crazy, givin' me gray hairs at an early age.” KnowsSelfDreamAgeYoungLinesDealsRecordsCrazyHairMajorsLabelsApplesAgreementGrayOrangeGray HairApples And Oranges Author:Joe Budden
“Summits [World Summit on the Information Society] are meant to help governments reach a global consensus on major issues which has proved elusive in established fora. They do so through the embarrassment associated with failing to sign a summit's final agreement.” WorldHelpingGovernmentIssuesFailingInformationMajorsFinalsAgreementConsensusSummitEmbarrassmentElusiveInformation Society Author:David Souter
“We are in the process of negotiating an agreement with the United States. We will be negotiating agreements with India and China. We are in the process of negotiating an agreement with Mercosur, South America. So there are a number of these trade agreements in the major markets of the world.” WorldStatesAmericaProcessUnitedNumbersUnited StatesMajorsIndiaTradeSouthChinaAgreementNegotiatingSouth AmericaTrade Agreements Author:Thabo Mbeki
“My hope is that we can get a Republican-Democratic agreement on how we strengthen Social Security as well as looking at some of these other major expenditures that we have that we've got to deal with to make sure that we're not just leaving you guys with a mountain of debt.” WellsGuySocialDealsSecurityRepublicanMountainMajorsDemocraticLeavingDebtAgreementSocial SecurityExpenditures Author:Barack Obama