“All of Africa's resources should be declared resources of the state and managed by the nation. Our experience in Bolivia shows that when you take control of natural resources for the people of the town and village, major world change is possible.” PeopleWorldShouldStatesShowsNationsNaturalMajorsResourcesTownsVillageNatural ResourcesTake ControlBolivia Author:Evo Morales
“I don't think Israel can accept an Iranian terror base next to its major cities any more than the United States could accept an al Qaeda base next to New York City.” ThinkingStatesNextUnitedCitiesAcceptingUnited StatesNew YorkMajorsTerrorIsraelAlsNew York CityAl QaedaIranian Author:Benjamin Netanyahu
“When we think of the major threats to our national security, the first to come to mind are nuclear proliferation, rogue states and global terrorism. But another kind of threat lurks beyond our shores, one from nature, not humans - an avian flu pandemic.” ThinkingMindFirstsHumansKindStatesSecurityMajorsThreatTerrorismNuclearShoreNational SecurityFluRoguesProliferationPandemicsNuclear Proliferation Author:Barack Obama
“At Oxford University, I studied languages so I could read the great novels as they were originally written. I took what in the United States would be a double major in Russian and French, but I have to admit that the pressure of getting through so many books spoiled reading for me.” BookStatesWould BeReadingLanguageUnitedUnited StatesNovelWrittenMajorsPressureUniversitySpoiledOxfordGreat NovelsOxford University Author:Kate Beckinsale
“Know how your representatives stand on major national or state issues.” KnowsStatesLiteratureKnow HowIssuesMajorsRepresentatives Author:Marilyn vos Savant
“Interest-rate swaps are a tool used by big cities, major corporations and sovereign governments to manage their debt, and the scale of their use is almost unimaginably massive. It's about a $379 trillion market, meaning that any manipulation would affect a pile of assets about 100 times the size of the United States federal budget.” StatesUseBigsGovernmentUsedInterestUnitedCitiesUnited StatesMajorsToolsRateSizeDebtScalesManageBudgetsCorporationsMassiveManipulationAssetsSovereignInterest RateBig Cities Author:Matt Taibbi
“I follow the teachings of Major General Smedley Darlington Butler, United States Marine Corps. He won two Congressional Medals of Honor, and he wrote the highly controversial antiwar book 'War is a Racket.'” TwoBookWarStatesUnitedUnited StatesTeachingHonorMajorsAntiwarMedalMarineControversialMarine CorpsRacketButlersUnited States MarineUnited States Marine CorpsMedal Of Honor Author:Jesse Ventura
“When I was a small boy in Kansas, a friend of mine and I went fishing. I told him I wanted to be a real Major League baseball player, a genuine professional like Honus Wagner. My friend said that he'd like to be President of the United States. Neither of us got our wish.” SaidRealStatesWantedWishPresidentUnitedBoysUnited StatesPlayerMinesMajorsMy FriendsBaseballGenuineLeagueFishingBaseball PlayerKansasMajor LeagueWagnerBaseball LifeMajor League BaseballBaseball And Life Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower