“I've always noticed that Old Families, like plumbers and barbers and possibly drummers and detectives, seem to have some kind of reciprocity arrangement in the South. Members of the freemasonry could move anywhere ... and still operate cozily in the local Old Family top drawer.” KindStillsSeemsMovingMembersSouthLocalsArrangementsDetectivesDrummerReciprocityDrawersPlumberFreemasonryBarbers Author:Celestine Sibley
“I think our message,the Clinton campaign was very strong. Remember, this is their fourth campaign in South Carolina. Two for Bill Clinton. Two for Hillary Clinton. They had it well organized. They did well. And Icongratulate them. We came into that state at something like 7 or 8 percent in the polls. It was a tough road for us to hoe. But I want to thank all of our supporters, the members of the South Carolina state legislature.” ThinkingWantWellsTwoStatesRememberStrongMembersMessagesPercentToughBillsClintonSouthCampaignsOrganizedVery StrongFourthSupporterPollsLegislatureCarolinaSouth CarolinaHoeState Legislatures Author:Bernie Sanders
“Germany's potential makes up about 20% of the EU's overall economic power, including Great Britain. The German army is by no means strong enough to guarantee the security of the EU's two endangered flanks - in the east and in the south. So all that remains for Germany is partnerships with its neighbours and other EU member states. Germany should stick to that role.” ShouldMeanTwoStatesEnoughStrongRolesEconomicSecurityMembersArmyRemainsSticksSouthIncludingEastGermanyBritainGuaranteesPartnershipStrong EnoughNeighbourGreat BritainEconomic PowerAll That Remains Author:Jaroslaw Kaczynski
“The concept there was that the small number of developed countries within the Commonwealth should provide assistance. This was not just financial but personal, providing experts and so on, to assist less developed members of the Commonwealth to get on the growing path. And that was part of what we did with South Africa.” ShouldCountryNumbersPathGrowingMembersConceptsSouthFinancialExpertsProvidingSouth AfricaAssistanceCommonwealthSmall NumbersDeveloped Country Author:Bob Hawke
“I should also say that apart from the negotiations that are taking place within the WTO, we are ourselves involved in all manner of bilateral negotiations, or, if they are not bilateral, with the South African Customs Union and the European Union. All the member countries of the European Union have now ratified the agreement that we have with the EU and that opens up the EU market in various ways.” IfsWayShouldCountryInvolvedMembersUnionsSouthVariousAgreementCustomsSouth AfricaNegotiationEuropean Union Author:Thabo Mbeki
“We do not have a South African as a member of the African Commission. The President of the Commission comes from Mali, the Deputy comes from Rwanda and then we have got all these other members, ordinary commissioners. There is no South African there. And the reason, again, for that is not because we didn't have South Africans who are competent.” ReasonPresidentMembersOrdinarySouthSouth AfricaCompetentRwandaDeputiesCommissionersMali Author:Thabo Mbeki
“There was sort of a negative association with the military. Maybe growing up in the South or being in a family with members of the military, I didn't have that negative connotation, but I did have this 'separate' connotation. I was ashamed to realize I had it and did not realize I had it until I was [in Iraq]. I was so impressed by the people I met over there and there was just a sense of connection and gratitude towards those people.” PeopleRealizingGrowing UpGrowingMilitaryGratitudeMetsMembersNegativeConnectionsSouthIraqAshamedAssociationImpressedConnotation Author:Stephen Colbert
“China is the center of the Asian energy security grid, which includes the Central Asian states and Russia. India is also hovering around the edge, South Korea is involved, and Iran is an associate member of some kind. If the Middle East oil resources around the Gulf, which are the main ones in the world, if they link up to the Asian grid, the United States is really a second-rate power. A lot is at stake in not withdrawing from Iraq.” IfsWorldKindStatesEnergyUnitedUnited StatesMiddleSecurityInvolvedMembersResourcesIndiaSouthRateIraqEdgesChinaOilEastRussiaIranLinksStakesMiddle EastAssociatesAsianKoreaGridsSecond RateHoveringSouth KoreaWithdrawingEnergy Security Author:Noam Chomsky
“To achieve effectiveness and legitimacy it is time to scrap the right of veto given to permanent members of the UN, or at least severely restrict its use. It is also time to either abandon the idea of permanent membership or broaden it to reflect the rise of non-Western states to the status of global leaders (e.g. Brazil, India, Indonesia, Turkey, South Africa), and to downgrade European representation by either giving the European Union a single seat or rotating a European state among Germany, France, UK, and Italy.” GivingIdeasStatesUseGivenLeaderAchieveMembersIndiaUnionsSouthWesternFrancePermanentGermanySeatsAbandonSouth AfricaRepresentationTurkeysIndonesiaEffectivenessEuropean UnionScrapBrazilMembershipLegitimacyVetoRotating Author:Richard A. Falk
“Before I went to jail, I was active in politics as a member of South Africa's leading organization - and I was generally busy from 7 A.M. until midnight. I never had time to sit and think.” ThinkingMembersOrganizationSouthBusyActiveJailSouth AfricaMidnight Author:Nelson Mandela
“I mean in the South African case, many of those who were part of death squads would have been respectable members of their white community, people who went to church on Sunday, every Sunday.” PeopleMeanHas BeensCommunityChurchWhiteCasesMembersSouthSundayRespectableSquadChurch On Sunday Author:Desmond Tutu
“The spectacular landscape circling the fortress supplies an essential backdrop, inspiring dreamers to wander its ruins for the sake of it; North American tourists, bound down by their practical world view, are able to place those members of the disintegrating tribes they may have seen in their travels among these once-living walls, unaware of the moral distance separating them, since only the semi-indigenous spirit of the South American can grasp the subtle differences.” WorldMayAbleSpiritDifferencesViewsMoralWallMembersEssentialsDistanceSouthBoundsSakePracticalsRuinsWanderLandscapeSubtleDreamerTribesIndigenousSpectacularTouristsSuppliesSeparatingWorld ViewFortressesBackdrop Author:Che Guevara