“Recall that the United Nations commissioned Arab scholars and analysts to publish the Arab Human Development Report. What causes the backwardness, the scholars wondered, of 22 Arab states, covering nearly 300 million people? Their conclusion? Of all world regions, the Arab countries scored the lowest in freedom, media independence, civil liberties, political process and political rights.” PeopleWorldHumansCountryStatesPoliticalNationsCausesProcessUnitedLibertyMillionsRightsMediaDevelopmentIndependenceConclusionReportsRegionsScholarRecallsLowestUnited NationsPublishCoveringCivil LibertiesHuman DevelopmentAnalystsPolitical Rights Author:Larry Elder
“There are few ironclad rules of diplomacy but to one there is no exception. When an official reports that talks were useful, it can safely be concluded that nothing was accomplished.” PoliticalPoliticsOfficialsAccomplishedReportsExceptionDiplomacyIronclads Author:John Kenneth Galbraith
“I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. I'm not a member of any organized political party, I'm a Democrat! If we ever pass out as a great nation we ought to put on our tombstone 'America died from a delusion that she had moral leadership.'” IfsFactsGovernmentAmericaPoliticalNationsPartyMoralWatchesOughtMembersJokesDiedDemocratOrganizedReportsDelusionPolitical PartiesGreat NationsTombstoneMoral Leadership Author:Will Rogers
“The natal chart is like a seed and progressions are the unfolding in time of that into the plant it is to become. Transits, are like a daily weather report. In political astrology, these three factors have to be taken into account!” PoliticalThreeTakenAccountsPlantSeedsWeatherFactorsReportsAstrologyProgressionUnfoldingNatal Author:Alice O. Howell
“There are reports that leaders from ISIS and al-Qaida met at a farm house in Syria last week, and agreed to work together against their common enemies. That story again: Two radical terrorist groups managed to do what two American political parties cannot.” TwoStoriesTogetherLastsPoliticalHousePartyCommonLeaderEnemyGroupsWeekMetsTerroristRadicalReportsWorking TogetherAlsFarmsSyriaPolitical PartiesIsisCommon EnemyTerrorist Groups Author:Jimmy Fallon
“We have received no single argument in favour of this document except political pressure. No link has been established between carbon dioxide emissions and climate change. No other objective facts have been presented in recent time. The IPCC's reports in 1990 and 1995 show it clearly.” Has BeensFactsShowsPoliticalArgumentPressureClimateClimate ChangeObjectivesReportsLinksDocumentsCarbonFavourEmissionsCarbon DioxideKyotoKyoto ProtocolCarbon Dioxide Emissions Author:Andrey Illarionov
“No country has a perfect report card. While some countries have strong points in specific areas, they may have serious lacunae in other areas. For instance, some countries have made enormous progress on civil and political rights, but lag in the implementation of economic, social and cultural rights.” MayMadeCountryPoliticalStrongSocialPerfectRightsProgressEconomicSeriousAreasEnormousCardsInstanceReportsImplementationLagPolitical RightsReport Cards Author:Alfred-Maurice de Zayas
“You know, if you find a person that you've never seen before getting in a crop-duster that doesn't belong to you, report it.” IfsKnowsPersonsHumorPoliticalReportsCropsPolitical Humor Author:George W. Bush
“We've been able to watch on our television screens sophisticated weaponry find a building; and we've seen dramatic reports from the front where Pulitzer Prize-to-be winning reporters stood up and declared, the United States is attacked, and all that.” StatesHumorAblePoliticalWinningUnitedWatchesUnited StatesFrontsTelevisionBuildingScreensDramaticReportsPrizeSophisticatedReportersStood UpPolitical HumorWeaponry Author:George W. Bush