“It’s unlikely to change – there’s nothing in King Salman’s past as governor of Riyadh for about forty years that suggests that he was particularly a reformer, not on the role of women, not on democratic development. There’s been a rumor in the last couple of days that he said to someone in an e-mail that he’s in favor of a constitutional monarchy, but I would be surprised if the level of repression started to go down … I think the kind of thing that we would view as significant reforms is unlikely.” IfsThinkingYearsKindSaidWould BeLastsPastLevelsViewsRolesDevelopmentCoupleKingsDemocraticFavorsSignificantReformFortyMailGovernorsUnlikelyRumorMonarchyRepressionReformersConstitutional MonarchyRiyadh Author:Elliott Abrams
“I've always said if somebody wrote a book and they took their whole life to learn that knowledge in that book, why you won't just read that book to learn what they know? I have never seen anyone take a book combining Faith, personal Development and life stories that are just so practical and relatable to our own generation.” IfsKnowsSaidBookWholeStoriesGenerationsDevelopmentPersonal DevelopmentWhole LifePracticalsRelatableLife StoryCombining Author:Jeff Olson
“People go through four stages before any revolutionary development: 1. It's nonsense, don't waste my time. 2. It's interesting, but not important. 3. I always said it was a good idea. 4. I thought of it first.” PeopleFirstsSaidImportantIdeasChangeInterestingFourStageDevelopmentWasteRevolutionaryMy TimeNonsenseGood IdeasWasting My TimeDon't Waste My Time Author:Arthur C. Clarke
“English Canada must clearly understand that, whatever is said or done, Québec is, today and forever, a distinct society, that is free and able to assume [the control of] its destiny and its development.” SaidDoneTodayAbleDestinyForeverDevelopmentAssumingCanada Author:Robert Bourassa
“Pure community is a matter of no interest to any will; but a community which pursues a common good is of supreme interest to all wills; and what we have here said is that whatever the nature of that common good ... it must contain the development of individual powers, as a prior condition for all other goods.” SaidMatterIndividualInterestCommunityCommonConditionsDevelopmentPureSupremePursueGoodsCommon GoodIndividual Power Author:William Ernest Hocking
“It might be said that religious freedom in the American sense, incorporating the separation of church and state, has been the pivotal concept of the national development of the United States of America.” Has BeensSaidStatesMightAmericaChurchReligiousUnitedUnited StatesAtheismDevelopmentConceptsPositive AtheismSeparationUnited States Of AmericaChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And StateReligious FreedomPivotalIncorporating Author:Joseph Leon Blau