“The effort to improve the conditions of man, however, is not a task for the few. It is the task of all nations-acting alone, acting in groups, acting in the United Nations, for plague and pestilence, plunder and pollution, the hazards of nature and the hunger of children are the foes of every nation. The earth, the sea and the air are the concern of every nation. And science, technology and education can be the ally of every nation.” MenChildrenEarthNationsUnitedEffortActingTechnologyGroupsAirSeaConditionsConcernTasksEnvironmentalHungerAlliesPollutionUnited NationsFoePlagueHazardsPlunderPestilenceScience TechnologyTechnology And Education Author:John F. Kennedy
“Generally, we are united in the belief that all rod design has been progressive and that the ideas about fly rods in the past were so bad as to make it amazing that people were able to fish at all.” PeopleHas BeensIdeasAblePastBeliefUnitedSeaDesignRiversFishesBoatLakesFishingProgressive Book:The Longest Silence: A Life in Fishing Source: The Longest Silence: A Life in Fishing
“Whether in peaceful trade or warlike attack, the sea unites more than it divides. Even if it were possible to treat England, or the British Isles, as a single, homogenous, united nation, it would still be impossible to write its naval history without reference to the histories of the other nations, near and far, with which the sea has connected it.” IfsWritingStillsNationsUnitedImpossibleSeaTreatsEnglandTradeConnectedBritishPeacefulDividesUnited NationsNavalIsleNear And Far Author:Nicholas Rodger
“The visual impact of a United States battleship springs from its ability to put Soviet ships on the bottom of the sea and to put devastating firepower ashore - nothing else.” WarStatesPeaceAbilityUnitedUnited StatesSeaSpringImpactBottomShipsVisualsSoviet Author:John Lehman
“But when I played Woodstock, I'll never forget that moment looking out over the hundreds of thousands of people, the sea of humanity, seeing all those people united in such a unique way. It just touched me in a way that I'll never forget.” PeopleWayMomentsHumanityForgetUnitedSeeingSeaUniqueTouchedThat MomentNever ForgetWoodstock Author:Edgar Winter
“No man ever saw the people of whom he forms a part. No man ever saw a government. I live in the midst of the Government of the United States, but I never saw the Government of the United States. Its personnel extends through all the nations, and across the seas, and into every corner of the world in the persons of the representatives of the United States in foreign capitals and in foreign centres of commerce.” PeopleMenWorldPersonsStatesGovernmentFormNationsUnitedUnited StatesSawsSeaCornersMidstRepresentativesCommerceCentrePersonnelCorners Of The World Book:Addresses, Messages and Speeches, 1897- Source: Addresses, Messages and Speeches, 1897-
“We have the most beautiful planet - the Rockies, the purple fields of the United States, the Lake District, the Pyrenees, the turquoise seas of the tropics.” StatesBeautifulUnitedUnited StatesSeaFieldsPlanetsLakesPurpleTropicsTurquoise Author:Dan Aykroyd
“Britain kept its position as the dominant world power well into the 20th century despite steady decline. By the end of World War II, dominance had shifted decisively into the hands of the upstart across the sea, the United States, by far the most powerful and wealthy society in world history.” WorldWellsWarEndsStatesHandsUnitedPowerfulUnited StatesSeaCenturyPositionDespiteWar Of The WorldsBritainMost PowerfulWealthySteadyWorld War IiDeclineWorld War IDominant20th CenturyWorld HistoryDominanceWorld PowerUpstart Author:Noam Chomsky
“Is it possible to take river water back after it has mixed into the sea? The river and the sea are united and one now.” WaterUnitedSeaRivers Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“The moment we turn over the soil we start poisoning it and we go on poisoning it all the way through... and there's probably not a river in the United States that doesn't have pesticide poisoning in it. The fish are dying. The seas are getting polluted. All of these things are happening. The rain forests are going. That's what the context is.” WayStatesMomentsTurnsUnitedUnited StatesSeaDyingGoes OnHappeningsRainRiversFishesForestsSoilPoisoningPesticides Author:W. S. Merwin
“Because the US has control of the sea. Because the US has built up its wealth. Because the US is the only country in the world really not to have a war fought on its territory since the time of the Civil War ... Therefore we can afford mistakes that would kill other countries. And therefore we can take risks that they can't ... the core answer to why the United States is like this is we didn't fight World War I and World War II and the Cold War here.” WorldWarCountryStatesFightingWealthAnswersUnitedMistakeUnited StatesRiskSeaColdBuiltCoreWar Of The WorldsCivil WarTerritoryWorld War IiWorld War IOther CountriesCold War Author:George Friedman
“But the Iranians are surrounded by a sea of Sunnis who hate them. And if you look on the map, you can see that they're also surrounded by a bunch of American bases that certainly could hit them at any moment. The idea that the Iranians are a threat to the United States is absurd really. How are they going to hurt the United States of America? Unless we attack them first and then they use terrorism inside America.” IfsFirstsLooksIdeasStatesMomentsUseAmericaHateHurtUnitedUnited StatesSeaBasesThreatTerrorismBunchAbsurdMapsUnited States Of America Author:Michael Scheuer
“The United States believes that every nation should respect international law, including in the South China Sea.” ShouldBelieveStatesLawNationsUnitedUnited StatesSeaSouthIncludingInternationalChinaInternational Law Author:Barack Obama
“The United States, therefore, works to ensure that any actions we take are consistent with international laws and norms - including those reflected in the Law of the Sea Convention. It's worth remembering that our presence in the region is nothing new.” StatesActionRememberLawUnitedUnited StatesSeaIncludingInternationalConsistentRegionsConventionsNormInternational LawNothing New Author:Barack Obama
“France and Germany were opposed to a maritime blockade of the Adriatic Sea without a mandate from the United Nations (UN). So, what we witnessed in Kosovo was an extraordinary war, a war waged solely with bombs from the air.” WarNationsUnitedAirSeaExtraordinaryFranceGermanyBombsUnited NationsMandatesKosovoMaritimeBlockades Author:Paul Virilio
“Thankfully, due to the United Kingdom and the commitment of the Westminster government we are able to ensure that money brought in, whether it be from the City of London or from North Sea oil, can be pooled and directed to wherever it is needed most.” GovernmentAbleUnitedCitiesSeaNeededCommitmentDuesOilLondonKingdomsUnited KingdomWestminsterCity Of LondonNorth Sea Author:Iain Duncan Smith