“The political system of the United States is essentially extra-European. To stand in firm and cautious independence of all entanglement in the European system has been a cardinal point of their policy under every administration of their government from the peace of 1783 to this day...Every year's experience rivets it more deeply in the principles and opinions of the nation.” YearsHas BeensStatesGovernmentPoliticalNationsUnitedOpinionPrinciplesUnited StatesPolicyIndependenceJewAdministrationFirmExtrasThis DayCautiousPolitical SystemsCardinalsEntanglement Book:Writings of John Quincey Adams Source: Writings of John Quincey Adams
“My goal in politics from the very beginning has been, and will be, the goal of giving Ukraine a chance to finally secure a firm footing in the world as a competitive, independent and real European state.” WorldGivingHas BeensRealStatesGoalChanceIndependentSecureFirmUkraine Author:Yulia Tymoshenko
“My mother was convinced, and on this head I have retained her firm belief, that to kill animals for the purpose of feeding on their flesh is one of the most deplorable and shameful infirmities of the human state; that it is one of those curses cast upon man either by his fall, or by the obduracy of his own perversity.” MenHumansStatesMotherPurposeFallBeliefAnimalCastsConvincedFleshFirmCurseFeedingVegetarianismShamefulInfirmityPerversityFirm Beliefs Author:Alphonse de Lamartine
“Resolved, That the General Assembly of Virginia, doth unequivocally express a firm resolution to maintain and defend the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of this State, against every aggression either foreign or domestic, and that they will support the Government of the United States in all measures warranted by the former.” StatesGovernmentUnitedUnited StatesSupportConstitutionFormerFirmResolutionAggressionAssemblyVirginiaConstitution Of The United StatesGeneral Assembly Book:Selected Writings of James Madison Source: Selected Writings of James Madison
“All the alleged key causes of SOE [State-Owned Enterprise] inefficiency - the principal-agent problem, the free-rider problem and the soft budget constraint - are, while real, not unique to state-owned enterprises. Large private-sector firms with dispersed ownership also suffer from the principal-agent problem and the free-rider problem. So, in these two areas, forms of ownership do matter, but the critical divide is not between state and private ownership - it is between concentrated and dispersed ownerships.” TwoRealMatterStatesProblemFormSufferingCausesKeysUniqueAreasCriticalAgentsBudgetsFirmEnterpriseDividesOwnershipPrincipalConstraintsRidersPrivate SectorInefficiency Author:Ha-Joon Chang
“There is no firm dividing line between what is an epidemic and what is not an epidemic, but I think, when you look at a map that shows widespread influenza activity in 36 states, that we regard it -- from a common-sense perspective -- as an epidemic.” ThinkingLooksStatesShowsLinesCommonPerspectiveActivityRegardCommon SenseFirmMapsEpidemicsDividingInfluenza Author:Julie Gerberding
“Whenever it was necessary to have a large entourage, we used military vehicles or, as for the two state funerals and our state swearing in, we hired every spare Cadillac from every undertaking firm in Ottawa. It's a make-shift way to operate a country of the size and rank of Canada.” WayTwoCountryStatesUsedMilitarySizeFirmCanadaFuneralVehicleSparesUndertakingsSwearingCadillacsEntourageOttawa Author:Judy LaMarsh