“But, if you believe we should go around the world overturning regimes to make little United States, I don't agree with that, because I don't think we're capable of doing that.” IfsThinkingWorldShouldBelieveLittlesStatesUnitedUnited StatesCapableAgreeAround The WorldRegimesIf You Believe Author:Brent Scowcroft
“There was a hateful video that was disseminated on the Internet. It had nothing to do with the United States government, and it's one that we find disgusting and reprehensible. It's been offensive to many, many people around the world. That sparked violence in various parts of the world, including violence directed against Western facilities including our embassies and consulates.” PeopleWorldStatesGovernmentUnitedUnited StatesViolenceInternetWesternIncludingVariousVideoAround The WorldDisgustingOffensiveFacilityHatefulState GovernmentUnited States GovernmentEmbassy Author:Susan Rice
“I've been talking about income inequality in America for twenty years, and when I was president, people didn't pay much attention to it, probably because wages were going up. But I don't think I've given a single solitary speech since I left office that I hadn't talked about it. It's a problem around the world and within the United States. So these people have put that on the agenda.” PeopleThinkingWorldYearsStatesProblemAmericaLeftGivenPresidentUnitedPayAttentionTalkingUnited StatesSpeechOfficeTwentiesIncomeInequalityAround The WorldAgendasSolitaryWagesIncome Inequality Author:William J. Clinton
“The United States presents a value system to the world that is based on democracy, based on economic freedom, based on individual rights for men and women, .. I think that is what makes us such a draw for nations around the world. People come to the United States to be educated, to become Americans. We are a country of countries and we touch every country, and every country in world touches us.” PeopleThinkingMenWorldCountryStatesValuesIndividualNationsUnitedUnited StatesDemocracyRightsEconomicDrawsMen And WomenEducatedAround The WorldIndividual RightsEconomic FreedomValue Systems Author:Colin Powell
“When a child loses his parent, they are called an orphan. When a spouse loses her or his partner, they are called a widow or widower. When parents lose their child, their isn't a word to describe them. This month recognizes the loss so many parents experience across the United States and around the world. It is also meant to inform and provide resources for parents who have lost children due to miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, molar pregnancy, stillbirths, birth defects, SIDS, and other causes.” WorldChildrenStatesLostCausesParentLosesLossUnitedUnited StatesMonthsBirthResourcesDuesPartnersAround The WorldPregnancySpouseDefectsWidowsOrphanMiscarriageSidsStillbirthBirth DefectsLost ChildWidowers Author:Ronald Reagan
“America is not the crude stereotype of a self-interested empire. The United States has been one of the greatest sources of progress that the world has ever known. We were born out of revolution against an empire. We were founded upon the ideal that all are created equal. And we have shed blood and struggled for centuries to give meaning to those words, within our borders and around the world. We are shaped by every culture. Drawn from every end of the Earth, and dedicated to a simple concept, E pluribus unum: Out of many, one.” WorldGivingHas BeensEndsSelfStatesEarthAmericaCultureBornSimpleUnitedKnownUnited StatesProgressBloodCenturySourceRevolutionEqualConceptsIdealsAround The WorldBordersEmpiresDedicatedShedStereotypeCrude Author:Barack Obama
“There's something about the American spirit - inherent in the American spirit -- we don't hang on to the past. We always move forward.... We are going to leave something better for our children - not just here in the United States, but all around the world.” WorldChildrenStatesPastMovingSpiritUnitedUnited StatesOur ChildrenMoving ForwardAround The WorldInherentSomething BetterAmerican Spirit Author:Barack Obama
“America washes its dirty linen in public. When scandals such as this one hit, they do sully America's image in the world. But what usually also gets broadcast around the world is the vivid reality that the United States forces accountability and punishes wrongdoing, even at the highest levels.” WorldStatesRealityAmericaForceLevelsUnitedUnited StatesHighestAround The WorldDirtyAccountabilityScandalVividWrongdoingLinen Author:Fareed Zakaria
“There are many different places of power around the world. They're invisible openings to other worlds. We find a preponderance of these places in the Himalayas, in the western part of the United States; of course, in every country of the world there are some.” WorldDifferentCountryStatesCoursesUnitedUnited StatesBuddhismWesternInvisibleOpeningAround The WorldOther WorldsDifferent PlaceHimalayasCountries Of The World Author:Frederick Lenz
“I mean, there's enormous pressures to harmonize freedom of speech legislation and transparency legislation around the world - within the E.U., between China and the United States. Which way is it going to go? It's hard to see.” WorldWayMeanHardStatesUnitedUnited StatesSpeechPressureChinaEnormousAround The WorldFreedom Of SpeechLegislationTransparency Author:Julian Assange
“Women's particular experiences continue to shape not just their points of view but their actions, in the United States and around the world.” WorldStatesActionUnitedViewsUnited StatesParticularShapesPoint Of ViewAround The World Author:Dee Dee Myers
“We join Armenians around the world as we remember the terrible massacres suffered in 1915-1923 at the hands of the rulers of the Ottoman Empire. The United States responded to this crime against humanity by leading diplomatic and private relief efforts.” WorldStatesHandsRememberHumanityUnitedEffortUnited StatesCrimeTerribleAround The WorldReliefEmpiresGenocideRulersDiplomaticMassacresArmeniansCrimes Against HumanityArmeniaArmenian GenocideOttomansOttoman Empire Author:George H. W. Bush
“It's a moral imperative, it's an economic imperative, and it is a security imperative. For we've seen how spikes in food prices can plunge millions into poverty, which, in turn, can spark riots that cost lives, and can lead to instability. And this danger will only grow if a surging global population isn't matched by surging food production. So reducing malnutrition and hunger around the world advances international peace and security - and that includes the national security of the United States.” IfsWorldStatesTurnsGrowsUnitedMoralPovertyMillionsUnited StatesEconomicSecurityDangerCostInternationalHungerPopulationProductionsAround The WorldSparksNational SecurityImperativesReducingRiotPlungeInstabilityMatchedMalnutritionInternational PeacePeace And SecurityFood Production Author:Barack Obama
“The United States need to put internet processes, policies, and procedures in place with real laws that forbid going beyond the borders of what's reasonable to ensure that the only time that we and other countries around the world exercise these authorities are when it is absolutely necessary.” WorldNeedsRealCountryStatesLawProcessUnitedUnited StatesPolicyInternetExerciseAuthorityAround The WorldBordersReasonableOther CountriesOnly TimeProceduresPolicies And Procedures Author:Edward Snowden
“The United States has faced threats from criminal groups, from terrorists, from spies throughout our history, and we have limited our responses. We haven't resorted to total war every time we have a conflict around the world, because that restraint is what defines us. That restraint is what gives us the moral standing to lead the world.” WorldGivingWarStatesUnitedMoralUnited StatesGroupsHavensConflictStandingThreatResponseCriminalsTerroristAround The WorldRestraintSpyTotal War Author:Edward Snowden
“To say that people around the world deserve the same, the same life that we have in the United States, the same freedoms that we have, that seems to me, humble. I think it's humble to say that the United States, which has been given so much, should give back.” PeopleThinkingWorldGivingShouldHas BeensStatesSeemsGivenUnitedUnited StatesDeserveHumbleAround The WorldGiving Back Author:Condoleezza Rice
“I think it is important first of all that the president of the United States underscores our commitment to partnering with countries around the world, even though we're not intimidated by terrorist organisations.” ThinkingWorldFirstsImportantCountryStatesPresidentUnitedUnited StatesCommitmentTerroristAround The WorldOrganisationIntimidatedPartnering Author:Barack Obama
“I think first of all, the United States has got to adopt a policy of befriending and creating allies around the world.” ThinkingWorldFirstsStatesUnitedUnited StatesPolicyCreatingAround The WorldAlliesBefriending Author:Al Sharpton
“I think we're in a new era where the advancing tide is towards human unity, where people all around the world want to come together. The United States is in a position where it can lead the way towards that and it can do it in practical ways by affirming the power of the United Nations so that the international process makes decisions on international security.” PeopleThinkingWorldWayWantHumansStatesTogetherNationsProcessCan DoDecisionUnitedUnited StatesSecurityPositionUnityInternationalPracticalsAround The WorldErasTidesNational SecurityUnited NationsAdvancingAffirmingNew Era Author:Dennis Kucinich
“Throughout the twentieth century and into the beginning of the twenty-first, the United States repeatedly used its military power, and that of its clandestine services, to overthrow governments that refused to protect American interests. Each time, it cloaked its intervention in the rhetoric of national security and liberation. In most cases, however, it acted mainly for economic reasons-specifically to establish, promote and defend the right of Americans to do business around the world without interference.” WorldFirstsStatesReasonGovernmentUsedInterestUnitedCasesUnited StatesEconomicCenturySecurityMilitaryProtectTwentiesAround The WorldLiberationRhetoricNational SecurityInterventionTwentieth CenturyInterferenceMilitary PowerClandestine Book:Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq Source: Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq
“Climate is a global issue. Coal is still the energy that is being used more than anything else to make electricity. The United States is using less as we're turning more to gas. But, around the world, that's what they're using.” WorldStillsStatesUsedEnergyUnitedUnited StatesIssuesClimateAround The WorldGasElectricityCoalGlobal Issues Author:Ian Bremmer
“What I want to do more than anything as president of the United States is to restore the honor and dignity and respect that this country is owed around the world.” WorldWantCountryStatesPresidentUnitedUnited StatesHonorDignityAround The WorldDignity And Respect Author:Howard Dean
“I want people around the world to hear me. To all those who would do us harm, no act of terror will go unpunished. It will not dim the light of the values that we proudly present to the rest of the world. No act of violence shakes the resolve of the United States of America.” PeopleWorldWantStatesLightAmericaValuesUnitedUnited StatesViolenceTerrorHarmAround The WorldShakesResolveUnited States Of AmericaActs Of ViolenceActs Of Terror Author:Barack Obama
“Foreign aid is a method by which the United States maintains a position of influence and control around the world” WorldStatesUnitedUnited StatesInfluencePositionMethodAidsAround The WorldForeign Aid Author:John F. Kennedy
“I accept the proposition that there has been a significant improvement in underlying productivity growth in the United States, that it is very closely tied to improvements in information and communications technology, and that it is likely to spread around the world. But I resist the new economy label because it seems to encourage a disrespect for the old rules that could seriously undermine our success in taking advantage of the new opportunities.” WorldHas BeensStatesSeemsOpportunityGrowthUnitedAcceptingTechnologyUnited StatesEconomyInformationCommunicationAdvantageSpreadProductivityImprovementSignificantAround The WorldLabelsTiedPropositionsDisrespectNew OpportunityTaking AdvantageCommunication TechnologyInformation And Communication Author:Laurence Meyer
“The Republican presidential candidate [Donald Trump] provoked condemnation from leaders in both parties and around the world. He did that by proposing to bar all Muslims from entering the United States.” WorldStatesUnitedPartyLeaderUnited StatesTrumpRepublicanBarsAround The WorldPresidentialCandidatesEnteringCondemnationPresidential CandidateProvoked Author:Steve Inskeep
“I want to take my American friends back to the end of World War II, when the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was formulated. A group of thinkers met to come up with ways and means to prevent yet another war. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt played a crucial role in assembling this group of people. And that is why the name of the United States is synonymous with the cause of human rights around the world.” PeopleWorldWayWantHumansMeanWarEndsStatesNamesCausesUnitedRolesUnited StatesRightsGroupsMetsUniversalHuman RightsCome UpAround The WorldWar Of The WorldsThinkerCrucialWorld War IiWorld War IDeclarationEleanorAssemblingDeclaration Of Human Rights Author:Shirin Ebadi