“A community is a butcher and a doctor, a minister, a town troublemaker. A "community" is not a bunch of people united by some grievance. That's just self-righteousness - incredibly dangerous and antidemocratic.” PeopleSelfCommunityUnitedDangerousDoctorsTownsBunchMinistersRighteousnessGrievanceButchersSelf RighteousnessTroublemaker Author:Fran Lebowitz
“In 1953, the United States played a significant role in orchestrating the overthrow of Iran's popular prime minister, Mohammed Mossadegh. The Eisenhower administration believed its actions were justified for strategic reasons, but the coup was clearly a setback for Iran's political development and it is easy to see now why many Iranians continue to resent this intervention by America in their internal affairs.” StatesReasonActionAmericaPoliticalEasyUnitedRolesUnited StatesDevelopmentAffairSignificantAdministrationMinistersInternalsIranPrimePrime MinisterJustifiedInterventionStrategicResentSetbackCoupsInternal Affairs Author:Madeleine Albright
“We are apt to say that a foreign policy is successful only when the country, or at any rate the governing class, is united behind it. In reality, every line of policy is repudiated by a section, often by an influential section, of the country concerned. A foreign minister who waited until everyone agreed with him would have no foreign policy at all.” CountryRealityLinesUnitedBehindsClassSuccessfulPolicyConcernedRateMinistersForeign PolicySectionsGoverningInfluential Author:A. J. P. Taylor
“In appointing our Ambassador to the United States at this important time, with the 1936 crisis ahead, such considerations as dignity, past career, equity and sentiment must be discarded and a man of ability chosen in the interests of the country. In the light of these considerations, we find Hiroshi Saito, present Minister of Holland, the right person for the post.” MenPersonsImportantCountryStatesLightPastInterestAbilityUnitedCareersUnited StatesDignityCrisisChosenPostsMinistersConsiderationSentimentsEquityAmbassadorsRight PersonDiscardedHolland Author:Sadao Araki
“We dream of an India where development is the result of all Chief Ministers, the Prime Minister, state Ministers, Union Ministers working together with even Local Body Authorities as one team, a strong and united Team India.” StatesDreamBodyTogetherPoliticsStrongUnitedResultsTeamDevelopmentAuthorityIndiaUnionsLocalsChiefsMinistersWorking TogetherPrimePrime Minister Author:Narendra Modi
“As Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Barak have repeatedly said, the intelligence and security relationship between the United States and Israel at present is unprecedented. It has never been stronger.” SaidStatesUnitedUnited StatesSecurityStrongerIsraelDefenseMinistersPrimePrime MinisterUnprecedented Author:Susan Rice
“The United States has renewed our leadership in the Asia-Pacific, prime Minister Abe is leading Japan to a new role on the world stage.” WorldStatesLeadershipUnitedRolesUnited StatesStageMinistersJapanPrimeAsiaPrime MinisterPacificAbe Author:Shinzo Abe
“Joschka Fischer was a Green Party politician and Germany's foreign minister. We hired Mr. Fischer, as well as former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, as advisors because we, as an automaker, want to know, for example, how new emissions laws will develop in the United States, Europe and Asia. Fischer and Ms. Albright have diverse contacts worldwide. They can call our attention to trends early on, information from which we can benefit.” KnowsWantWellsStatesLawUnitedPartyAttentionUnited StatesInformationExamplePoliticianBenefitsEuropeGreenContactFormerMinistersGermanyTrendsDiverseSecretaryAsiaEmissionsAdvisorsFischerMadeleinesGreen Party Author:Norbert Reithofer
“The [EU] Council of Ministers will have far more power over the budgets of member states than the federal government in the United States has over the budget of Texas.” StatesGovernmentUnitedUnited StatesMembersBudgetsMinistersTexasFederal GovernmentCouncil Author:Jean-Claude Trichet