International Quotes - Page 2

• On this International Literacy Day, let us recall that literacy for all is an integral part of education for all, and that both are critical for achieving truly sustainable development for all.

  Kofi Annan

  Education, Development, Literacy

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• International Literacy Day is an occasion to celebrate the importance of literacy to individuals, communities and societies everywhere

  Koichiro Matsuura

  Education, Community, Literacy

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• A literate world is a possible and desirable one. There are enough resources. What is now needed is the collective will of the international community to ensure that the necessary support is forthcoming.

  Koichiro Matsuura

  Education, Support, Community

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• State Farm is pleased to support the Common Core State Standards Initiative. State by State adoption of these standards is an important step towards maintaining our country s competitive edge. With a skilled and prepared workforce, the business community will be better prepared to face the challenges of the international marketplace.

  Edward B. Rust, Jr.

  Country, Educational, Adoption

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• International football is the continuation of war by other means.

  George Orwell

  Soccer, Football, War

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• The United Nations and the Organization of American States have named 2011 as the International Year for People of African Descent. This is an opportunity for all of us around the globe to celebrate the diversity of our societies and to honor the contributions that our fellow citizens of African descent make every day to the economic, social and political fabrics of our communities.

  Hillary Clinton

  Opportunity, Years, Organization

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• The international community cannot accept that whole communities are marginalized because of the color of their skin. People of African descent are among those most affected by racism. Too often, they face denial of basic rights such as access to quality health services and education. Such fundamental wrongs have a long and terrible history.

  Ban Ki-moon

  Rights, Race, Color

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• For over five years this man [Winston Churchill] has been chasing around Europe like a madman in search of something he could set on fire. Unfortunately he again and again finds hirelings who open the gates of their country to this international incendiary.

  Adolf Hitler

  Country, Men, Fire

  Speech at the Reichstag, May 04, 1941. "Infamous Speeches: From Robespierre to Osama bin Laden". Book by Bob Blaisdell, 2012.

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• There are many terrorist states in the world, but the United States is unusual in that it is officially committed to international terrorism.

  Noam Chomsky

  Peace, War, United States

  Noam Chomsky (2002). “Pirates and Emperors, Old and New: International Terrorism in the Real World”, p.122, South End Press

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• 'As a fraction of your tax dollar today, what is the total cost of all spaceborne telescopes, planetary probes, the rovers on Mars, the International Space Station, the space shuttle, telescopes yet to orbit, and missions yet to fly?' Answer: one-half of one percent of each tax dollar. Half a penny. I'd prefer it were more: perhaps two cents on the dollar. Even during the storied Apollo era, peak NASA spending amounted to little more than four cents on the tax dollar.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Bad Ass, Two, Space

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• It is particularly appropriate that we unveil this campaign on this first day of the annual international coastal clean-up effort. Beach cleanups are something each of us can do any time of the year. I'm proud to be participating in the cleanup efforts today and I encourage everyone to make the time for these types of activities.

  Ted Danson

  Beach, Ocean, Years

  "Ocean Ambassadors pledge drive launched". www.cnn.com. September 23, 1998.

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• Beneath the dingy uniformity of international fashions in dress, man remains what he has always been; a splendid fighting animal, a self-sacrificing hero, and a blood thirsty savage.

  William Ralph Inge

  Fashion, Hero, Sacrifice

  William Ralph Inge (1920). “Outspoken Essays”

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• The road to social justice for the farm worker is the road of unionization. Our cause, our strike against table grapes and our international boycott are all founded upon our deep conviction that the form of collective self-help, which is unionization, holds far more hope for the farm worker than any other single approach, whether public or private. This conviction is what brings spirit, high hope and optimism to everything we do.

  Cesar Chavez

  Self, Justice, Optimism

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• Most people go on living their everyday life: half-frightened, half indifferent, they behold the ghostly tragic-comedy that is being performed on the international stage before the eyes and ears of the world.

  Albert Einstein

  Eye, People, Everyday

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• No one's going to be able to operate without a grounding in the basic sciences. Language would be helpful, although English is becoming increasingly international. And travel. You have to have a global attitude.

  Rupert Murdoch

  Travel, Attitude, Would Be

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• Since Christ is the only way to the Father, in order to highlight His living and saving presence in the Church and the world, the International Eucharistic Congress will take place in Rome, on the occasion of the Great Jubilee. The Year 2000 will be intensely Eucharistic: in the Sacrament of the Eucharist the Savior, who took flesh in Mary's womb twenty centuries ago, continues to offer Himself to humanity as the source of Divine Life

  Pope John Paul II

  Father, Rome, Order

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• What a country calls its vital economic interests are not the things which enable its citizens to live, but the things which enable it to make war. Petrol is more likely than wheat to be a cause of international conflict.

  Simone Weil

  Country, Peace, War

  "The Power of Words" (1937)

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• Sport is an international phenomenon, like science or music.

  Avery Brundage

  Sports, Olympics, Phenomenon

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• If you want to establish an international presence you can't do so from New York. You need the consecration of Paris.

  Oscar de la Renta

  New York, Artist, Paris

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The Trilateralist Commission is international...(and)...is intended to be the vehicle for multinational consolidation of the commercial and banking interests by seizing control of the political government of the United States. The Trilateralist Commission represents a skillful, coordinated effort to seize control and consolidate the four centers of power - political, monetary, intellectual, and ecclesiastical.

  Barry Goldwater

  Order, Nwo, World Government

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• As science, of necessity, becomes more involved with itself, so also, of necessity, it becomes more international. I am impressed to know that of the 670 members of this Academy

  John F. Kennedy

  Science, Members, Academy

  Kennedy, John F. (1964). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1963”, p.803, Best Books on

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• The international trading system was devised by the rich to suit their needs; it ignores those of the poor.

  Pope Paul VI

  Needs, Poverty, Suits

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• The common wish of the international community is for peace instead of war.

  Li Zhaoxing

  War, Community, Wish

  "China says peace still possible", www.cnn.com. March 18, 2003.

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• Great American power and responsibility are not unprecedented, and have been used with restraint and great benefit in the past. We have not assumed that super strength guarantees super wisdom, and we have consistently reached out to the international community to ensure that our own power and influence are tempered by the best common judgment.

  Jimmy Carter

  Responsibility, Power, Past

  Jimmy Carter (2014). “The Jimmy Carter Library”, p.1025, Simon and Schuster

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• The rough and ready improvisational quality to life on board the International Space Station is reminiscent of a long trip in a sailboat: privacy and fresh produce are in short supply, hygiene is basic, and a fair amount of the crew's time is spent just on maintaining and repairing the craft.

  Chris Hadfield

  Hygiene, Space, Long

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