Political Will Quotes - Page 4

• The people are learning that you cannot leave decisions only to leaders. Local groups have to create the political will for change, rather than waiting for others to do things for them. That is where positive, and sustainable, change begins.

  Wangari Maathai

  People, Decision, Leader

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• Conservative Denyers and Delayers are the main reason America lacks the consensus and the political will to take up the fight against catastrophic climate change.

  Joseph J. Romm

  Fighting, America, Climate

  Joseph J. Romm (2007). “Hell and high water: global warming - the solution and the politics - and what we should do”, William Morrow & Co

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• The American military will never lose the war in Iraqif lost, it will be lost by a lack of political will.

  Joe Lieberman

  Military, War, Lost

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• I have reaffirmed my political will to work towards national unity.

  Abdelaziz Bouteflika

  Political, Unity, National Unity

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• Reaching a general understanding that sustainability is the ultimate issue will finally bring us face-to-face with the political challenge of forging a sustainable society during the next few decades. It is a challenge we can meet if we have the leadership and the political will to do so.

  Gaylord Nelson

  Issues, Understanding, Challenges

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• So when you are faced with a decision on the euro, it is not surprising that many people are confused. They still try to squeeze the euro debate into the old language. But deep down it is a matter of deciding where one's future lies. It is a matter of political will and courage.

  Romano Prodi

  Confused, Lying, People

  "UK-U.S. ties puzzling, says Prodi". www.cnn.com. April 29, 2002.

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• We would like to see the virtual elimination of the transmission of [HIV] from mother to child by 2015. ... We believe it can be achieved with political will.

  Annie Lennox

  Mother, Children, Believe

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• If world leaders decide to [meet the Millennium Development Goals], I think it can be done by 2015...The question is, is there a political will to make this investment?

  Thoraya Obaid

  Thinking, Goal, Leader

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• The more we understand what is happening in the world, the more frustrated we often become, for our knowledge leads to feelings of powerlessness. We feel that we are living in a world in which the citizen has become a mere spectator or a forced actor, and that our personal experience is politically useless and our political will a minor illusion.

  C. Wright Mills

  Knowledge, Frustration, Understanding

  C. Wright Mills (2000). “C. Wright Mills: Letters and Autobiographical Writings”, p.184, Univ of California Press

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• [N]o clear steps have actually been taken to apprehend and prosecute those known to have been in command of the camp or the forces operating there....The new government of Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has pledged to act. It must now generate the political will to act. The protection of those responsible for this crime can no longer be tolerated.

  Ben Cardin

  Taken, Government, Steps

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• A convention on the comprehensive ban of nuclear weapons should be negotiated. Since biological and chemical weapons have been prohibited, there is no reason why nuclear weapons, which are more destructive, should not be comprehensively banned and thoroughly destroyed. All it takes to reach this objective is strong political will.

  Jiang Zemin

  Strong, Nuclear, Weapons

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• Globalization could be the answer to many of the world's seemingly intractable problems. But this requires strong democratic foundations based on a political will to ensure equity and justice.

  Sharan Burrow

  Strong, Justice, Foundation

  "Brothers in Arms. How do trade unions worldwide reflect on the global economy?", www.theglobalist.com. April 25, 2001.

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• What I have said to my team is that at a point such as this, with 40% adjustment in our currency, it means that Malawians are paying the price. While that is going on, they need to see, us, the commitment on our part, particularly right at the top. The political will needs to go through this with the people, side by side.

  Joyce Banda

  Team, Mean, Commitment

  "Malawi's head of state: 'Why I'm selling presidential jet'". Interview with Athena Jones, www.cnn.com. June 21, 2012.

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• In Northern Ireland, people said there would never be a solution. But once people begin to have the political will and force their governments to sit down, it can happen.

  Mairead Corrigan

  Government, People, Said

  Source: www.progressive.org

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• Laws have to be backed up with resources and political will. And deep-seated cultural codes, religious beliefs and structural biases have to be changed.

  Hillary Clinton

  Religious, Law, Belief

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• The essential thing is the formation of the political will of the nation: that is the starting point for political action.

  Adolf Hitler

  Essentials, Action, Starting

  Adolf Hitler (1994). “The Speeches of Adolf Hitler, April 1922-August 1939: An English Translation of Representative Passages Arranged Under Subjects and Edited by Norman H. Baynes”

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• First of all, everyone must acknowledge and feel that child slavery still exists in the world, in its ugliest face and form. And this is an evil, which is crime against humanity, which is intolerable, which is unacceptable and which must go. That sense of recognition must be developed first of all. And secondly there is a need of higher amounts of political will. There is a need of higher amount of corporate engagement, and the engagement of the public towards it. So, everybody has a responsibility to save and protect the children on this planet.

  Kailash Satyarthi

  Children, Responsibility, Evil

  Interview with Adam Smith, www.nobelprize.org. October 10, 2014.

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• There is no political will for peace in the Israeli government. They're not serious about political peace because they're still building settlements and demolishing Palestinian homes. That is a great tragedy.

  Mairead Corrigan

  Home, Government, Tragedy

  Source: www.progressive.org

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• You have climate change and antibiotic resistance which are two of the biggest horses of the apocalypse, and they're basically breathing on our necks, and there's no political will or effort being expended to deal with them.

  Moby

  Horse, Breathing, Two

  Source: thequietus.com

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• From the very beginning, I said there are two tracks of reform: there's the political and the technical. I don't believe the political will be successful, for exactly the reasons you underlined. The issue is too abstract for average people, who have too many things going on in their lives.

  Edward Snowden

  Believe, Successful, Average

  Source: www.thenation.com

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• At any time the atmosphere in the West could change, for which determined political will I do not see at the moment is a necessary prerequisite. From the sidelines, it seems that he's caught up in his own exorbitant ambitions.

  Garry Kasparov

  Ambition, Atmosphere, West

  Source: www.rferl.org

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• We can combat climate change effectively. What we are lacking now is not the brain power, not the knowledge, not the technology. What we are lacking is the political will power, and we need your help by the millions to tell Congress to stop worrying about their fossil fuel contributors to their campaigns and worry about their kids and grandchildren.

  Bernie Sanders

  Kids, Grandchildren, Technology

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• We need the political will, and that often comes from the will of the people. So if celebrities or personalities can help to educate the people - not influence them, not tell them (what to do) - just tell them the truth about what's happening and let them form their own opinion, that will strengthen them and they will push their politicians.

  Angelina Jolie

  People, Personality, Needs

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• With good planning, Africa can have cities, farms, factories, export processing zones. But if the political will is there, the huge areas - the Serengeti, the Okavango, the Kalahari, Kruger - these wonderful, huge places for wildlife could still be set aside and protected, and be treasures for humanity for many generations to come.

  Patrick Bergin

  Cities, Humanity, Generations

  "African Wildlife Foundation, Veronica Varekova and Patrick Bergin". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• Immigration reforms are always controversial. Our Congress was created to muster political will to answer such challenges. Today we didn't, but tomorrow we will. I yield the floor.

  Edward Kennedy

  Yield, Challenges, Immigration

  Source: www.pbs.org

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