World Issues Quotes

• Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Peace, Military, War

  Speech to American Society of Newspaper Editors, Washington, D.C., 16 Apr. 1953

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• I try to read as much as I can. I try to read an informative article every day. I try to stay read up on our world issues.

  Taylor Swift

  Our World, Trying, Articles

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• Those fruity drinks better have a lot of caffeine in them or I'll never make it through World Issues.

  Lisi Harrison

  Issues, World, Drink

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• Each of us, deep down, believes that the whole world issues from his own precious body, like images projected from a tiny slide onto an earth-sized screen. And then, deeper down, each of us knows he's wrong.

  Chad Harbach

  Life, Believe, Body

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• See, to me, rock'n'roll doesn't have any point. It's just fun. It has a million different angles and they're all valid. But I think rock might be a world issue.

  Evan Dando

  Fun, Thinking, Rocks

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• I'm big into social studies, the humanities. I really love history and world issues and philosophy and law.

  Connor Jessup

  Philosophy, Issues, Law

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• The roots of responsibility run out to the ends of the earth and we can no more isolate our consciences from world issues than we can fence off our oyster beds from the tides of the ocean.

  Ralph Washington Sockman

  Running, Ocean, Responsibility

  Ralph Washington Sockman (1958). “Mans̓ First Love: The Great Commandment”

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• The Vatican has always had a core of diplomats for centuries. It has ambassadors in 180 countries and always played a kind of behind-the-scene role in many world issues.

  Sylvia Poggioli

  Country, Roles, Behind The Scenes

  "Pope Francis Applauded For Message On Poverty At U.N". "Morning Edition" with Renee Montagne, www.npr.org. September 25, 2015.

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• Germany is too big to sit on the sidelines on world issues. Military force is not the ultima ratio it used to be, but it can be used, with care.

  Frank-Walter Steinmeier

  Military, Germany, Ultima

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