Muslims want the western countries to apologize. Why? because this gives them a sense of empowerment. It makes them feel good about themselves, it stokes their ego.
More than ever before, there is a global understanding that long-term social, economic, and environmental development would be impossible without healthy families, communities, and countries
I've only ever known growing up across different countries - to me it's just fun.
In a brutal country like ours, where human life is 'cheap', it's stupid to destroy yourself for the sake of your beliefs. Beliefs? High ideas? Only people in rich countries can enjoy such luxuries.
The United States did not sign Kyoto, yet its emissions are not that different from the countries that did sign it.
And all the countries seemed the same, That I don't see myself there, And I don't see myself here.
I have a lot of faith in justice systems around the world even though there were cases in the past where that faith wasn't justified in some countries.
I say to the [European countries]: Hurry up and apologize to our nation, because if you do not, you will regret it. This is because our nation is progressing and is victorious. Do not leave a black mark in the collective memory of the nation, because our nation will not forgive you.
Countries with high levels of atheism are. . . the most charitable both in terms of the percentage of their wealth they devote to social welfare programs and the percentage they give in aid to the developing world.
There are some who support us and others who are on the other side. They bow to pressure from the international community. But there is no reason for any of them to be against our Palestinian concerns. We don't interfere in any of the domestic policies of other countries. We are a national movement and we are concentrating on our conflict and the battle against the Israeli occupation.
Whether I go to English-speaking countries or non-English-speaking countries I can just modulate to what works for them.
Other countries have access to the markets, whereas Greece does not. Therefore, we have to get liquidity through the ECB.
The Obama administration kind of shows how you can use diplomacy to bring the most important countries together and get the whole world on board.
But so far as countries are concerned, I don't go to a place to see what's there, but who is there.
Between 1980 and 2000 the number of patents registered in Israel was 7652 compared with 367 for all the Arab countries combined.
If Ibsen's 'Enemy of the People' were alive today, he would recognize the ethic that has informed capitalist and communist countries alike - economic growth before public health and well-being. The true enemies of the people ar those who continue to sacrifice our long-term interests for short-term gains. But perhaps we should all look in the mirror.
Guinea has managed to go 42 days consecutively without any new Ebola infections. And that comes after neighboring Sierra Leone and Liberia, the other two West African countries that were hardest hit by Ebola, have been through the same cycle of zero Ebola cases.
People have a right to violence, to rebel, to fight back. And given what the United States Government and Western powers have done to the third world, I feel that these countries should fight back.
In America, the most important thing is that people have freedom. In restricted countries, the most important thing is what people do with freedom.
We are the envy of Europe and in a few years time we are going to be one of the top countries in the world.