Our relationship with the followers of Islam has taken on great importance, since they are now significantly present in many traditionally Christian countries, where they can freely worship and become fully a part of society. We must never forget that they "profess to hold the faith of Abraham, and together with us they adore the one, merciful God, who will judge humanity on the last day".
America has become the most unequal society among advanced countries, and rich people are now free to spend as much money on political campaigns as they wish.
England, unlike in 1914, will not allow herself to blunder into a war lasting for years. . . . Such is the fate of rich countries. . . Not even England has the money nowadays to fight a world war. What should England fight for? You don't get yourself killed over an ally.
A large country with such outstanding economic performance as Germany cannot forget that it owes some of its success to demand from other European countries.
Health care's a great example. We spend billions of dollars a year in foreign aid helping people in countries where the money never gets to see the bottom tier, because the bad, corrupt politicians in the government that they have there end up taking what we give them.
The people were just so lovely and accommodating and had really interesting questions and it was just interesting to see how the show is actually received in so many different countries.
America's critics can be heard everywhere. It is too much in love with money - worshipping the god of the marketplace, the golden calf. It has too much money, seven of the top 10 banks, eight of the top 10 companies etc. It is too stingy, giving away less of its wealth than other countries. It is vulgar, a rich barbarian.
Generally, older people in their fifties, sixties, and seventies are running most countries and are CEOs of corporations. Which isn't to say there aren't entrepreneurs, but if the young were better in every respect, there'd be no reason for the old. Our life span reflects our particular life strategy.
The United Nations has become a place where many countries seek to achieve a lynching of the United States by resolution.
In establishment Indian and Pakistani thought, Kashmiris are defined as different from the nationals of the two countries.
Western countries allow no freedom of expression, which they claim to advocate, with regard to the myth of the massacre of Jews known as the holocaust, and nobody in the West enjoys the freedom of expression to deny it or raise doubts about it. But affronting the sanctities of about 1. 5 billion Muslims is permissible in the West.
One of my fondest memories from childhood is of looking at a globe with my father. "What's the biggest country?" he'd ask me and my sister. We'd spin the globe around and guess. . . . The globe brought me a sense of wonder and adventure. I wanted to go to those other places and see how people did things differently. And, many years later, when I did visit other countries, I took my father's interest and fascination with me. When we plant the seeds of fascination and respect for other people, we are teaching tolerance and peace.
The Arab and Islamic countries suffer from severe backwardness, and the Western world wants to make them even more backward.
The U. S. routinely ranks lower than other countries in health outcomes such as infant mortality.
The true Christian is in all countries a pilgrim and a stranger.
Certain countries are dumping nuclear waste directly into the ocean, making fish flesh even more poisonous.
I lived in a suitcase for a year, and then a relationship brought me to New York for about four months, then I lived in Melbourne. Then I moved back to Gothenburg because the immigrant laws are strict for both Australia and the U. S. , and I would have to marry someone to get into those countries. But I wouldn't really be able to get involved in a sham marriage without being able to tell anyone about it.
Charles Kernaghan is a legitimate American hero. . . Through his determination he has forced the leadership in our country and many other countries around the world to pay attention. Kernaghan has done more to expose child labor than has the whole Department of Labor that has a budget of hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars, because he has the guts and determination to do it.
Great countries are those that produce great people.
I don't want anyone hacking us. And I'm not only talking about countries. I'm talking about anyone, period.