International Quotes
But as the arms-control scholar Thomas Schelling once noted, two things are very expensive in international life: promises when they succeed and threats when they fail.
Peacekeeping works in some situations, but it very often needs other ingredients. Peacekeeping is not the aspirin of international security.
Science, almost from its beginnings, has been truly international in character. National prejudices disappear completely in the scientist's search for truth.
Democracy is not just constitutional and legislative rules; it is a culture and practice and adhering by the law and respecting international human rights principles.
I think we have a very critical role to play, within the spectrum of international law and human rights.
Success in confronting terrorism on the regional or international levels is contingent upon addressing its root causes and protecting the right of peoples under foreign occupation to resistance
Mediocre design provably wastes the world's resources, corrupts the environment, affects international competitiveness. Design is important.
Evil is international and the fanatic is international and universal. There is no difference between a Muslim fanatic, a Christian fanatic, even a secular fanatic.
I'm increasingly inclined to think there should be some regulatory oversight, maybe at the national and international level just to make sure that we don't do something very foolish.
The Olympics are a wonderful metaphor for world cooperation, the kind of international competition that's wholesome and healthy, an interplay between countries that represents the best in all of us.
I've been in international competition, and now I know what the big boys can do. You don't go out and just run. There's an offense and a defense.
We have no Arab intellectuals of international stature because we live in a state of generalized mediocrity. We are suspended in the pit without touching the bottom.
Tariffs protect ill-considered government policies, such as costly regulations and high taxes on labor and capital that make our goods uncompetitive in international markets.
There is a movement to get an international criminal court in the world, voted for by hundreds of states-but with the noticeable absence of the United States of America.
We Latinos are in a growing stage in the NBA. It's all part of the international basketball boom.
There could be a powerful international women's rights movement if only philanthropists would donate as much to real women as to paintings and sculptures of women.
The international trading system was devised by the rich to suit their needs; it ignores those of the poor.
The UN is but a long-range, international banking apparatus clearly set up for financial and economic profit by a small group of powerful One-World revolutionaries, hungry for profit and power.
I think the International Criminal Court could be a threat to American security interests, because the prosecutor of the court has enormous discretion in going after war crimes.
This is what Baylor is all about, .. This is 2012 and it implements faculty expertise and it allows students to experience international culture, not only that, but a culture within a culture.
Why is JP Morgan getting so much heat? Maybe because it is a massive international crime syndicate.
I empathize with those who yearn for a simpler world, for some bygone golden age of domestic and international tranquility. But for the mass of humanity it is an age that never was.
Power breeds responsibilities, in international affairs as in domestic - or even private. To dodge or disclaim these responsibilities is one form of the abuse of power.
The drive . . . is to create a one world government ... Do I mean conspiracy? Yes I do. I am convinced there is such a plot, international in scope . . . .
Kenya is risking sanctions from international competition because international organisations think we are not addressing the problem in line with world best practice.
You can remain friends, even without EU membership. The Prüm Convention, according to which data for combatting crime is exchanged, is a good example of international cooperation.
A standard international language should not only be simple, regular, and logical, but also rich and creative.
Over and above the political, economic, sociological, and international implications of racial prejudices, their major significance is that they place unnecessary burdens upon human beings.
I seek to lead a democratic Pakistan which is free from the yoke of military dictatorship and that will cease to be a haven, the very petri dish of international terrorism.
International affairs will be placed on a better footing when it is understood that there is no way of punishing a people for the crimes of its rulers.
The theory of war as an apt and proportionate means of solving international conflicts is now out of date.
A bomb under the West car park at Twickenham on an international day would end fascism in England for a generation.
Nations are in effect ceding portions of their sovereignty to the international community and beginning to create a new system of international environmental governance.
If with so little we have done so much in Brazil, imagine what could have been done on a global scale, if the fight against hunger and poverty were a real priority for the international community.
Love transcends international boundaries. It heals the wounds of racial hatred, prejudice, bigotry and ignorance.
But they don't use law-they use law for their interests. They don't go by law, international, federal, local-nothing! They go by whatever is expedient to protect the interests that are at stake.
I never had a coach teach me, my style of batting, nor do I believe in coaching at an international level.
The pursuit by the Iranian regime of nuclear weapons represents a direct threat to the entire international community, including to the United States and to the Persian Gulf region.