Important Quotes for Current Affairs
Arab Spring
*“We must educate our children to become like young Egyptian people.”
Barak Obama, US President
*“We must consider teaching the Egyptian revolution in schools.”
David Cameron, British Prime Minister
*“There is nothing new in Egypt. Egyptians are making history as usual.”
Silvio Berlusconi, Prime Minister of Italy
*“The people of Egypt, are the greatest people of earth; and they deserve a Nobel Prize for Peace. To all Egyptian: Be proud to be Egyptian.”
Heinz Fischer,*Austrian President
*“Today we are all Egyptians.” *
Jens Stoltenberg, Prime Minister of Norway
Barak Obama, US President
*“We must consider teaching the Egyptian revolution in schools.”
David Cameron, British Prime Minister
*“There is nothing new in Egypt. Egyptians are making history as usual.”
Silvio Berlusconi, Prime Minister of Italy
*“The people of Egypt, are the greatest people of earth; and they deserve a Nobel Prize for Peace. To all Egyptian: Be proud to be Egyptian.”
Heinz Fischer,*Austrian President
*“Today we are all Egyptians.” *
Jens Stoltenberg, Prime Minister of Norway
Water Crisis
"Civilization has been a permanent dialogue between human beings and water."
Paolo Lugari,
"Anyone who can solve the problems of water will be worthy of two Nobel Prizes - one for Peace and one for Science". (the one that I quoted)
John F. Kennedy
"The next war in the Middle East will be fought over water, not politics"
Boutros Boutros
'Man is a complex being: he makes deserts bloom - and lakes die.'
Gil Scott-Heron
Paolo Lugari,
"Anyone who can solve the problems of water will be worthy of two Nobel Prizes - one for Peace and one for Science". (the one that I quoted)
John F. Kennedy
"The next war in the Middle East will be fought over water, not politics"
Boutros Boutros
'Man is a complex being: he makes deserts bloom - and lakes die.'
Gil Scott-Heron
Corruption
"power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely"
John Delberg Edward
“To oppose corruption in government is the highest obligation of patriotism.”
G. Edward Griffin
'I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.'
Gandhi
'Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power.'
John Steinbeck
China
China - The leading Fragon of World's Economy
Dawn Newspaper
"There is always a need for intoxication: China has opium, Islam has hashish, the West has woman."
Andre Malraux
Dawn Newspaper
"There is always a need for intoxication: China has opium, Islam has hashish, the West has woman."
Andre Malraux
Climate Change
"The impact of climate change is a tremendous risk to the security and well-being of our countries."
Nancy Pelosi
"I believe global warming and climate change are real threats to our planet.'
Andrew Cuomo
“Climate change is a terrible problem, and it absolutely needs to be solved. It deserves to be a huge priority.”
Bill Gates
Nancy Pelosi
"I believe global warming and climate change are real threats to our planet.'
Andrew Cuomo
“Climate change is a terrible problem, and it absolutely needs to be solved. It deserves to be a huge priority.”
Bill Gates
Quotations on Democracy
1. Democracy by Ancient Philosophers (Aristotle/Plato)
In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme.
(Aristotle)
Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. (Aristotle)
2. Quaid's vision of democracy (Specially when this question is asked in Pak Affairs Paper)
- There are no people in the world who are more democratic even in their religion than the Muslamans.
- Today, they are as applicable in actual life as they were 1,300 years ago. Islam and its idealism have taught us democracy.
- You have to stand guard over the development and maintenance of democracy, social justice and the equality of manhood in your own native soil.
3. Abraham Lincoln Definition of Democracy (very important)
Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.
4. UN Vision of Democracy
https://www.un.org/en/globalissues/d...n_rights.shtml
5. Then all other world famous personalities (Anyone you like or you remember) but above four are very important.
Democracy is the road to socialism.
Karl Marx
The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all. John F. Kennedy
Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve. Bernard Shaw
Quotations for International Relations
“When diplomacy ends, War begins.”
Adolf Hitler
“If it's wrong when they do it, it's wrong when we do it.”
Noam Chomsky
“The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion […] but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.”
Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations
“...foreign policy is a matter of costs and benefits, not theology.”
Fareed Zakaria, The Post-American World
“He who wishes to serve his country must have not only the power to think, but the will to act”
Plato
“International politics, like all politics, is a struggle for power”
Hans J. Morgenthau
Aid is just another praetorian business enterprise.”
Arundhati Roy
“If the UN has not failed in maintaining world peace or bilateral relations between nations, it has definitely not succeeded either.”
Sharad Vivek Sagar
Adolf Hitler
“If it's wrong when they do it, it's wrong when we do it.”
Noam Chomsky
“The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion […] but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.”
Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations
“...foreign policy is a matter of costs and benefits, not theology.”
Fareed Zakaria, The Post-American World
“He who wishes to serve his country must have not only the power to think, but the will to act”
Plato
“International politics, like all politics, is a struggle for power”
Hans J. Morgenthau
Aid is just another praetorian business enterprise.”
Arundhati Roy
“If the UN has not failed in maintaining world peace or bilateral relations between nations, it has definitely not succeeded either.”
Sharad Vivek Sagar
Foreign Policy
“America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests”
― Henry Kissinger
“A country that demands moral perfection in its foreign policy will achieve neither perfection nor security”
― Henry Kissinger
“The people of the United States will do anything for Latin America, except read about it.”
― James Barrett Reston
“The question shouldn't be what we ought to do, but what we can do.”
― Rory Stewart
“Investing in foreign aid would also help achieve China's strategic objectives, since aid could become a powerful tool in the expansaion of China's influence.”
― Wang Yizhou
― Henry Kissinger
“A country that demands moral perfection in its foreign policy will achieve neither perfection nor security”
― Henry Kissinger
“The people of the United States will do anything for Latin America, except read about it.”
― James Barrett Reston
“The question shouldn't be what we ought to do, but what we can do.”
― Rory Stewart
“Investing in foreign aid would also help achieve China's strategic objectives, since aid could become a powerful tool in the expansaion of China's influence.”
― Wang Yizhou
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