Zanny Minton Beddoes Quotes

Politics, nature, and what is happening all over the world is important to who we are and where we live.

Our institute's agenda is relatively simple. We study the relationship between social-economic change and culture. By culture we mean beliefs, values and lifestyles. We cover a broad range of issues, and we work very internationally.

Barack Obama wants to change America. Barack Obama wants America to be more like the rest of the world. We don't want to be like the rest of the world. We want to be the United States of America.

I think you want to be writing about the world that we live in.

The world is evolving.

I still want to hold on to my beliefs, and as long as I have that, I won't stray too far from politics.

The principles you live by create the world you live in; if you change the principles you live by, you will change your world.

Our task - and the task of all education - is to understand the present world, the world in which we live and make our choices.

You have not fully expressed your power as a voter until you have scientific literacy in topics that matter for future political issues.

Countries are not like financial markets. Social change cannot be executed as swiftly as credit-default swaps. You cannot sell short on social commitments and practical responsibilities.

It's good to stand for something, to believe in something and base your business on values.

Ideally the world would look like Davos, where there's more security than we can even see on the street.

Something has to change in the world. Without change, young people will have no future.

I think there's a lot of merit in an international economy and global markets, but they're not sufficient because markets don't look after social needs.

We are living in an era of transformation where we will all have to reckon with a number of revolutionary changes and challenges for the public sector. In the move towards globalization, the public is becoming more and more knowledgeable about their rights and requirements. As such, the need to revisit our traditional ways of offering public services is inescapable, if we want to ensure the establishment of a more caring public service.

Some cultures and some religions do better than others in promoting democracy and prosperity…. Where culture is adverse, a blind belief in the power of freedom is a frail foundation for U. S. policy.

…every country has different needs, conditions, values, histories, societal concerns, and dynamics.

Whoever feels the amount of interest in the government of his country which befits a freeman, has some convictions on national affairs which are like his life-blood; which the strength of his belief in their truth, together with the importance he attaches to them, forbid him to make a subject of compromise, or postpone to the judgment of any person, however greatly his superior.

The Liberal Democratic Party works for Japan and the world.

Conflicts have to be resolved. That is the responsibility of leadership. And globalization is the biggest conflict today.

We live in an interdependent world. We depend on one another for prosperity.

Numerous technicians in every state are doing their utmost to achieve the dream of free, unlimited flight and it is precisely here where changes can be made which would have a radical effect on our whole way of life. The borders between countries would lose their significance, because they could not be closed off from each other. Linguistic differences would disappear, as human mobility increased. National defense would cease to devour the best resources of nations as it would become impossible in itself. And the necessity of resolving disagreements among nations in some other way than by bloody battles would, in its turn, lead us to eternal peace.

How are we going to make the people of the United States realize that if they want peace in the future they must make the sacrifices that are required to bring about economic improvement in a great many countries?

If China can succeed in the next few years, it will transform that country, Asia and the world in ways that will serve our long term interests.

At the present moment in world history, nearly every nation must choose between alternative ways of life.