Mike Quigley Quotes

The accumulation of skill and science which has been directed to diminish the difficulty of producing manufactured goods, has not been beneficial to that country alone in which it is concentrated; distant kingdoms have participated in its advantages.

Globalization presumes sustained economic growth. Otherwise, the process loses its economic benefits and political support.

China's own recent history proves that when it opens itself, there is nothing its people cannot accomplish. A more open China will lead to a more prosperous and stable China. That's good for China, the United States and, indeed, the entire world.

The forces of global integration are a great tide, inexorably wearing away the established order of things.

Like it or not, we are all in this together now, rich nations and poor alike …

It's going to be impossible in the 21st century for anyone to think about anything without a Chinese aspect.

Globalization is going to bring us closer and closer together across nations and technology you can't stop.

In the category of economic superpowers, more is better than less - the more technology those leaders develop, the more we all benefit.

Modern life... changes no longer century by century, but year by year, ten times faster than it ever has before-populations doubling, civilizations unified more closely with other civilizations, economic interdependence, racial questions, and-we're dawdling along. My idea is that we've got to go very much faster.

We talk about globalization today as if it's some great big new thing, that we've all just discovered. But there's really nothing new about it.

The civilized world is far ahead of us. We have no choice but to catch up.

We are living in a Golden Age, the most gilded Golden Age of human history—not only of past history, but of future history.

In my mind globalization means returning the industrial revolution back to square one.

Science extends an invitation to all nations.

No nation can go to war now against another nation without going to war against all humanity. The world has become a family

A world authority and an eventual world state are not just desirable in the name of brotherhood, they are necessary for survival.

Globalization is a harsh god.

The new electronic interdependence recreates the world in the image of a global village.

How pathetic indeed are the efforts of those leaders of human institutions who, in utter disregard of the spirit of the age, are striving to adjust national processes, suited to the ancient days of self-contained nations, to an age which must either achieve the unity of the world … or perish.

The prosperity and advancement of a nation depend upon its intelligentsia, and Muslim India is looking forward to her young generation and education classes to give a bold lead for our guidance and a brilliant record of historical achievements and traditions…

World government will come, but we do not know the date.

The impoverishment of any single people in the world means danger to the well-being of all other peoples.

We shall have world government whether or not we like it. The only question is whether World government will be achieved by conquest or consent.

Every country has her own way of development.

Let us hope that the advent of a successful flying machine, now only dimly foreseen and nevertheless thought to be possible, will bring nothing but good into the world; that it shall abridge distance, make all parts of the globe accessible, bring men into closer relation with each other, advance civilization, and hasten the promised era in which there shall be nothing but peace and goodwill among all men.