Kalakaua Quotes

I hope to see the bringing together of all the best educated people of the earth into a worldwide Congress of Scientists.

I really believe that, in 500 years, we will still remember the International Space Station, because it will have been the first time, really and truly, that nations put a lot of money, brains, resources, and effort together to build something peacefully, and to work together for the sole and unique purpose of furthering our knowledge and bringing it back to Earth for our mutual good.

Science, for hundreds of years, has spanned the differences between cultures and between countries.

For the first time in history all the major countries in the world are pushing together to reach this goal... building something in space that is really for all humankind.

The International Space Station is a phenomenal laboratory, an unparalleled test bed for new invention and discovery. Yet I often thought, while silently gazing out the window at Earth, that the actual legacy of humanity's attempts to step into space will be a better understanding of our current planet and how to take care of it.

As a scientist, you feel a sense of team spirit for your country but you also have a sense of team spirit for the international community.

We are at a point in history where a proper attention to space, and especially near space, may be absolutely crucial in bringing the world together.

One of the wonders of science is that it is completely universal. It crosses national boundaries with total ease.

Apart from the scientific interest attached to my various journeyings, it has been made clear to me that human needs and aspirations differ little the world over and that no great difficulties arise in one race dealing with another when matters of scientific importance are involved.

One of the big things about space exploration is that it is as expensive as it is complicated, and you need all the countries of the world to help if you want to accomplish big goals.

International cooperation, multilateralism is indispensable.

And not only that but... when the station is completed, there will be an international crew made of astronauts coming from different cultural experiences, speaking different languages, but working together for a common goal.

My efforts are focused on ensuring that CERN maintains a leading role in the fields of science, technology and education, and that it continues to be a place that unites scientists from around the world.

We believe very passionately that an international approach is necessary to achieve some of these goals.

People see space as a place where you go and cooperate.

Like the United Nations, there is something inspirational about New York as a great melting pot of different cultures and traditions. And if this is the city that never sleeps, the United Nations works tirelessly, around the clock around the world.

Space is not an enterprise that belongs to the U.S. or to Russia or to China - it is a human endeavor and experience. And that's as it should be.

Science doesn't have flags. Science doesn't have borders.

The main goal of the International Space Station is to work on peaceful projects. In space, we're all people from Earth.

It's - I mean, the Olympics, what is it? It's an international competition to foster friendship and - and competition across - across the planet, and I think that's exactly what the International Space Station is.

I believe that the future of humans, and the future of Earth, depends on space exploration. That's not a French problem, or a problem for Alabama: it's a planet-wide problem. International cooperation is crucial.

Further global progress is now possible only through a quest for universal consensus in the movement towards a new world order.

I believe that global common interests are a good foundation for finding solutions together.

I think that America is a part of the world, that we want to cooperate with the world. We are not the dominant power in the world, that everyone falls in behind us. But we want to reach out and cooperate.

A greater international role is important to lift some of the burden from the shoulders of the United States.