Lionel Murphy Quotes

If we want to talk about Gross Natural Product, we have to talk about the King of Bhutan's index of Gross National Happiness, too. Certainly I have found, as many travellers before me, that people in the poorest places are often the readiest to shower me, from an affluent country, with hospitality and kindness.

I believe it is within our capacity that by the year 2051 that 51 percent of the human population will be flourishing. That is my charge.

What kind of town do we want in the future, and how are we going to plan on that?

More than ever before, there is a global understanding that long-term social, economic, and environmental development would be impossible without healthy families, communities, and countries.

Livability has always struck me as a consolation prize.

I will rebuild the people's trust in government and create a stable foundation for Taiwan's future development.

We need a bold, new, positive vision for the future of our country.

Our government is concerned about the future. Everything we do today is not aimed at tomorrow but rather at a future that preserves the living conditions of Brazilians.

I want to see us build a country that is at ease with itself, a country that is confident and a country that is able and willing to build a better quality of life for all its citizens.

The growth that we want is one that brings real benefits to the people, raises quality and efficiency of development, and contributes to energy conservation and environmental protection.

The American people deserve long-term, forward-thinking policies.

The Government's mission is to build a strong and fair Australia capable of meeting the new challenges of the 21st century.

The trouble with New York today is that it's lost its balance. I love the new, greener New York, but it takes all kinds of worlds to make a World.

From my perspective, I think the question of how we build a better future is an extremely important overarching question, and I think it's become obscured from us because we no longer think it's possible to have a meaningful conversation about the future.

Kiwis must not fall behind the standards of other countries. We pride ourselves on our quality of life. Thus we must pave the road in the right way for the future generations.

An economically peaceful and prosperous Sri Lanka is the dream of youth of the nation. My message for the youth is to collectively work for an inclusively developed Sri Lanka.

We can prevent Europe from becoming a spiritless machine that, in the end, grinds to a halt.

We need happy, productive citizens on our planet for us to survive.

All of us aspire to give our children something more, leave a country to our children that is a better one, a stronger one, with better jobs and growth and opportunity.

I would much rather America was a more stable, wonderful place. You know, I love it.

The idea that only a limited number of people can live in a country is profound illusion. It all depends on their cooperative and inventive power.

More goods and fewer people" is the slogan I should like to see carried at the head of humanity's march into the future.

If we wish to rebuild our cities, we must first rebuild our neighborhoods. And to do that, we must understand that the quality of life is more important than the standard of living.

I want a great country. I want people happy.

With the observable fact that scientific knowledge makes our lives better when applied with concern for human welfare and environmental protection, there is no question that science and technology can produce abundance so that no one has to go without.