#foreign

The most important thing I learned as a foreign correspondent in about 80 countries is that it takes a very shallow knowledge of history to think that there are solutions to most problems. ↗

— Robert D. Kaplan

#correspondent #countries #foreign #history #i

America is becoming more and more dependent upon imports from foreign manufacturers than we are exports from our country in all fields: in appliances, in clothing, even food. This year America may become for the first time in its history a net food importer. ↗

— Marcy Kaptur

#appliances #become #becoming #clothing #country

The first condition of understanding a foreign country is to smell it. ↗

— Rudyard Kipling

#country #first #foreign #foreign country #smell

Bush promised a foreign policy of humility and a domestic policy of compassion. He has given us a foreign policy of arrogance and a domestic policy that is cynical, myopic and cruel. ↗

— Joe Klein

#bush #compassion #cruel #cynical #domestic

My early education was in the public school system of Omaha, where, retrospectively, I realize that my high school training served me in good stead for the basic subjects of mathematics, English, foreign languages and history. ↗

— Lawrence R. Klein

#early #education #english #foreign #foreign languages

Many Chinese saw opium as a poison introduced by foreign enemies. ↗

— Robert Trout

#foreign #introduced #many #opium #poison

My parents both had Oxford degrees, they read important books, spoke foreign languages, drank real coffee and went to museums for pleasure. People like that don't have fat kids: they were cut out to be winners and winners don't have children who are overweight. ↗

— Arabella Weir

#both #children #coffee #cut #degrees

All those who prefer peace to power, and happiness to glory should thank the colonized people for their civilizing mission. By liberating themselves, they made Europeans more modest, less racist, and more human. Let us hope that the process continues and that the Americans are obliged to follow the same course. When one’s own cause is unjust, defeat can be liberating. ↗

— Jean Bricmont

#foreign-policy #france #human-rights #iraq #kosovo-wa

Nothing is better for a young journalist than to go and write about something that other people don't know about. If you can afford to send yourself to some foreign part, I still think that's by far the best way to break in. ↗

— Tina Brown

#afford #best #best way #better #break

The reality is that we are hated not because of our democracy, freedoms, and generous social security system; rather, we are hated because of our involvement in foreign conflicts and quarrels that were never our concern. ↗

— Amir Butler

#concern #conflicts #democracy #foreign #freedoms