#hall

A core challenge for Australia is - how do we best prepare ourselves for the Asia Pacific century - to maximise the opportunities, to minimise the threats and to make our own active contribution to making this Asia-Pacific Century peaceful, prosperous and sustainable for us all. ↗

— Kevin Rudd

#asia #australia #best #century #challenge

I conclude where I began, I was elected by the people of Australia to do a job. I was not elected by the factional leaders of Australia, of the Australian Labor Party to do a job - though they may be seeking to do a job on me, that's a separate matter. The challenge therefore is to honour the mandate given to me by the Australian people. ↗

— Kevin Rudd

#australian #began #by the people #challenge #conclude

So in terms of the global economic footprint, let's just say China within the next decade and a bit is likely to emerge as the world's largest economy. Obviously its foreign policy and security policy footprint increases and that creates both challenges and opportunities for us all. ↗

— Kevin Rudd

#both #challenges #china #creates #decade

I'm a very simple person. I'm very shallow. Shallow, simple, easily pleased: that's me. ↗

— Rita Rudner

#i #me #person #pleased #shallow

Let us reform our schools, and we shall find little reform needed in our prisons. ↗

— John Ruskin

#let us #little #needed #our #prisons

The first duty of a state is to see that every child born therein shall be well housed, clothed, fed and educated till it attains years of discretion. ↗

— John Ruskin

#born #child #clothed #discretion #duty

A hallucination is a fact, not an error; what is erroneous is a judgment based upon it. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#erroneous #error #fact #hallucination #judgment

Our debt is out of control. What was a fiscal challenge is now a fiscal crisis. We cannot deny it; instead we must, as Americans, confront it responsibly. And that is exactly what Republicans pledge to do. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#challenge #confront #control #crisis #debt

After the horrific attacks of September 11th, it was evident that our Government needed to be transformed to meet the new challenges of this dangerous world. ↗

— Jim Ryun

#attacks #challenges #dangerous #evident #government

The Russian drama began at the end of 1991, when the Soviet Union mercifully ended. Russia and 14 other new countries emerged from the ruins of the Soviet Union. Every one of those 15 new states faced a profound historical, economic, financial, social and political challenge. ↗

— Jeffrey Sachs

#challenge #countries #drama #economic #emerged