#national

I fall in love with Paraíso. It’s like a giant playground where I’m never scolded for running around recklessly, where I’m almost overwhelmed with the amount of attention and love I receive from Mami’s family. In New York, I’m invisible. ↗

— Raquel Cepeda

#coming-of-age #family #home #identity #invisibility

In almost every country there are elements of opinion which would welcome such a conclusion because they wish to return to the politics of the balance of power, unrestricted and unregulated armaments, international anarchy, and preparation for war. ↗

— Arthur Henderson

#anarchy #armaments #balance #balance of power #because

In its best prewar year, Europe with almost 300 million people had a gross national product of 150 billion dollars. In that same year, the United States with 150 million people had a gross national product of 300 billion dollars. ↗

— Paul Hoffman

#best #billion #dollars #europe #gross

There are a whole variety of reasons I want to be attorney general, a whole variety of things that I do as attorney general that go beyond national security. ↗

— Eric Holder

#attorney general #beyond #general #go #i

We must have systems of checks and balances to make sure that those people who are making critical decisions for our country are held accountable, and nowhere is that more important than in the area of national security. ↗

— Chris Van Hollen

#area #balances #checks #country #critical

The stadiums are like none I've ever seen. I think there must have been some strong competition nationally between Korea and Japan to make the best facilities because they are very well designed. ↗

— Lamar Hunt

#been #best #between #competition #designed

There are lots of nations in the world or national peoples who don't yet have states. They're inside someone else's state and they want a state of their own. ↗

— Michael Ignatieff

#inside #lots #national #nations #own

The Jews are the enemy of National Socialism. ↗

— Arthur Seyss-Inquart

#jews #national #socialism

The international community is pushing things forward in Bosnia... but it is doing it at expense of the Muslim people. I feel it as an injustice, these are the things that I cannot live with. ↗

— Alija Izetbegovic

#cannot #community #doing #expense #feel

Governments are mandated by international law to protect people from genocide. ↗

— Bianca Jagger

#governments #international #international law #law #mandated