#third

We can't equate democracy with Christianity because the largest democracy on earth is India, which is primarily Hindu. The third largest democracy is Indonesia, which is Islamic. Democracy and freedom are not dependent on Christian beliefs. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#beliefs #christian #christianity #democracy #dependent

I wish I had known when I was in the White House what I know now about the Third World. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#had #house #i #i wish #know

People are naming it the Third Wave, the Information Age, etc. but I would say those are basically technological descriptions, and this next shift is not about technology - although obviously it will be influenced and in some cases expressed by technologies. ↗

— Paul Hawken

#age #although #basically #cases #descriptions

More than 820 million people in the world suffer from hunger; and 790 million of them live in the Third World. ↗

— Fidel Castro

#live #million #more #people #suffer

Alcohol is like love. The first kiss is magic, the second is intimate, the third is routine. After that you take the girl's clothes off. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#alcohol #clothes #first #first kiss #girl

Less than 8 percent of private sector workers belonged to a union in 2004, and, overall, only 12.5 percent of American workers carry a union card - down from about one-third of workers in labor's heydays in the 1950s. ↗

— Linda Chavez

#american #american workers #belonged #card #carry

I think it's good to have competition. Now we have a third country that can launch astronauts, so it's good for all of us. It makes us a little bit more competitive and wanting to be the leader. ↗

— Leroy Chiao

#bit #competition #competitive #country #good

They said it was impossible to touch the third rail of politics, to take on public-sector unions and to reform a pension and health benefits system that was headed to bankruptcy. But with bipartisan leadership, we saved taxpayers $132 billion dollars over 30 years and saved retirees their pensions. We did it. ↗

— Chris Christie

#benefits #billion #bipartisan #did #dollars

If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#back #clever #come #driver #hit

The intelligent minority of this world will mark 1 January 2001 as the real beginning of the 21st century and the Third Millennium. ↗

— Arthur C. Clarke

#beginning #century #intelligent #january #mark