#tries

More humane societies are usually smaller, like the Scandinavian countries and Holland, where it is much easier to reach consensus and cooperation. ↗

— David Korten

#cooperation #countries #easier #holland #humane

I've traveled to 50 countries, but I've never been to heaven. ↗

— Laurel Lee

#countries #heaven #i #never #traveled

No one knows what he can do until he tries. ↗

— Publilius Syrus

#tries #until

No longer should we rely on oil from countries that are not necessarily friendly or democratic. ↗

— Cathy McMorris

#democratic #friendly #longer #necessarily #oil

Two things are desired in order that intercourse may be had: First, that a minister or agent be allowed to reside at the capital. Second, that commerce between different countries be freely allowed. ↗

— Townsend Harris

#allowed #between #capital #commerce #countries

Americans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms. ↗

— James Madison

#afraid #armed #arms #being #citizens

Britain has no divine right to be one of the richest countries in the world. ↗

— George Osborne

#countries #divine #richest #right #world

Torture is banned but in two-thirds of the world's countries it is still being committed in secret. Too many governments still allow wrongful imprisonment, murder or "disappearance" to be carried out by their officials with impunity. ↗

— Peter Benenson

#banned #being #carried #committed #countries

Contrasting sharply, in the developing countries represented by India, Pakistan, and most of the countries in Asia and Africa, seventy to eighty percent of the population is engaged in agriculture, mostly at the subsistence level. ↗

— Norman Borlaug

#agriculture #asia #contrasting #countries #developing

Marble is not alike in all countries. ↗

— Marcus V. Pollio

#countries #marble