#asia

We are not about to send American boys 9 or 10 thousand miles away from home to do what Asian boys ought to be doing for themselves. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#american #asian #away #doing #home

They call upon us to supply American boys to do the job that Asian boys should do. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#asian #call #job #should #supply

My ultimate aim is to make euthanasia a positive experience. ↗

— Jack Kevorkian

#euthanasia #experience #make #positive #ultimate

Yes, we need euthanasia, for certain cases where people are in comas or too immobile to even press a button. ↗

— Jack Kevorkian

#cases #certain #euthanasia #even #immobile

East Asia has prospered since the end of the Vietnam War, and Northeast Asia has prospered since the end of the Korean War in a way that seems unimaginable when you think of the history of the first half of the century. ↗

— William Kirby

#century #east #east asia #end #first

I would hope we would begin a series of projects that would do more to bring the different parts of the university together in the study of Asia, for example, in the study of the professions in Asia. ↗

— William Kirby

#begin #bring #different #different parts #example

The most important thing that certainly the United States and other Asian and Pacific actors have done is to urge that whatever happens, however the dispute is resolved, that it be resolved peacefully. ↗

— William Kirby

#certainly #dispute #done #happens #however

When you look at the state of the economy right now, you have to set a priority. And my top priority is the deficit of jobs and economic growth, and especially this perception that the United States could be falling behind especially Asian economies. ↗

— Mark Kirk

#behind #could #deficit #economic #economic growth

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

In Asia, a lot of successful economies that had been living on their own saving, decided to open up their financial markets to international capital in the early 1990s. So here were countries doing quite well, but they decided they'd borrow a bit more and do even better. ↗

— Jeffrey Sachs

#been #better #bit #borrow #capital