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Since the global economic crisis began, the change in global attitudes is clear to see - and I think it is pitiful. Barack Obama came to China and he is probably the only president of the United States never to mention the words 'human rights' in public. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#barack #barack obama #began #came #change

The 'Bird's Nest' National Stadium, which I helped to conceive, is designed to embody the Olympic spirit of 'fair competition.' It tells people that freedom is possible but needs fairness, courage and strength. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#competition #conceive #courage #designed #embody

The Beijing Olympics and the Shanghai World Expo show just how much effort China is willing to spend to enter the global stage. But while China desires to understand the world, it fails to accept its universal values. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#beijing #china #desires #effort #enter

Strong managers who make tough decisions to cut jobs provide the only true job security in today's world. Weak managers are the problem. Weak managers destroy jobs. ↗

— Jack Welch

#decisions #destroy #job #job security #jobs

Richard Hugo taught me that anyone with a desire to write, an ear for language and a bit of imagination could become a writer. He also, in a way, gave me permission to write about northern Montana. ↗

— James Welch

#also #anyone #become #bit #could

The American Republic was bound - is still bound - to follow in the centuries to come the same course to destruction as did Rome. ↗

— Robert Welch

#american republic #bound #centuries #come #course

For not only every democracy, but certainly every republic, bears within itself the seeds of its own destruction. ↗

— Robert Welch

#certainly #democracy #destruction #every #itself

Much is forgiven anyone who relieves the desperate boredom of the working press. ↗

— William Weld

#boredom #desperate #forgiven #much #press

There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that Saddam Hussein had and used significant weapons of mass destruction on his own people, both the Kurds and the Iranians. ↗

— Curt Weldon

#both #destruction #doubt #had #his

The desire for self-expression afflicts people when they feel there is something of themselves which is not getting through to the outside world. ↗

— Fay Weldon

#desire #feel #getting #outside #people