#foreign

And that's why I wrote the book, because our country really needs to understand, if people in this nation understood what our foreign policy is really about, what foreign aid is about, how our corporations work, where our tax money goes, I know we will demand change. ↗

— John Perkins

#aid #because #book #change #corporations

It's important to understand that oil and renewables do different things. Wind and solar are for power generation, so they don't replace oil. About 70% of all oil produced is used for transportation fuel. Renewables are good projects, but they don't get us off of foreign oil. ↗

— T. Boone Pickens

#different #different things #foreign #foreign oil #fuel

Whereas with foreign coverage there's a much broader disconnect between you and your audience. ↗

— John Pomfret

#between #broader #coverage #disconnect #foreign

My experience in Amsterdam is that cyclists ride where the hell they like and aim in a state of rage at all pedestrians while ringing their bell loudly, the concept of avoiding people being foreign to them. ↗

— Terry Prachett

#amsterdam #avoiding #being #bell #concept

On this basis, which was originally financial and goes back to George Peabody, there grew up in the twentieth century a power structure between London and New York which penetrated deeply into university life, the press, and the practice of foreign policy. ↗

— Carroll Quigley

#basis #between #century #deeply #financial

It's basic due diligence to make sure that whenever a foreign entity acquires a controlling interest in a U.S. company that national security isn't threatened. ↗

— Dave Reichert

#basic #company #controlling #diligence #due

And let us be frank, the security threats that emanate from our ports come from foreign cargo. ↗

— Dana Rohrabacher

#come #emanate #foreign #frank #let us

Our marine terminals are invaluable commerce infrastructure, not only to our country but also for the many foreign manufacturers who sell primarily in the U.S. market. ↗

— Dana Rohrabacher

#commerce #country #foreign #infrastructure #invaluable

My constant prayer, my number one foreign goal, is to bring peace to Israel. And in the process to Israel's neighbours. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#constant #foreign #goal #israel #my number one

In the end, the Foreign Ministry had no power at all to do anything. ↗

— Lloyd Cutler

#end #foreign #had #in the end #ministry