#lem

The idea that you surrender your identity when you relinquish national powers is unhelpful. No, indeed, precisely the opposite is the case: if done in an intelligent way, you attain the sovereignty to better solve national problems in cooperation with others. ↗

— Ulrich Beck

#better #case #cooperation #done #idea

I still have five years to the end of my term. There are many candidates. There'll be a problem if it's supposed to be a European or someone from the emerging countries, the so-called BRICS. This will be decided, but please don't think Poland has anything to say about it. ↗

— Marek Belka

#anything #candidates #countries #decided #emerging

I have no problem with battling for a position. I have no problem trying to beat somebody out. It's a sport, competition, so I'm used to it. ↗

— Chris Bell

#beat #competition #i #no problem #out

You cannot run away from the truth because truth will find you. ↗

— ColoZeus Benz

#love-peace #running-away-from-problems #truth #truth-of-life #love

I want to do everything. That's my problem. ↗

— Joshua Bell

#i #problem #want

Usually music is used to hide a film's problems. ↗

— Michael Haneke

#hide #music #problems #used #usually

And most importantly perhaps, children can learn about their rights, share their knowledge with the children of other nations, identify problems with them and establish how they might work together to address them. ↗

— Carol Bellamy

#address #children #establish #how #identify

By ratifying the Convention, governments become legally bound to implement the rights therein. ↗

— Carol Bellamy

#bound #convention #governments #implement #legally

Genuine polemics approach a book as lovingly as a cannibal spices a baby. ↗

— Walter Benjamin

#baby #book #cannibal #genuine #lovingly

The U.N. can be very frustrating and at times impotent, but it can also be a valuable forum for discussion and resolution of world problems. We should not walk away from it just because it's failed to live up to its promise. ↗

— Robert Foster Bennett

#away #because #discussion #failed #forum