#rests

Human dignity is independent of national borders. We must always defend the interests of the poor and the persecuted in other countries. ↗

— Kjell Magne Bondevik

#borders #countries #defend #dignity #human

Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life. ↗

— Epicurus

#directed #greatest #highest #his #interests

The resources of our continent attract, more than ever, the interests of rich countries. ↗

— Omar Bongo

#continent #countries #ever #interests #more

I think it all comes back to being very selfish as an artist. I mean, I really do just write and record what interests me and I do approach the stage shows in much the same way. ↗

— David Bowie

#artist #back #being #comes #i

Developed countries should support developing countries in tackling climate change. This not only is their responsibility, but also serves their long-term interests. ↗

— Hu Jintao

#change #climate #climate change #countries #developed

You are dealing with people who have taken the responsibility of killing their own because they think that they are right, they think that they are serving the interests of their people. They not going to give that up easily, just because you've shown up. ↗

— Lakhdar Brahimi

#dealing #easily #give #going #interests

That's the conundrum of cartoon stripping, as opposed to political cartoons. When your anger is the driving force of your drawing hand, failure follows. The anger is OK, but it has to serve the interests of the heart, frankly. ↗

— Berkeley Breathed

#cartoon #cartoons #drawing #driving #driving force

A country grows in history not only because of the heroism of its troops on the field of battle, it grows also when it turns to justice and to right for the conservation of its interests. ↗

— Aristide Briand

#battle #because #conservation #country #field

God's justice, tardy though it prove perchance, Rests never on the track until it reach Delinquency. ↗

— Robert Browning

#justice #never #perchance #prove #reach

The first and most important is to emphasize the enduring nature of the alliance relationship particularly with Europe which does share our values and interests even if it disagrees with us on specific policies. ↗

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

#disagrees #does #emphasize #enduring #europe