#rita

Asia's governments come in two broad varieties: young, fragile democracies - and older, fragile authoritarian regimes. ↗

— Paul Samuelson

#authoritarian #broad #come #democracies #fragile

Companies are not charitable enterprises: They hire workers to make profits. In the United States, this logic still works. In Europe, it hardly does. ↗

— Paul Samuelson

#companies #does #enterprises #europe #hardly

The evidence of a Jewish civilization going back more than two millennia is overwhelmingly borne out in the archaeology of the region. The heritage of the Jews in Palestine is documented. ↗

— Jack Schwartz

#back #borne #civilization #documented #evidence

I had a strong, really good upbringing, not puritanical. ↗

— Tom Selleck

#had #i #puritanical #really #strong

There are certain people within the new government who have a slightly disturbing tendency toward authoritarianism, but there are so many checks and balances that in that way their noises are just noises. ↗

— Jonathan Shapiro

#balances #certain #checks #disturbing #government

Japan is not a Western democracy. The Japanese have kept their traditions, culture and heritage, but they have joined the community of free nations. ↗

— Natan Sharansky

#culture #democracy #free #free nations #heritage

That the more authoritarian organizations survive and prevail goes generally unnoticed because people focus on the objectives of organizations, which are many and varied, rather than on their structures, which lend to be similar. ↗

— Robert Shea

#because #focus #generally #goes #lend

We really need to stop the imperialist tendencies of countries like the United States and Great Britain. ↗

— Cindy Sheehan

#countries #great #great britain #imperialist #like

The deepest problems of modern life derive from the claim of the individual to preserve the autonomy and individuality of his existence in the face of overwhelming social forces, of historical heritage, of external culture, and of the technique of life. ↗

— Georg Simmel

#claim #culture #deepest #derive #existence

Germany, Japan and, to a lesser extent, Britain and Italy, were lifted out of the debris of war by the Americans who poured in billions of dollars and forgave other billions in debts. ↗

— Gordon Sinclair

#britain #debris #debts #dollars #extent