911 West Quotes for You to Enjoy

Every major power always seeks to justify its action on moral grounds. Such behaviour is almost as old as the hills. The west has been a particularly vigorous exponent of this credo; and there is no reason to believe that China, for example, will be any different. But behind the moral rhetoric invariably lies interest and ideology. Martin Jacques

Old Will Example Power Ideology Action Believe Every Has-Been Moral Lies Seeks Invariably No Reason Almost Major For Example Particularly Hills Always Been West Any Behaviour Behind Different Rhetoric China Interest Justify Reason Grounds Vigorous

While the West has enjoyed overwhelming global power, its moral preachings have been legitimised, and in effect enforced, by that power. But as that power begins to ebb, then the morality of its actions will be the subject of growing scrutiny and challenge. Martin Jacques

Challenge Will Power Overwhelming Moral Morality Global Been West Subject Effect Begins While Scrutiny Then Enforced Actions Growing Enjoyed

After the Meiji restoration in 1868, Japan adopted an expansionist and colonial attitude towards its neighbours. It sought to identify itself with the West and looked down upon the Asian continent as backward and inferior. For most of the next 70 years, Japan was at war, mainly with its neighbours. Martin Jacques

Attitude War Down Backward Neighbours Restoration Adopted Colonial Mainly Towards Most Looked Identify Sought Continent West Years Itself Inferior After Japan Asian Next

We all know what is meant by the term 'international community,' don't we? It's the West, of course, nothing more, nothing less. Using the term 'international community' is a way of dignifying the West, of globalising it, of making it sound more respectable, more neutral and high-faluting. Martin Jacques

Nothing Community Respectable Way More Neutral Term Know Course Making Sound West Meant Less International International Community Using

The reason why China forecasting has such a poor track record is that Westerners constantly invoke the model and experience of the West to explain China, and it is a false prophet. Until we start trying to understand China on its own terms, rather than as a Western-style nation in the making, we will continue to get it wrong. Martin Jacques

Experience Will Nation Own Constantly Record Rather Prophet Wrong Invoke Until Terms Track Track Record Forecasting Understand Making Continue West False Than Model Get Trying China Explain Poor Reason Why Start

The history of my state of Oklahoma offers a great example of pursuing the American Dream. It was built and settled by pioneers moving West to seek better lives. Mary Fallin

It was pretty awful for us children because we never really knew the local children. Mother was keen for us to learn languages, so our travels took us to France and Italy, as well as the West Country. Mary Wesley

In 'Seven Ancient Wonders,' Jack West and his team break someone out of Guantanamo Bay. I'm not going to preach to people and say, 'Guantanamo Bay, bad', but I will have my hero go and break somebody out of it, and maybe people will think about it that way. Matthew Reilly

People Hero Will Somebody Preach Think Seven Way Say Ancient Out Bay Bad About Someone Go His West Jack Going Wonders Maybe Break Team Guantanamo Guantanamo Bay

Definitely in the West, we're all cast as the same now. Whether you're Indian, Pakistani, Arab, Iranian, Afghan or whatever, you just get thrown into this category. And nine times out of 10, you're depicted as bad. Maz Jobrani

Growing up as a gay boy in West Texas, I definitely felt like a bit of an outcast sometimes - that there was a world that I would never be a part of. Michael Arden

Gay World Sometimes Bit Definitely Outcast Would Never Part Like Felt Boy West Texas Up Growing Growing Up

I was relegated with West Ham and you never forget that. Going down, playing in the Championship, I constantly remind myself of that. I still remember the feeling, without doubt, I wouldn't allow myself to forget it. Michael Carrick

Myself You Remember Feeling Doubt Down Constantly Allow Never Never Forget Remind Without Still Ham West Forget Going Championship Playing

When I left West Ham in 2004 there was a chance of them signing me instead of Spurs, but it isn't something I think about too often. I've been spoilt during my career. Michael Carrick

Me Think Too Signing About Something Instead Spoilt Ham Been West Spurs Left Often Them Career Chance

From the time I was a kid, I was crazy about anything having to do with the West. I'd look at all of these photos of Montana, and they all seemed so magical and majestic. I just wanted to go west, and I finally did it when I was barely 21. I went off to volunteer at a Navajo reservation in New Mexico. Michael Keaton

Time Crazy Reservation Montana Finally Kid Photos About Magical Seemed Having Volunteer Majestic New Look Go West New Mexico Off Mexico Did Just Wanted Anything Barely

The President of Iran has called for the destruction of Israel and the West and has even denied the holocaust took place. Iran and its terrorist arm Hezbollah are responsible for the current conflicts between Israel and Lebanon. Michael McCaul

Destruction President Took Responsible Between Arm Terrorist Israel Lebanon West Denied Iran Current Conflicts Place Holocaust Even

My favourite British line is the West Highland line. It was built across moorland where no one had succeeded in building a road. So everything in that area is there because of the railway line. Michael Portillo

Building Everything Favourite Area Had No-One Road Because Built Line West Where Succeeded Across Railway British

Africa, and Zambia in particular, drifted away from the West for a long time, and we have to reconcile. Michael Sata

Time Long Long Time Reconcile Drifted Particular West Africa Away

The best episodes of 'The West Wing' that dealt with policy and stuff, in my opinion, were the ones where they were in the middle of a crisis, and they were trying to figure out how to solve problems. Michael Schur

9/11 was a deliberate, carefully planned evil act of the long-waged war on the West by Koran-inspired soldiers of Allah around the world. They hated us before George W. Bush was in office. They hated us before Israel existed. And the avengers of the religion of perpetual outrage will keep hating us. Michelle Malkin

War Religion World Allah Will Evil Before Carefully Soldiers Hated Hating Deliberate Outrage Around Israel George Perpetual West Existed George W George W. Bush Office Bush Avengers Us Act Planned Keep

My mother's family was among the 120,000 people of Japanese descent on the West Coast who were dispatched to internment camps during World War II. Michiko Kakutani

War Family People World Mother Were West West Coast Camps Japanese Coast Who Descent Among Internment World War World War II

Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei and Assad are two sides of the same terror coin. Letting Assad continue to wield lethal power means that Tehran's terror network - from Hezbollah to the Houthis - will persist in threatening the West. Mike Pompeo

Will Power Sides Tehran Threatening Network Terror Continue West Iran Persist Same Means Lethal Letting Two Coin Wield

West Quotes

No more west quotes