Hu Jintao (1942) former General Secretary of the Communist Party of China
2000s, China-Africa summit speech (2006)
Quotes, IPI speech (2000)
Context: I believe that now we have a profound responsibility to open the gates of opportunity for all the world's people so that they can become stakeholders in the kind of society we would like to build at large in the world and at home. Let me be clear: promoting prosperity throughout the world is a crucial form of forward engagement.
We know how to launch this renaissance — for what has worked to spark the economic boom here in the United States is, at its essence, the way we can spark the fires of growth abroad. The difference is one of degree, not kind.
Hu Jintao (1942) former General Secretary of the Communist Party of China
2000s, China-Africa summit speech (2006)
“I want all my senses engaged. Let me absorb the world's variety and uniqueness.”
Maya Angelou (1928–2014) American author and poet
George H. W. Bush (1924–2018) American politician, 41st President of the United States
U.S. president George Bush made those comments on January 1, 1990. The Watchtower magazine; In Search of a New World Order (15 July 1991)
David Rowlands (1947–2014) British civil servant
Source: New Brexit Party AM calls Tommy Robinson 'courageous' https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-48295617 BBC News (16 May 2019)
“The role of parliaments is crucial in ensuring human rights protection while promoting trade.”
Alfred de Zayas (1947) American United Nations official
Report of the Independent Expert on the promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G16/151/19/PDF/G1615119.pdf?OpenElement. <br class="br">2016, Report submitted to the UN Human Rights Council
Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980) Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar-- a professor of English literature, a literary critic, and a …
Source: 1990s and beyond, The Book of Probes : Marshall McLuhan (2011), p. 21
Gordon Tullock (1922–2014) American economist
"Industrial Organization and Rent Seeking in Dictatorships"
“Let me be absolutely clear: Iran is a grave threat.”
Barack Obama (1961) 44th President of the United States of America
Campaign rally in Billings, Montana (19 May 2008) http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/19/mccain-and-obama-trade-barbs-on-iran/?hp <br class="br">2008
Tawakkol Karman (1979) Yemeni journalist, politician, human rights activist, and Nobel Peace Prize recipient
2000s, Youth Q&A on the U.N. High-Level Panel on the Post-2015 Agenda Report (2009)