“I shall set up National Economic Development Advisory Conference to improve the economy in Taiwan”
Chen Shui-bian (1950) Taiwanese politician
During the official speech of his first anniversary of presidency, May 19, 2001
Pet Phrases, 2001
Source: Dictionary of political economy, 1818, p. 159, as cited in: Zabieglik (2002).
“I shall set up National Economic Development Advisory Conference to improve the economy in Taiwan”
Chen Shui-bian (1950) Taiwanese politician
During the official speech of his first anniversary of presidency, May 19, 2001
Pet Phrases, 2001
Michael Foot (1913–2010) British politician
Article in Young Oxford and War (1934), quoted in Mervyn Jones, Michael Foot (Victor Gollancz, 1994), p. 31
1930s
Barack Obama (1961) 44th President of the United States of America
2012, Yangon University Speech (November 2012)
“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.”
Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948) pre-eminent leader of Indian nationalism during British-ruled India
Widely attributed to Gandhi, sometimes citing Ramachandra Krishna Prabhu, The Moral Basis of Vegetarianism (1959). (Cf. Ralph Keyes, The Quote Verifier (2006), p. 74.) However, it is not found in that essay http://www.mkgandhi.org/ebks/moralbasis_vegetarianism.pdf nor in any of Gandhi's Complete works. http://animalsmattertogod.com/2013/09/13/mahatma-gandhi-hoax-quote-greatness-of-a-nation-and-its-moral-progress-can-be-judged-by-the-way-that-its-animals-are-treated/ <br class="br">The original quote seems to be by David Strauss, The Old Faith and the New (Der alte und der neue Glaube, 1872, trans. by M. Blind, New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1873), vol. II, ch. 71, p. 59 https://archive.org/stream/oldfaithnewconfe01stra#page/59/mode/2up: The manner in which a nation in the aggregate treats animals, is one chief measure of its real civilization. <br class="br">Similar quotes, not attributed to Gandhi, are found throughout the twentieth century: e.g. The great actress, Mrs Fiske, once said to me, "The civilization of any country can be told by the way it treats its animals" (Zoe Berkeley, "Zoe Berkeley's Corner", Salinas Index-Journal, 1933-07-01, p. 8). <br class="br">Attributed to Gandhi since at least 1980: The seal hunt truly is Canada's shame and we would do well to think of the words of Gandhi when he said, "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated" (Doris Potter, Letter to the editor, The Gazette (Montreal), 1980-03-18, p. 8). <br class="br">Disputed
C. V. Raman (1888–1970) Indian physicist
Quotations by 60 Greatest Indians, Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology http://resourcecentre.daiict.ac.in/eresources/iresources/quotations.html,
John F. Kennedy (1917–1963) 35th president of the United States of America
Special message to the Congress on National Health Needs (65)" (27 February 1962) http://www.jfklibrary.org/Research/Research-Aids/Ready-Reference/JFK-Quotations.aspx <br class="br">1962
Zakir Hussain (politician) (1897–1969) 3rd President of India
Source: Philosophy of Education, p. 86.
Corneliu Zelea Codreanu (1899–1938) Romanian politician
For My Legionaries: The Iron Guard (1936), Nation and Culture