Martha Nussbaum Quotes

The thing is, Finland is such a small country. It only has a population of five million, which is half of London. There's nothing there. I just had to get out. The U.K. is the perfect place to come.

I have visited nearly 60 countries and lived in the U.S.S.R., Russia, and the U.S.A., and I have never experienced anything as good as what we have. Only in the Anglosphere countries - the U.S.A., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand - is there anything comparable. I am amazed at how relaxed we are about giving this away.

I know that Montana is the greatest place in the world to raise a family, to start and grow a business. You know it, and I know it and now we will tell the world.

America has the highest standard of living of any major country in the entire world. To maintain and enhance that standard of living, America should continue to embrace those qualities which have made America great: openness and dynamism. Openness to new technologies, new ideas and new people is America's greatest source of strength.

If you had to pick the values that would be held dear to a broad number of Hispanic voters, access to opportunity would be a higher value than guarantee of security, particularly amongst the newly arrived, meaning the last 20 years.

Everyone wants to work in America. Maybe not blockbusters or Terminator, but to have the choice.

I love this country, I love these people, though I can't say I love their politicians. People are always nicer than politicians, but here, you can mark that difference up a hundredfold.

I couldn't achieve the American dream in Japan.

My husband is from Finland, so every so often I'll throw a Scandinavian-themed party.

Cities can be the engine of social equity and economic opportunity. They can help us reduce our carbon footprint and protect the global environment. That is why it is so important that we work together to build the capacity of mayors and all those concerned in planning and running sustainable cities.

I think Australia is just a great place to bring up a family.

You know, the cynicism that is in the politics, it is not for my soul. It makes me - out of me, an extremely bitter, cynical person that I hate to see in the mirror, really.

The main consideration with those who, possessing some capital, propose to emigrate as the means of improving their condition, is, the society likely to be found in the land fixed on for their future residence.

I love England but everything that has happened makes me realise that I would be better off in the States.

By working to ensure we live in a society that prioritizes public safety, education, and innovation, entrepreneurship can thrive and create a better world for all of us to live in.

I'm a Democrat because I represent the true traditions of the Democratic Party.

Buildings are 'humane' only when they promote peaceful human co-existence.

The mentality with African and European people is different. In Africa, when you come from a difficult life, when it's not so easy to eat, not so easy to survive, you respect money when you start to earn it, and you respect people more. When you respect people, they will respect you, and your life is better for that.

When people move from poor countries to America, they quickly adapt in at least one way - their consumption habits.

The American dream seems to be thriving in Europe not at home.

I don't have a burning passion to live in America per se but I would certainly like to work there.

Canada is a good country to be from. It has a gentler slower pace - it lends perspective.

I feel responsible; I feel I've got to do something that will leave the kids a place where they can live healthy, safe, productive, creative and prosperous lives.

The idea that only a limited number of people can live in a country is profound illusion. It all depends on their cooperative and inventive power.

Parliamentarianism is nauseating to anyone who has ever seen it at close range.