Country Analysis Quotes

There was no reason for a revolution in Paraguay.

I ask myself where Germany stands today and where it wants to go.

I am passionately interested in understanding how my country works. And if you want to know about this thing called the United States of America you have to know about the Civil War.

The Italian economy is certainly the weakest of the big European countries.

Russia is a state within a state. To understand the population of Russia, you need to know the areas of the country; you need an understanding of the people and their interests.

I am interested in the subject which is Russia.

It's super-interesting to see what it's like to run the most popular social media platform in a country like Iran.

AUSTRALIA, n. A country lying in the South Sea, whose industrial and commercial development has been unspeakably retarded by an unfortunate dispute among geographers as to whether it is a continent or an island.

I spent the first years working in Jordan trying to learn as much as I could about what was taking place in the country, about where there were gaps in the development process that needed attention.

The secret to global investing is gaining an insight into the hopes and desires of the people who live and work in the countries you invest in.

It was really always about bringing back [James] Baldwin's words in all their rawness, in all their impact - in the way he analyzes not only this country but also the history of this country, the images that this country is fabricating through Hollywood, and what consequence that has in our imagination.

As an outsider in America, you do see the kind of hypocrisy that's rampant there.

This is a strange, little, complacent country [Switzerland], in many ways a USA in miniature but of course nearer the center of disturbance!

Politically, of course, it's to the Right, but then the whole country is to the Right.

We have to understand that India is a complex country. Everything takes time for the real impact to get translated to the economy.

I'm interested in what it means to live in America. I'm interested in the kind of country that we live in and leave our kids. I'm interested in trying to define what that country is. I got the chutzpa or whatever you want to say to believe that if I write a really good about it, it's going to make a difference.

I saw many aspects of the country which I needed to see in order that I might know what we need to do.

National Intelligence Estimates are perhaps the most important documents created in the intelligence mechanisms of our government… A national estimate is a statement of what is going to happen in any country, in any area, in any given situation, and as far as possible into the future…

And if we were another country being analyzed by America, we would conclude that this country is ripe for stealing elections and for fraud.

[The United States is] a magnificent country still experimenting with its own existence.

It is always a delicate matter for a Socialist to pronounce publicly an opinion on the state and prospects of our movement in another country where there are Socialist organizations.

The most difficult place in the world to get a clear and open perspective of the country as a whole is Washington.

It was very difficult to write about my own country, because I have always been the outsider looking in.