Global Needs Quotes

I think it's important to not just think about what you want but what's needed in the world.

Every human has a seed of greatness buried in a gift needed by the world.

Expressing the thoughts of my comrades, I suggested, among other means, the organization of an international information service on inventories, on production, and on the needs of the various countries for raw materials.

God gives the world enough of what it needs. All He asks is that we distribute what He gives.

The United States spends over $87 billion conducting a war in Iraq while the United Nations estimates that for less than half that amount we could provide clean water, adequate diets, sanitations services and basic education to every person on the planet. And we wonder why terrorists attack us.

The fundamental question for the United States is how it can cooperate to help meet the basic needs of the people of the hemisphere despite the philosophical disagreements it may have with the nature of particular regimes. It must seek pragmatic ways to help people without necessarily embracing their governments. It should recognize that diplomatic relations are merely practical conveniences and not measures of moral judgment.

The fundamental question for the United States is how it can cooperate to help meet the basic needs of the people of the hemisphere despite the philosophical disagreements it may have with the nature of particular regimes. It must seek pragmatic ways to help people without necessarily embracing their governments.

Every second of every day there are three new mouths to feed in this world.

What are the needs of the world? What can I do that won't be done if I don't do it?

The American troop levels on the continent are important. What happens five, 10, 15 years from now is part of a larger discussion that reflects the threat level, America’s posture, our needs around the globe, but most importantly the capability of European countries to step up. That’s why our message is so stark to our European allies — now is the time to invest because you can’t make an assumption that America’s presence will last forever.

Architects, if they are really to be comprehensive, must assume the enormous task of thinking in terms always disciplined to the scale of the total world pattern of needs, its resource flows, its recirculatory and regenerative processes.

More than ever, the world needs good engineers. However, the pool of talent is shrinking not growing.

The world needs our mothers.