Global Views Quotes

Europeans are far more anti-war than Americans. They've had more wars, and they really just don't believe in it any more. But Americans do.

I love the States and their attitudes about entertainment.

A lot of Chinese don't understand why people in the West are critical of China.

I think from a personal standpoint, maybe I appreciate a little more that there are two sides to every story, and the way that the U.S. is sometimes is viewed outside of the U.S. can be pretty tough, depending on what the U.S.'s actions are.

There's a big difference between how the Anglo-Saxon world views India, or viewed India, and the way Europe views India.

I hope to develop our relationship with the Trump administration and with the United States. It's a very sound relationship that's based on the basic strategic congruence of views about the world, about the region.

About 80 percent of the photos on Flickr are public and searchable by everyone. In one sense, it's a place where people upload snapshots from the family reunion, wedding or the birth of a baby or something like that, but it's also a place where people go to show what the world looks like to them.

The more I come to know about the outside world's perception of China, the more I feel there are all sorts of misunderstandings, and to a certain extent, people do not get the full picture from the media. A lot of foreigners have few opportunities to visit China, and a lot of Chinese people do not have the chance to go to Europe or to the West.

What the United States has done hasn't always been liked or popular. But if you look at some of the most populous places in the world - China, India - the United States is not only respected but, in fact, popular.

I think that generally New Zealand is respected for the positions it takes because it thinks them through.

For my generation the relationship with Europe was the central point of American foreign policy. Even during my time in government there was disagreement, sometimes very strong disagreement. But they were all like arguments within a family. I am not sure if the generation which doesn't have these experiences has the same view of things.

What is needed today is for all of us to work to change the world's mind about God.

Our job is to tell the world about Russia and to report world news from a Russian viewpoint.

In the Islamic world, the U.S. is seen in two quite different ways. One view recognizes what an extraordinary country the U.S. is.

We need to change America's image round the world. America has lost some lustre in terms of how folks aspire to be like us.

It is a myth that most people throughout the world hate America. They hate the American government and the American military …. They love American culture—they have made it the world’s culture.

Then India, everyone has his own idea of India.

I really encourage people to travel so we can see how the rest of the world views our country. That's really important. Secondly, as artists, activists, and citizens who vote, we have to begin to vote from our heart.

In the Islamic world, the U.S. is seen in two quite different ways. One view recognizes what an extraordinary country the U.S. is. Every Arab or Muslim that I know is tremendously interested in the United States. Many of them send their children here for education. Many of them come here for vacations. They do business here or get their training here. The other view is of the official United States, the United States of armies and interventions.

I'll always be American in my world view and allegiance. American in the naive way I go to other countries and tell them how they should treat their poor or clean their water.

Every country has an aspect to it that rubs up people the wrong way.

World opinion is not the same thing as your own [country's] public opinion.

It is time to stop pretending that Europeans and Americans share a common view of the world, or even that they occupy the same world.

Every nation criticizes every other one - and they are all correct.