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Quotes About International

Online crime is practically always international, because they almost always cross traditional national borders.
~ Mikko Hypponen
A common creation demands a common sacrifice, and perhaps not the least potent argument in favour of a constructed international language is the fact that it is equally foreign, or apparently so, to the traditions of all nationalities.
~ Edward Sapir
As a Canadian, I've always approached international history as an outsider, neither attacking nor defending key decisions - those were made by actors who are also major figures within national historical traditions for American and British scholars.
~ Margaret MacMillan
The Strait of Hormuz is an international waterway, and it is not helpful for any nation to suggest that it would attempt to restrict traffic through the strait.
~ John C. Stennis
Benghazi was a tragedy. Libya is a tragedy.
~ Paul Manafort
Does it make sense for the U.S. to expend hundreds of billions of dollars to mount a new Apollo-style program to return to the moon? Or have we blazed that trail? Shouldn't we help other nations achieve this goal with their own resources but with our help?
~ Buzz Aldrin
American high school students trail teenagers from 14 European and Asian countries in reading, math and science. We're even trailing France.
~ Suzanne Fields
American athletes, especially distance runners, are at a big disadvantage against the rest of the world. We're expected to live by all the rules, like not being able to coach, but still train and make our own living.
~ Steve Prefontaine
Everyone the world over talks about British actors and British talent and I think that's because we were trained - until now - in theatre.
~ Brenda Blethyn
I trained for four years in Toronto, and even before that, I was back and forth between Canada and the States during summer for training. And, since there isn't much difference between Canada and the States, I haven't felt much difference in the environment.
~ Kim Yuna
Although a precise outlook on the international situation is hard for anyone to make, it is needless to say that now the time has come for the Navy, especially the Combined Fleet, to devote itself seriously to war preparations, training, and operational plans with a firm determination that a conflict with the U.S. and Great Britain is inevitable.
~ Isoroku Yamamoto
In the remaining months, we should focus on achieving more robust international involvement in training of Iraqi soldiers, police officers, judges, teachers, and doctors - all key elements needed to end the sectarian and civil conflict and build Iraq's future.
~ John Olver
When President Trump withdrew from the Paris Climate Accords, he acted irresponsibly given the trajectory of the global climate and severely lessened our power internationally.
~ Amy McGrath
In my years as the FBI's lead international kidnapping negotiator, I learned an important fundamental lesson: Hostage negotiation is often nothing more than a business transaction.
~ Christopher Voss
The world's problems transcend borders.
~ Antonio Guterres
To give students the best possible chance to succeed, education must prepare them to handle issues that transcend national boundaries.
~ Jose Angel Gurria
Climate change, migration... they transcend national borders and require an international response.
~ Taavet Hinrikus
China-Pakistan relationship is indeed special because it transcends the changes of the times and politics and represents a fine example of friendly state-to-state interactions.
~ Li Keqiang
International money transfer is a massive consumer rip-off. Banks and companies like Western Union have gotten away with it for too long.
~ Taavet Hinrikus
The 9/11 attack itself played out around the world, with planning meetings in Malaysia, operatives taking flight lessons in the United States, coordination by plot leaders based in Hamburg, and money transfers from Dubai - activities overseen by al-Qaeda's senior command from secure bases in Afghanistan.
~ Peter Bergen
A super rich elite have emerged thanks to the lack of law and order, and thanks to the lack of jurisdiction over the transfers of international wealth.
~ Clare Rewcastle Brown
Films have become shorter in length, jumpier in style, and simpler in story so that they can be more easily transferred to once under-exploited international markets.
~ Matthew Pearl
What the Olympics and other mega-events have shown is that the significant investment required to host an international games successfully has the power to transform a region, and even a nation.
~ Richard Attias
The United States is undergoing a transformation in how it relates to the rest of the world. We are becoming a nation that has no more negotiators and peacemakers, that shoots first and asks questions later.
~ Ronan Farrow