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We have international standards regulating everything from t-shirts to toys to tomatoes. There are international regulations for furniture. That means there are common standards for the global trade in armchairs but not the global trade in arms.

~Ban Ki-Moon

Topics: Arms Common Everything Furniture Global International Means Regulations Standards Tomatoes Toys Trade T-Shirts

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The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in March 2011 was an immense tragedy that sparked a global response. The international community came forward with aid to the victims and came together to address the broader concerns about nuclear security and safety.

~Ban Ki-Moon

Topics: About Address Aid Broader Came Community Concerns Disaster Forward Global Immense International International Community March Nuclear Response Safety Security Together Tragedy Victims

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In 2009, at the height of the global economic crisis, it was clear that we were seeing something new: the impacts of the crisis were flowing across borders at unprecedented velocity.

~Ban Ki-Moon

Topics: Across Borders Clear Crisis Economic Economic Crisis Flowing Global Height Impacts New Seeing Something Something New Unprecedented Velocity Were

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Today we are engaged in a deadly global struggle for those who would intimidate, torture, and murder people for exercising the most basic freedoms. If we are to win this struggle and spread those freedoms, we must keep our own moral compass pointed in a true direction.

~Barack Obama

Topics: Basic Compass Deadly Direction Engaged Exercising Freedoms Global Intimidate Keep Moral Moral Compass Most Must Our Own People Pointed Spread Struggle Those Today Torture True Who Win Would

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We know that the nation that goes all-in on innovation today will own the global economy tomorrow. This is an edge America cannot surrender.

~Barack Obama

Topics: America Cannot Economy Edge Global Global Economy Goes Innovation Know Nation Own Surrender Today Tomorrow Will

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When we think of the major threats to our national security, the first to come to mind are nuclear proliferation, rogue states and global terrorism. But another kind of threat lurks beyond our shores, one from nature, not humans - an avian flu pandemic.

~Barack Obama

Topics: Another Beyond Come First Flu Global Humans Kind Lurks Major Mind National National Security Nature Nuclear Our Pandemic Proliferation Rogue Security Shores States Terrorism Think Threat Threats

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This is the moment when we must build on the wealth that open markets have created, and share its benefits more equitably. Trade has been a cornerstone of our growth and global development. But we will not be able to sustain this growth if it favors the few, and not the many.

~Barack Obama

Topics: Able Been Benefits Build Cornerstone Created Development Favors Few Global Growth Many Markets Moment More Must Open Our Share Sustain Trade Wealth Will

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If most American cities are about the consumption of culture, Los Angeles and New York are about the production of culture - not only national culture but global culture.

~Barbara Kruger

Topics: About American Angeles Cities Consumption Culture Global Los Los Angeles Most National New New York Only Production York

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If we are going to build an ambitious machine, then it's got to be a global machine.

~Barry Barish

Topics: Ambitious Build Global Going Got Machine Then

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If you ask what you are going to do about global warming, the only rational answer is to change the way in which we do transportation, energy production, agriculture and a good deal of manufacturing. The problem originates in human activity in the form of the production of goods.

~Barry Commoner

Topics: About Activity Agriculture Answer Ask Change Deal Energy Form Global Global Warming Going Good Good Deal Goods Human Human Activity Manufacturing Only Problem Production Rational Transportation Warming Way Which You

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