We will never declare a ceasefire. We are not worried about any sanctions.
Turkey, SyriaRecep Tayyip Erdoğan (as President of Turkey), about war in North-SyriaIt is inevitable that people around the world - including from America and China - will have different viewpoints over different issues. It is not the role of the NBA to adjudicate those differences. However, the NBA will not put itself in a position of regulating what players, employees and team owners say or will not say on these issues.
ChinaAdam Silver (as NBA Commissioner), October 2019This week, the President has admitted to asking the President of Ukraine to take actions which would benefit him politically. The actions of the Trump presidency revealed the dishonorable fact of the President's betrayal of his oath of office, betrayal of our national security and betrayal of the integrity of our elections. Today, I am announcing the House of Representatives moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry.
Nancy Pelosi (as Speaker of the US House of Representatives), September 2019For more than 30 years, the science has been crystal clear. How dare you continue to look away and come here saying that you're doing enough, when the politics and solutions needed are still nowhere in sight.
Conservation & Environment ProtectionGreta Thunberg (Climate activist), September 2019, Rede beim UN KlimagipfelWe all have a choice. We can create transformational action that will safeguard the living conditions for future generations. Or we can continue with our business as usual and fail.
Conservation & Environment Protection, Fridays for FutureGreta Thunberg (Climate activist)The chief qualification of a mass leader has become unending infallibility; he can never admit an error.
Hannah ArendtWe will leave the EU on 31 October, deal or no deal. The way to get a good deal is to prepare for a no deal.
BrexitBoris Johnson, Mai 2019This country gave us hope. This country allowed for us to develop our own identity and to create our own home. And we should not look down on the next person that is trying to do that.
Tolerance, USAIlhan OmarThis is my charge to everyone: We have to be better. We have to love more, hate less. We gotta listen more, and talk less. We gotta know that this is everybody's responsibility.
ToleranceMegan Rapinoe, nach dem Finalsieg der Frauen Fußball Weltmeisterschaft 2019The choice facing the American people is not between growth and stagnation, but between short-term growth and long-term disaster.
USAStewart UdallIran should not confuse American restraint with a lack of American resolve.
Mike Pence (as Vice President of the United States), Juli 2019As you guys might expect, this is my final home game, I put you guys on a heck of a ride with a lot of ups and downs in my career and you always supported me and I appreciate it.
Basketball, Dallas MavericksDirk Nowitzki