46 quotes found
"In a family, children leave and go and set up their own households and that does not in any way affect the relationship between the family."
"Our people humanized the violent, inhumane slave plantation society that the British colonialists had established, (but) we are still faced with the insidious nature of a culture that is intended to dehumanize black people wherever black or blackness is found, and our parliaments therefore, while we shall be in the vanguard of removing all laws of discrimination, it is the mental emancipation that shall forever always matter."
"To ask us (Barbados) to continue carrying the battle against the backdrop of the (COVID-19) pandemic and not having contributed to the crisis to greenhouse gases is really unacceptable. We can't fight the pandemic or climate crisis from a national perspective. All of us have to cooperate globally, or we're not going to win this battle."
"“We know how to run fast in one set of circumstances when it suits one set of people but yet we run very slow when it matters to billions of people and their access to livelihood,”"
"“We are committed to resume the battle of saving people and the planet,”"
"“Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision is merely passing time. But vision with action can change the world."
"” The best leaders not only create their vision, but also inspire others toward action.”"
"“We are waiting for urgent global, moral, strategic leadership,” said Ms. Mottley. “If we don’t control this fire, it will burn us all down.”"
"“If I use the speech prepared for me to deliver today, it would be a repetition– s repetition of what you’ve heard from others, and also from me”."
"“If we can find the will to send people to the moon and solve male baldness, we can solve simple problems like letting our people eat”."
"“Our world stands at a fork in the road; one no less significant than when the United Nations was formed in 1945. But then the majority of countries here did not exist, we exist now. The difference is we want to exist a 100 years from now,”"
"The conspiracy of silence has diminished the horror of what our people faced,"
"I want to salute the King for having the courage to recognise this is a conversation that the time has come to have,"
"The world needs to share the burden,"
"The world needs us to rise up and change our behaviour."
"“An international order that is not inclusive, or strongly rooted in fairness and moral legitimacy will fail to halt and reverse climate change,”"
"“even if for many we are invisible, we are not dispensable.”"
"“Because it is the right thing to do - not just politically but morally,”"
"“We are trespassing on ground that is best left in our history and not our future. And to this, we add the insidious threats of terrorism and, now, the existential threat of climate change,”"
"“Just as we find it abhorrent today to contemplate, far less support, removing freedom and choice from other human beings, so must we also recognize that true freedom also requires changing the structural imbalances in power and wealth,”"
"“What will it take for us to get the mighty of the world to protect us against the existential threat to our survival?”"
"“But we who are invisible do not have the luxury of time because we are busy trying to survive,”"
"“If it matters enough, we can choose to end climate change. Our only limits are the limits to our imagination. We achieve what we put our resources behind.”"
"the world must claim ground, secure it and move forward. “We need collective partnerships. We need new voices to inspire and to influence.”"
"“Let us choose to end climate change. We will achieve it. Human ingenuity will enable us to do so. But we cannot wait. Let us bring it forward.”"
"We do not want that dreaded death sentence, and we have come here today to say, 'Try harder,'"
"If our existence is to mean anything, then we must act in the interest of all of our people who are dependent on us,"
"And if we don't, we will allow the path of greed and selfishness to sow the seeds of our common destruction,"
"“Trust and inclusion are indivisible… We need a New Internationalism, a truly inclusive United Nations and international system.”"
"“Our people are watching, and our people are taking note,”"
"“Are we really going to leave Scotland without the commitment to ambition that is sorely needed to save lives and to save our planet? Or are we so blinded and hardened that we can no longer appreciate the cries of humanity?”"
"“Alongside new capital, innovative instruments, partnerships and new ways of working together are critical if we are to overcome the challenges posed by climate, pandemics and debt. These new, integrated, initiatives announced today are embodiment of what can come out of new cooperative ways of working together.”"
"A Woman's life can really be a succession of lives, each revolving around some emotionally compelling situation or challenge, and each marked off by some intense experience."
"As a diplomat, she was highly respected internationally for her community service, her work in the women's movement, and her involvement in the struggle against apartheid. In her role as governor-general, she impacted all walks of life and took pride in her country."
"In spite of international acclaim, she never lost touch with the common people and was greatly loved by Barbadians."
"Any one who has ever asked Nita for the telephone number or address of one of her friends soon looks on in amazement at the address book which she produces."
"As one journalist put it: she was a woman "for all people and the people's governor-general."
"Famously outspoken, she was known as “the people’s Governor-General” for her warmth, wisdom and kindness."
"I am a coloured woman and proud of it."
"Her life was a brilliant beacon, dedicated to the cause of the women and children of Barbados."
"I have always joined organisations to serve. I derived great joy – and some moments of sorrow – during my more than two decades of membership. It has never been an easy road, but it was travelled with commitment and determination in the secure knowledge that this party was the better one for our country."
"I serve organisations based on if their actions conform with my principles. The behaviours of late should never rest easy within the bosom of any true Dem. The weekend of August 24 must be referenced. The persons mistreated were our brothers and sisters for decades. All that was required was competent management. Those who instructed and enforced locking DLP members out of a property they had all rights to enter will be forever remembered in the annals of shame and reflected on with disgust."
"Mrs. Sandiford-Garner describes herself as an out-spoken feminist, says the final straw was what she terms the recent public revelation of a woman’s age and essentially characterizing her as old."
"It requires an all hands-on deck approach to accomplish the shift into a sustainable island state and encouraged everyone to use “our vibe” as Caribbean people to “leverage what we have to offer to take our place on the global stage."
"This is the time for the Caribbean to rise; to rise and be a global leader. This is the time for the people of the region to show the world the gift with which we have been endowed, our intellect, our capacity, our creative genius, the warmth, and kindness, and make no mistake, it is not an accident that the Caribbean is one of the greatest tourism destinations in the world."
"The first thing that would help to define St. Kitts and Nevis as a sustainable island state is the recognition that you must be part and are a part of something great. Something that is bigger than yourselves. A momentum that is driving you, that is driving a country, that is driving a region."