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		The progress in Iraq is still fragile. And it could still be reversed. Iraq still faces innumerable challenges, and they will be evident during what will likely be a difficult process as the newly elected Council of Representatives selects the next prime minister, president, and speaker of the council.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				David Petraeus 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		As has been pointed out with Libya, the debate over Libya, sometimes we allow diplomatic relations with imperfect regimes because progress can best be made through engagement instead of isolation. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Earl Blumenauer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Some sciences need mutual support and assistance to develop. The majority of these are physical sciences. Mutual support has almost no use in other disciplines, such as attainment of intuitive knowledge of God or spiritual progress. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Said Nursi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Perhaps the best definition of progress would be the continuing efforts of men and women to narrow the gap between the convenience of the powers that be and the unwritten charter. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Nadine Gordimer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The Indian economy grew at 5.5 percent, but if you look at the last 30 years - for example, 1960 to 1985 - the progress made by East Asian countries was phenomenal. In a single generation they had been able to transform the character of their economy. They were able to get rid of chronic poverty. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Manmohan Singh 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		And so our goal on health care is, if we can get, instead of health care costs going up 6 percent a year, it's going up at the level of inflation, maybe just slightly above inflation, we've made huge progress. And by the way, that is the single most important thing we could do in terms of reducing our deficit. That's why we did it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Barack Obama 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		They were the largest semiconductor maker in the world up until about 1980. I'm not sure that that can be re-gained again, but their progress in the last few years has been very impressive. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jack Kilby 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Not to say that corporations are perfect today, but even grand corporations like Dupont have made immense progress in translating some of their past environmentally damaging practices into new profit opportunities. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Maurice Strong 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		With Gutenberg Europe enters the technological phase of progress, when change itself becomes the archetypal norm of social life. (p. 177) 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Marshall McLuhan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Concepts which have proved useful for ordering things easily assume so great an authority over us, that we forget their terrestrial origin and accept them as unalterable facts. They then become labeled as 'conceptual necessities,' etc. The road of scientific progress is frequently blocked for long periods by such errors. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Albert Einstein 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't tend to set out on huge world domination goals or have anything in mind. I just like to play. I like to gig a lot; I like to write music. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Imelda May 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The pollution they produce, market, sell, and show to billions around the world is at its core contemptuous of the country that gave them better lives than nearly 100 percent of everybody who's ever lived. And they pass that contempt along for everyone to see. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				John Ratzenberger 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The progress in Iraq is still fragile. And it could still be reversed. Iraq still faces innumerable challenges, and they will be evident during what will likely be a difficult process as the newly elected Council of Representatives selects the next prime minister, president, and speaker of the council. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				David Petraeus