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...meant "heart" gave lifeblood to her wounded nation. The only weapon she possessed was moral courage. But with it she discovered a groundbreaking truth: that a populace holding nothing more than candles and rosary beads could face a cavalcade of tanks, topple a dictator and, most improbable of all, usher in democracy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corazon Aquino 1933-2009: The Saint of Democracy | 8/17/2009 | See Source »

...which did nothing to prevent the two nations going at each other like frenzied dogs. The point is simple: China may amaze us today, but nothing about its future is certain. Its rise, like Germany's 100 years ago, could lead to murderous rivalries. Or it could help usher in a period in which more of humankind has more material benefits, enjoyed in peace, than has ever been known before. We can only watch, and wonder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Into the Unknown | 8/10/2009 | See Source »

...biggest impact Obama makes during his trip to Africa might be the enormous accomplishment he has already achieved - getting elected President. Even though that alone will not be enough to oust dictators and usher in new democracies, it is sure to keep Diarra singing out of the window of his taxi, "O-bama! O-bama...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Welcome to OBamako: Africa Awaits Obama's Return | 7/9/2009 | See Source »

...that our state would be on good economic grounds but also in a position to more fully contribute toward energy independence for America. We have done that. We've reformed on a state-level government with ethics reform. My first year in office, we worked with the lawmakers to usher through ethics legislation that would disallow any of the previously accepted unethical practices in state government. So we did that. Now, heading into my final year in office, though, it's quite apparent that I will not be the one to effect more fully that continued reform on a state...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TIME's Interview with Sarah Palin: 'It's All for Alaska' | 7/8/2009 | See Source »

...extremely high that our nation is going to start exporting even more jobs to China and to other countries that do not have the corporate tax or the equivalent of the corporate tax that the cap-and-trade - I call it cap-and-tax - agenda is going to usher in. What he needs to be understanding is, we have the domestic supplies of energy in America. It's conventional sources - oil, gas, coal, it's nuclear - and we have the renewable sources here in America. But if we're not allowed to drill and develop those conventional sources in this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TIME's Interview with Sarah Palin: 'It's All for Alaska' | 7/8/2009 | See Source »

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