It is on this hopeful note that I shall conclude my statement.

Of course, not everyone would share this optimistic vision.

And the hopeful response derives from recognizing that Islam and democracy are technologies.

And I think, as my goals, I always go back to Gandhi's talisman.

But enlargement fatigue among the member states continues to muddy this optimistic forecast.

The optimistic view is that China s new leadership wants to demonstrate its commitment to the rule of law and fairness.

But many Europeans sunny view of the region has yielded to lowering clouds of pessimism.

There are some optimistic answers to this question, so some people will bring up the Age of Exploration and the opening up of the world.

I've got to warn you the sense in which my worldview is upbeat has always been kind of subtle, sometimes even elusive.

Immediately after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Turkey looked to the newly independent central Asian states in a mood of pan Turkic romanticism.

Disarmament has not taken place automatically since the end of the cold war, thus disappointing our high and premature expectations.

Weather causes the feelings to assume the physical traits of the weather they represent.

But this sanguine view obscures the loss of competitiveness that real appreciation could provoke.

Charles Darwin seemingly overturned this optimistic view of the potential beneficial effects of nurture.

I cite the experimental work on which my optimism is based, and there's quite a lot of detail there.

One of the things to keep in mind is that no startup has ever exceeded their optimistic estimates of market size.

Even with optimistic assumptions, the International Energy Agency estimates that their share will rise to just 2.8 by 2030.

BRUSSELS Sometime they ll give a war and nobody will come, the American poet Carl Sandburg wrote hopefully in 1936.

Slower growth and more modest real wage increases are likely, which will reverse households optimistic expectations.

I've published a great deal on this I cite the experimental work on which my optimism is based, and there's quite a lot of detail there.

And yet, despite the region s favorable prospects and relatively small size, the Union has been slow in doing so.

In some parts of the world, rising expectations, if unfulfilled, could make the kinds of effects that Friedman describes especially strong.

He is good at giving upbeat speeches, but this will not be enough. Some sort of plan is needed.

The belief that the fiscal multiplier is usually low may have contributed to underestimation of the short run economic costs of austerity policies and thus to persistently optimistic forecasts of growth and employment.

Starting with this optimistic note from Lebanese Inner Circle who sees that the ongoing negotiations taking place between opposing parties will have a positive effect on the country in the long run

And in Libya, while getting rid of Muammar el Qaddafi is a good first step, democracy and the rule of law are, to be optimistic, years away.

The optimistic reading is that, despite no sign of improvement in the labor market, economic performance has in fact started to improve, and an adjustment process is under way.

In the absence of enhanced debt relief measures, their debt servicing problems are likely to intensify in the near future even under optimistic assumptions regarding export performance.

As Carmen Reinhart and I emphasize in our book This Time is Different, such fugues of optimism often accompany credit run ups, and this is hardly the first time that globalization and technological innovation have played a central role.

Optimistic estimates of what is happening suggest that at least 50 of today's spoken languages may be extinct or very seriously endangered ( dead or moribund ) around the year 2100.

Weather causes the feelings to assume the physical traits of the weather they represent. So the sunny ones swirl around, the cloudy ones float along, the rainy ones fall down, and the snowy ones flutter to the ground.

Even with optimistic assumptions, the International Energy Agency estimates that, by 2035, we will produce just 2.4 of our energy from wind and 0.8 from solar.

The optimistic (and I believe realistic) view is that the Chinese people, through a variety of channels, including social media, will weigh in, empowering reformers to push through a progressive agenda.

Avoid overly optimistic projections that lead to unworkable plans and unreasonable expectations, which the government will not be able to fulfill, as happened in Guatemala, for example, when its civil war ended.

Notwithstanding all the optimistic and positive efforts at the national and international levels for the eradication of poverty, the gap between the rich developed countries and the poor developing ones is getting wider and economic and social inequalities continue.

According to some optimistic studies, solar thermal power plants and wind farms in North Africa could not only boost economic growth there, but also provide more than 15 of Europe s electricity by 2050.

NEW DELHI The second anniversary of the Arab Spring in Egypt was marked by riots in Tahrir Square that made many observers fear that their optimistic projections in 2011 had been dashed.

The optimistic view is that property rights are becoming more deeply anchored than they were in the past, and that Russia s future will depend on how fast a middle class with a stake in law based government can be created.

BERLIN For most Europeans, the Mediterranean is an annual object of longing the holiday idyll where they spend the best weeks of the year. But many Europeans sunny view of the region has yielded to lowering clouds of pessimism.

Second, complaisant accountants optimistic assumptions about returns on pension reserves, together with large firms greater risk bearing capacity, brightened the financial picture that companies could report to investors.

The optimistic reading is that, despite no sign of improvement in the labor market, economic performance has in fact started to improve, and an adjustment process is under way. The proof, it is often argued, is that external deficits have contracted substantially.

Despite all of the optimistic talk about wind, solar, geothermal, and other sustainable, non carbon emitting energy sources, no alternative is remotely ready to shoulder the energy burden currently borne by fossil fuels.