The Olympic Games are for the world and all nations must be admitted to them.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The Olympics are a wonderful metaphor for world cooperation, the kind of international competition that's wholesome and healthy, an interplay between countries that represents the best in all of us.
Most other competitions are individual achievements, but the Olympic Games is something that belongs to everybody.
No one pretends anymore that the Olympics are just about sports. It's routine to talk about what effect holding the Games in this or that capital will have on the host country's international reputation, how a nation's prestige can be raised by its medal count.
The IOC are the guardians of the Olympic ideal.
Sport allows us to engage in dialogue and to build bridges, and it may even have the capacity to reshape international relations. The Olympic Games embody perfectly this universal mission.
The Olympics is an imperfect interregnum, the parade of nations a fantasy about a peace never won. It offers little relief from strife and no harbor from terror.
They want the Olympics. We ought to make sure they don't get the Olympics.
Every country when they have Olympics, a lot of people come out opposed.
The opportunity to represent your country at the Olympic Games is earned, not given.
Unfortunately, there are not many people in the world who get to experience the Olympic Games.