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All Quotes Collection
"We must maintain strong defenses, military and spiritual."
32
"I emphasize... that the Harrimans showed great courage and loyalty and confidence in us, because three or four of us were really running the business, the day to day business."
32
"It is our conduct, our patriotism and belief in our American way of life, our courage that will win the final battle."
34
"Well I actually do have a country house in Connecticut with a population of 3,000. Like, how small is that? I spend a lot of time there - I write up there. So I kind of have the best of both worlds and I love going up there."
48
"The most important thing to strive for in life is some kind of personal and professional achievement. Not as a man or a woman, but as a person."
49
"Sometimes you have to find the passion. It comes from the inside... Everyone has to find it for themselves."
58
"The ultimate inspiration is the deadline."
15
"Everyone who's ever taken a shower has an idea. It's the person who gets out of the shower, dries off and does something about it who makes a difference."
21
"Diplomacy means the art of nearly deceiving all your friends, but not quite deceiving all your enemies."
221
"I rejected the armed struggle because, as a Christian, I am committed to a nonviolent and peaceful struggle. But people take their own initiatives, because it is a Lebanon type of situation here."
44
"South Africa is blessed to have women and men like yourselves who have little to give but give what you have with open hands and open hearts."
47
"AIDS is the biggest challenge, the major disaster facing this country and we would have wished for something more specific and far-reaching."
44
"We have our own history, our own language, our own culture. But our destiny is also tied up with the destinies of other people - history has made us all South Africans."
47
"We are here because we are determined to offer the people of the Western Cape choices which are long overdue."
48
"The politics of the Cape Town Metro, which allows an executive Mayoral committee to make secret decisions which affect you, behind closed doors, is wrong!"
46
"The candidates before you know that the IFP has set up a system of deployed IFP national and provincial leaders who are not only monitoring the performance of candidates during these elections but will also do so after these elections."
43
"So long as the Zulu people are here, clearly I will still have a role to play in this country."
56
"Personally, I believe in self-determination, but in the context of one South Africa - so that my self-determination is based in this region, and with my people."
38
"Others may make you promises, once again, and then election after election not deliver. We will not do this."
37
"My people have been sucked into the violence because some feel they have to retaliate, and some feel they have to protect themselves."
42
"And the basis on which we agreed to operate with them involved a manifesto, where it states that we proceed from different ideologies and policies. One thing that we insisted on was that they should take an oath to reject racism and discrimination."
41
"The IFP is here to put into practice what we preach."
45
"All of our forebears contributed to what South Africa has become. That does not, however, mean that I must apologize to anyone for being born a Zulu, or for having that culture."
45
"In Hanover Park they highlighted the terrible plight of backyard dwellers and the fact that year after year nothing has been done to help you: the hope and despair you all live with every day."
43
"Clearly you need a new team to go out to bat on your behalf; to fight for your rights and to report back to you personally and to the leadership of the IFP."
40
"For our white members, voting is something they have done for hundreds of years. But for us, it is not such a traumatic thing, because we have never participated in an election."
42
"I am not the kind of leader who pontificates about what should be done - I don't operate on scenarios, and I am not a prophet."
50
"I have always believed in dialogue and in nonviolence, and if you look at my background you will see that it has always been my policy to talk to everyone."
36
"I have been in America only once since Mr. Clinton became your president - as a speaker at the United Nations."
39
"I was proud to call Dr Rupert a friend. He was always a wonderful source of support and kindness."
39
"I wouldn't ever set out to hurt anyone deliberately unless it was, you know, important - like a league game or something."
Hurt,
56
"I'm not so mean. I wouldn't ever go out to hurt anybody deliberately - unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something."
Hurt,
57
"We're a big check mark on everybody's schedule. I told them it's just another challenge, let's go after it."
41
"There is no doubt that Iraqis, like Australians and Americans, love and desire freedom. However, if freedom doesn't mean the right to complete self-determination, unfettered by interests other than one's own, then that freedom is less than worthless - it's oppression."
32
"The reality is that we are hated not because of our democracy, freedoms, and generous social security system; rather, we are hated because of our involvement in foreign conflicts and quarrels that were never our concern."
34
"One man has enthusiasm for 30 minutes, another for 30 days, but it is the man who has it for 30 years who makes a success of his life."
39
"It seems, though, that historically we have now reached a position in which Jews cannot legitimately be understood always and only as presumptive victims."
38
"I would say that I'm a feminist theorist before I'm a queer theorist or a gay and lesbian theorist."
43
"There is no original or primary gender a drag imitates, but gender is a kind of imitation for which there is no original."
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