"The shock caused by the September 11 events has also lead to a thorough reflection on the existing disparity between rich and poor countries, on the misery of populations of the South."

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"The shock caused by the September 11 events has also lead to a thorough reflection on the existing disparity between rich and poor countries, on the misery of populations of the South."

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"Every nation ridicules other nations, and all are right."

Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher

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"There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our gusts and storms."

George Eliot, British Author

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"The country is provincial; it becomes ridiculous when it tries to ape Paris."

Honore de Balzac, French Novelist

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"Official dignity tends to increase in inverse ratio to the importance of the country in which the office is held."

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"That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest number of noble and happy human beings."

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Jane Austen, British Writer

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George Santayana, American Philosopher

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"Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country."

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"A wise traveler never despises his own country."

William Hazlitt, English Critic

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"The world is now aware that the most unavoidable and most dangerous weapon that exists is the blind decisiveness of a man ready to sacrifice his life for an obscure cause."

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"Because the world is in economic recession, which worsened since this drama happened, and our country will bear the burden of all of these consequences."

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"Economic sanctions rarely achieve the desired results."

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"In short, we have, among African countries, a duty of solidarity."

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"Every nation ridicules other nations, and all are right."

"There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our gusts and storms."

"The country is provincial; it becomes ridiculous when it tries to ape Paris."

"Official dignity tends to increase in inverse ratio to the importance of the country in which the office is held."

"That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest number of noble and happy human beings."

"It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not what they ought to be, so are the rest of the nation."

"A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world."

"Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country."

"A wise traveler never despises his own country."

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"The world is now aware that the most unavoidable and most dangerous weapon that exists is the blind decisiveness of a man ready to sacrifice his life for an obscure cause."

"Because the world is in economic recession, which worsened since this drama happened, and our country will bear the burden of all of these consequences."

"Economic sanctions rarely achieve the desired results."

"In short, we have, among African countries, a duty of solidarity."

"It is up to African leaders to show their will and political courage in order to assure that this new pan-African institution becomes an efficient instrument and not a place for endless discussions."

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"I am in favor of complete freedom of information and of free access to the new communication tools, in particular the Internet."

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