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"The whole basis of the United Nations is the right of all nations - great or small - to have weight, to have a vote, to be attended to, to be a part of the twentieth century."

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

"As a South African I honestly cannot understand how people can't see South Africa as a unique nation, untied by ties of history, bonds of suffering, victory, struggles, hope - and in more ways than I ever before thought possible - blood."

"Japan is an important ally of ours. Japan and the United States of the Western industrialized capacity, 60 percent of the GNP, two countries. That's a statement in and of itself."

"A house in the country is not the same as a country house."

"What is a democrat? One who believes that the republicans have ruined the country. What is a republican? One who believes that the democrats would ruin the country."

"Official dignity tends to increase in inverse ratio to the importance of the country in which the office is held."
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"Is it possible to covet a much longer life for one's self and be as devoted to the well-being of the next generation? It's a long argument."


"I don't believe that efforts to prohibit only so-called reproductive cloning can be successful."


"In the case of abortion, one pits the life of the fetus against the interests of the pregnant woman."


"I have nothing against respecting people who lived before, but we have no responsibility toward them."


"We may simply not be wise enough to do some of the kinds of engineering things that people are talking about doing."


"Limits have to be set on how far one can simply use the... cleverness that we have to make changes."
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