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"Someone has said that nations have interests, they don't have friends, and you see that over and over in U.S. policy."
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"Friendship is a magnificent art of life that is drawn by two hearts and two minds."
"Because God is love the most important lesson He wants you to learn on earth is how to love."
"I understand you, and I shall not attempt to make you change your mind. I am too old to want to improve the world. I have told you what I think, and that is all. I shall remain your friend even if you act contrary to my convictions, and I shall help you even if I disagree with you."
"Though I can make a friend in an hour, it will take a lifetime to cultivate a friendship."
"Best friends are those people who reveal to you what is wonderful inside of you, and you can all still laugh together."
"Once when I had remarked on the affection quite often found between cat and dog, my friend replied, "Yes. But I bet no dog would ever confess it to the other dogs."
"We secure our friends not by accepting favors but by doing them."
"It's the classic story form. All staying equal, or proving equal, or being equal, this will all continue, and the next time around, we'll move on to see what happened to Harry after he dove in the river, or who his friend John really was, and so on."
"The dearest friend on earth is a mere shadow compared to Jesus Christ."
"Well, here at last, dear friends, on the shores of the Sea comes the end of our fellowship in Middle-earth. Go in peace! I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil."
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"Someone has said that nations have interests, they don't have friends, and you see that over and over in U.S. policy."
"In fact that is the struggle that most Americans - As rich as this country is, most Americans are very limited in their interaction with the world, unless the world comes to us in a very shocking way."
"In Haiti you had the Duvaliers for 29 years and they were very well supported by the United States."
"Napoleon had been fighting this army of slaves and free people in Haiti and it depleted his forces. And after the Revolution, when the French were driven out, they stopped and sold this big chunk of North America to the Americans for very little money."
"That's whatever news topic, whatever political process any country is going through - whenever they are in the news, that's when they exist. If you don't see them they don't exist."
"Especially moments when things are very difficult and complicated for me and I am still trying to grasp what is happening and I am still trying to understand and to reach family back home."
"More and more people are able to access information - thank goodness we have the Internet and if you are interested you can find things. Which is different than even 20 years ago."
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