"The resources of our continent attract, more than ever, the interests of rich countries."

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"The resources of our continent attract, more than ever, the interests of rich countries."

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

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"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."

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

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"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."

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

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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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"One year after the United States led the invasion of Iraq, the country remains extremely dangerous not only to our troops, but also to the stability of the world."

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"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."

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"Globalization, far from putting an end to power diplomacy between States, has, on the contrary, intensified it."

Power

"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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"I'm not aiming for the Nobel Peace Prize!"

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"Certainly, Africa accounts for only l % of world trade, and we cannot assure our development on our own."

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"The introduction of political pluralism often quickly led to bad results."

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"In spite of our poverty and our economic dependence, we do not have to give in, neither because we are sometimes abandoned nor because of the wish of some nations to impose their economic or political models."

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"The birth of the African Union should encourage us to reexamine relations between African States."

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"But the Western countries that link their partnership with the poorest countries with respect for democracy also have to consider that they have obligations towards these countries."

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"The African Union has to act in order to put an end to armed conflicts that undermine the continent, to fight against the devastation caused by AIDS and other contagious diseases, to promote sustainable development of its member states."

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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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