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"Egypt has suffered more ordeals than the other countries to get where it is."
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"Official dignity tends to increase in inverse ratio to the importance of the country in which the office is held."
"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."
"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."
"This country needs to get a backbone and stand up for its economic interest."
"It is only in the country that we can get to know a person or a book."
"As we explore ways to bring price relief and bolster our country's energy independence, one significant energy source has emerged as a potential solution, hydrogen fuel cells."
"I come from a district where the veterans are not the richest in the country."
"The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself."
"But I am sure also that from a political point of view, and from a social point of view the federal link, without infringing the sovereignty of any of the nations which might take part in such as association, could be beneficial."
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"In the '70s I was in exile; every time I went back I wondered if they'd take my passport away."
"Poetry is not only a set of words which are chosen to relate to each other; it is something which goes much further than that to provide a glimpse of our vision of the world."
"I am a guest of the French language. My poems in French are born of my interaction with the French language, which is not the same as that of a French poet."
"I belong to a specific category of writers, those who speak and write in a language different from that of their parents."
"Emigration is no longer a solution; it's a defeat. People are risking death, drowning every day, but they're knocking on doors that are not open."
"People must insist on the right to say no, to be alone, to stand out from the herd. Creative artists can say all this in their own way and in their own field, by hard, rigorous work."
"To lead a country, you must periodically hold a national consultation in which people representing different programmes can make a bid for power."
"I write about wounds, the eternal treasons of life. It's not very funny, but it's sincere. My commitment is to sincerity."
"New ideas should confront old ideas. We must refer to the example of Europe. People have fought to make Europe what it is today. Freedom is not something that is served up on a plate."
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