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"The United States is not stingy. We are the greatest contributor to international relief efforts in the world."
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"We need to steer clear of this poverty of ambition, where people want to drive fancy cars and wear nice clothes and live in nice apartments but don't want to work hard to accomplish these things. Everyone should try to realize their full potential."

"Never accept the situation where you have the light but sufficient only for yourself! You must have an abundant light so that you may give to others!"

"Always err on the side of generosity."

"There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it."

"To give to others is but sowing seed for ourselves."

"Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind."

"We can only be our best by giving, and so we always need to be in the process of giving or preparing to give."

"Finding the good in others is mutually rewarding for both you and the fortunate recipient of your kind words. Don't you love being around people who make you feel great about yourself? Don't you want to do business with people who make you feel valued and important? Wouldn't you rather work with people who appreciate and respect you? Of course you would! Now go out and do that for others! When you become a generous good-finder you will infuse positive energy, optimism, and good will into their lives, as well as your own."

"Behold I do not give lectures or a little charity, When I give I give myself."
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"We got rid of a terrible dictator. We gave the Iraqi people an opportunity for a new life under a representative form of government."

"The purposes of the United States should not be doubted. The Security Council resolutions will be enforced - the just demands of peace and security will be met - or action will be unavoidable. And a regime that has lost its legitimacy will also lose its power."

"Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt, to offer a solution everybody can understand."

"Never let your ego get so close to your position that when your position goes, your ego goes with it."

"But just as they did in Philadelphia when they were writing the constitution, sooner or later, you've got to compromise. You've got to start making the compromises that arrive at a consensus and move the country forward."

"Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn't go with it."
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