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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."
"Our country presents on every side the evidences of that continued favor under whose auspices it, has gradually risen from a few feeble and dependent colonies to a prosperous and powerful confederacy."
"The desired modernization and rationalisation of Turkey will never be realised till the day the Modern Turks of AtatA1?4rk come to power because only modern and rational minds can create a modern and a rational country!"
"There are lots of countries around that have weapons of mass destruction. We can't presumably attack them all."
"We are a better Nation and the world is a safer place because of Ronald Reagan."
"Our country, right or wrong. When right, to be kept right; when wrong, to be put right."
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"There's a general culture in this country to cut all the trees. It makes me so angry because everyone is cutting and no one is planting."
"It is important to nurture any new ideas and initiatives which can make a difference for Africa."
"Some say that AIDS came from the monkeys, and I doubt that because we have been living with monkeys from time immemorial, others say it was a curse from God, but I say it cannot be that."
"It's a matter of life and death for this country. The Kenyan forests are facing extinction and it is a man-made problem."
"In a few decades, the relationship between the environment, resources and conflict may seem almost as obvious as the connection we see today between human rights, democracy and peace."
"African women in general need to know that it's OK for them to be the way they are - to see the way they are as a strength, and to be liberated from fear and from silence."
"We are very fond of blaming the poor for destroying the environment. But often it is the powerful, including governments, that are responsible."
"It's the little things citizens do. That's what will make the difference. My little thing is planting trees."
"I am working to make sure we don't only protect the environment, we also improve governance."
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