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"Romania and Bulgaria were particularly irresponsible. If they wanted to diminish their chances of joining Europe they could not have found a better way."
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"It's proper and appropriate to remind the Chinese about what they get out of solid relations with the United States."
"I cannot conceive of Israel withdrawing if Arab states do not recognize Israel, within secure borders."
"Let us move from the era of confrontation to the era of negotiation."
"Peace: in international affairs a period of cheating between two periods of fighting."
"There is no greater success as when you turn your enemy into your ally."
"Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough."
"A peace talk is always difficult, always complicated."
"You learn, just as you learn good manners, how to approach things with a certain amount of diplomacy."
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"When you are in the family... you have more rights than when you are asking to join and knocking on the door."
"If we prove capable of showing a pioneering commitment, we shall create a commmunity listened to around the world."
"National Missile Defense is of a nature to retrigger a proliferation of weapons, notably nuclear missiles. Everything that goes in the direction of proliferation is a bad direction."
"If our language, our programs, our creations are not strongly present in the new media, the young generation of our country will be economically and culturally marginalized."
"These irresponsible acts, which cannot have any justification whatsoever, are to be fully condemned. In these appalling circumstances, I want to offer you the most sincere condolences, both in my name and in that of the French people."
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"As soon as one nation claims the right to take preventive action, other countries will naturally do the same. If we go down that road, where are we going?"
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