"If any foreign minister begins to defend to the death a "peace conference," you can be sure his government has already placed its orders for new battleships and airplanes."

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"No mother would ever willingly sacrifice her sons for territorial gain, for economic advantage, for ideology."

Ronald Reagan, American President

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"Any negotiation has a limit. Otherwise, war is irrelevant."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

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"One picture is worth 1,000 denials."

Ronald Reagan, American President

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"From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

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"The rulers of the state are the only persons who ought to have the privilege of lying, either at home or abroad; they may be allowed to lie for the good of the state."

Plato, Greek Philosopher

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"Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it."

Lao Tzu, Chinese Philosopher

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"You're in America now," I said. "Our idea of diplomacy is showing up with a gun in one hand and a sandwich in the other and asking which you'd prefer."

Jim Butcher, American Author

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"Japan is dealing us a dead hand. For two years we have watched the Japanese drag their feet and we can't let them continue to slam the door in our faces."

Craig L. Thomas, American Politician

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"In Europe it is particularly important that we build good relations to everyone who holds political responsibility because Europe can only be build together."

Angela Merkel, German Statesman

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"It is crystal clear to me that if Arabs put down a draft resolution blaming Israel for the recent earthquake in Iran it would probably have a majority, the U.S. would veto it and Britain and France would abstain."

Amos Oz, Israeli Writer

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"If any foreign minister begins to defend to the death a "peace conference," you can be sure his government has already placed its orders for new battleships and airplanes."

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"Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed."

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"Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas."

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"The people who cast the votes don't decide an election, the people who count the votes do."

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"Print is the sharpest and the strongest weapon of our party."

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"Mankind is divided into rich and poor, into property owners and exploited; and to abstract oneself from this fundamental division; and from the antagonism between poor and rich means abstracting oneself from fundamental facts."

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"You cannot make a revolution with silk gloves."

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"No mother would ever willingly sacrifice her sons for territorial gain, for economic advantage, for ideology."

"Any negotiation has a limit. Otherwise, war is irrelevant."

"One picture is worth 1,000 denials."

"From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent."

"The rulers of the state are the only persons who ought to have the privilege of lying, either at home or abroad; they may be allowed to lie for the good of the state."

"Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it."

"You're in America now," I said. "Our idea of diplomacy is showing up with a gun in one hand and a sandwich in the other and asking which you'd prefer."

"Japan is dealing us a dead hand. For two years we have watched the Japanese drag their feet and we can't let them continue to slam the door in our faces."

"In Europe it is particularly important that we build good relations to everyone who holds political responsibility because Europe can only be build together."

"It is crystal clear to me that if Arabs put down a draft resolution blaming Israel for the recent earthquake in Iran it would probably have a majority, the U.S. would veto it and Britain and France would abstain."

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"If any foreign minister begins to defend to the death a "peace conference," you can be sure his government has already placed its orders for new battleships and airplanes."

"Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed."

"Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas."

"We don't let them have ideas. Why would we let them have guns?"

"History shows that there are no invincible armies."

"Death solves all problems - no man, no problem."

"The people who cast the votes don't decide an election, the people who count the votes do."

"Print is the sharpest and the strongest weapon of our party."

"Mankind is divided into rich and poor, into property owners and exploited; and to abstract oneself from this fundamental division; and from the antagonism between poor and rich means abstracting oneself from fundamental facts."

"You cannot make a revolution with silk gloves."