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"France will insist on the need for updated and responsive institutions."
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"The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart."
"Countries, states, cities, corporations and laws are all words on paper."
"If a country complains that they don't have good leaders, those leaders are only as a result of the prevailing value system that every citizen of that country has been exposed to."
"The level of corruption in a country is determined by the value systems of that country."
"Responsible government is an off shoot of a culture of personal responsibility."
"Tyranny and anarchy are never far apart."
"The best Governments of the World have bin composed of Monarchy, Aristocracy, and Democracy."
"The absence of even rough agreement on the facts puts every opinion on equal footing and therefore eliminates the basis for thoughtful compromise. It rewards not those who are right, but those - like the White House press office - who can make their arguments most loudly, most frequently, most obstinately, and with the best backdrop."
"I would put our legislative and foreign policy accomplishments in our first two years against any president - with the possible exceptions of Johnson, FDR, and Lincoln - just in terms of what we've gotten done in modern history. But, you know, but when it comes to the economy, we've got a lot more work to do. And we're gonna keep on at it."
"It is remarkable that jealousy of individual property in land often goes along with very exaggerated doctrines of tribal or national property in land."
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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."
"One month, two months, I am ready to accept any accord on this point that has the approval of the inspectors."
"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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