"There is a movement to get an international criminal court in the world, voted for by hundreds of states-but with the noticeable absence of the United States of America."

Absence, America, Court, states

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"There is a movement to get an international criminal court in the world, voted for by hundreds of states-but with the noticeable absence of the United States of America."

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"It is the maintenance of slavery by law in a state, not parallels of latitude, that makes its a southern state; and the absence of this, that makes it a northern state."

William H. Seward, American Statesman

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"In Heaven all the interesting people are missing."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

Absence, Heaven, People, Life, Loss

"If he does go, the change will be doleful. Suppose he should be absent spring, summer, and autumn: how joyless sunshine and fine days will seem!"

Charlotte Bronte, British Novelist

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"God's absence in the carnage is due to one single rather unnerving fact; that at some time past He honored our request that He leave. And if we are not brutally honest with ourselves regarding that choice, it is we ourselves who have set the stage for the next tragedy."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

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"Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires."

Bertrand Russell, British Philosopher

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"I dote on his very absence."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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"It would be hard to ignore the absence of democracy in any Arab nation."

Jack Schwartz, American Scientist

Absence, Democracy, Nation

"Her absence is like the sky, spread over everything."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Absence, Emotion, Love, Feeling

"Grace is the absence of everything that indicates pain or difficulty, hesitation or incongruity."

William Hazlitt, English Critic

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"Wilderness is not defined by the absence of certain activities, but rather by the presence of certain unique and invaluable characteristics."

Nick Rahall, American Politician

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"There are some good rules and there are some lousy rules."

Rules

"I tend to think that cricket is the greatest thing that God ever created on earth - certainly greater than sex, although sex isn't too bad either."

God

"One's life has many compartments."

Life

"All that happens is that the destruction of human beings - unless they're Americans - is called collateral damage."

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"I believe an international criminal court is very much to be desired."

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"Clinton's hands remain incredibly clean, don't they, and Tony Blair's smile remains as wide as ever. I view these guises with profound contempt."

Contempt

"If Milosevic is to be tried, he has to be tried by a proper court, an impartial, properly constituted court which has international respect."

Court

"It's so easy for propaganda to work, and dissent to be mocked."

Work

"My second play, The Birthday Party, I wrote in 1958 - or 1957. It was totally destroyed by the critics of the day, who called it an absolute load of rubbish."

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"The past is what you remember, imagine you remember, convince yourself you remember, or pretend you remember."

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