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"You can never have a revolution in order to establish a democracy. You must have a democracy in order to have a revolution."

"Change represents the real spirit of democracy and the real America."

"The amazing fact is that America is founded on a document. It's a work in progress. It can be tested by each generation."

"Some politicians are aware of the Bill of Rights. It seems that the opposition party is far more likely to invoke it, to wave it in the air, this is what we saw from a lot of republicans during the Clinton Administration, and we are seeing the same from Democrats under Bush."

"Democracy can exist only in the countries where people are brave! Coward nations always live under the authoritarian regimes!"

"Small use it will be to save democracy for the race if we cannot save the race for democracy."
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"I'm not an American but I have always had the outsiders' respect for the American people and the American way."

"In Bosnia, little children shot in the head by a guy who thinks it's okay to aim his gun at a child."

"We hear foreign accents on CNN. It's crazy, it's wild, who knows, maybe they'll take you because you certainly don't fit in, in the American spectrum of news."

"I leave CNN with the utmost respect, love and admiration for the company and everyone who works here. This has been my family and shared endeavor for the past 27 years, and I am forever grateful and proud of all that we have accomplished."

"I was really just the tea boy to begin with, or the equivalent thereof, but I quickly announced, innocently but very ambitiously, that I wanted to be, I was going to be, a foreign correspondent."

"I am no longer sure that when I go out there and do my job it'll even see the light of air, if the experience of my network colleagues is anything to go by."

"But 17 years ago, I arrived at CNN with a suitcase, with my bicycle, and with about 100 dollars."

"Our industry has invested so much money in technology that perhaps it's time to invest in talent, in people."
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