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"Undoubtedly, at the moment, the major cause of CO2 emission is what happens in developed countries."
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"Every man is a creative cause of what happens, a primum mobile with an original movement."
"An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason."
"We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause."
"As much purity one has within, his external circumstances will be that much more favorable. As much impurity there is within, there will be a corresponding amount of unfavorable external circumstances."
"Don't speak of action [effect]. Don't serve the action [effect]. It is a result. But serve the causes [do the causes]. Nothing will be achieved unless you serve the cause."
"This world is not without causes. There is Moksha [ultimate liberation] when one's causes stops. There is Moksha where everyone's 'claim' is completed. Without a cause, effect does not happen."
"To win the cause we all believe in, the spread of true democracy all over the world, we need to win by example, not just with speeches but by example; not just with military might but by gaining the respect of the world."
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"So, what I say to people is that politics has got to be about principle and values above all. Of course, there are times when you have to make accommodations."
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"I think that what most surprises anybody who goes into politics from even a modestly cerebral background is the vulgarity of much of the cut and thrust of politics."
"It is almost always wrong that the time isn't ripe to decide something. That is always said of difficult problems."
"I believe in trying to get a balance between individual freedom on the one hand and social responsibility on the other."
"But the ability to articulate what you are doing, to be clear about it, and to stick to it is, I think, the essence of political leadership."
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