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"The whole basis of the United Nations is the right of all nations - great or small - to have weight, to have a vote, to be attended to, to be a part of the twentieth century."
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"The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten."
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"When under attack, no country is obligated to collect permission slips from allies to strike back."
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"In a way, certain sections of the media always wanted to knock me because I had captained my country and been skipper at Old Trafford. It was all a bit odd really."
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"When we talk about fighting for our country, we're talking about our vote, our vote is our arms."
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"It is not viable for one country to demand a right to increase and upgrade its nuclear weapons capabilities while asking others to eliminate theirs."
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"Official dignity tends to increase in inverse ratio to the importance of the country in which the office is held."
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"No holidays, no country."
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"As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole world."
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"No nation ever yet found any inconvenience from too close an inspection into the conduct of its officers, but many have been brought to ruin and reduced to slavery by suffering gradual impositions and abuses."
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"If we carry on filling up the calendar, we keep on pushing the athlete, we shorten the athletes longevity. The risk is to shorten a career that could have lasted 10 years because the athlete is burnt out."
Athletes
"I run in practically every single road race in my country, 5k, 10k just to promote the sport."
Nation
"My main point in this regard was to compete for my country and my people and to receive the support of the entire Cuban society, to carry my flag in whatever competition I was in, the Olympic Games, Pan-American Games."
Society
"I got involved in athletics during physical education lessons at school."
Education
"I love music, and outside of work my family keeps me very busy, I have five children to keep track of."
Family
"We want to promote the great qualities of athletics - and maintain its integrity - all over the world."
Integrity
"Then I received support from the Government to compete for my country, and to represent Cuba in competition."
Government
"I am always fighting inside the Council to get the message across that at each competition venue, we should send somebody to inspect and to make sure the athletes will be looked after in a correct manner."
Athletes
"We want to make sure our athletes have a future once their athletics careers are over."
Athletes
"We need to be aware of all aspects: To check how they travel, how they eat, the competition conditions."
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