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"It has been said that arguing against globalization is like arguing against the laws of gravity."
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"The more I come to know about the outside world's perception of China, the more I feel there are all sorts of misunderstandings, and to a certain extent, people do not get the full picture from the media. A lot of foreigners have few opportunities to visit China, and a lot of Chinese people do not have the chance to go to Europe or to the West."

"A certain number of Americans are already in Peking and most of us here feel that it would be very useful for the United States and especially for the Left-wing progressive movement in the United States if groups of students such as you mention could make a tour of China."

"The world is getting so small. Young people are mobile; they want to travel around the world. When you travel around the world, you exchange culture, you want to make friends, you want to exchange things."

"We may freak out globally, but we suffer locally."

"We should keep on going along the path of globalization. Globalization is good... when trade stops, war comes."

"It used to be said that when the U.S. sneezed, the world caught a cold. The opposite is equally true today."

"Russia should support globalization. The Internet can develop in Russia in a very speedy way."

"The more worrying feature of the new global corporate structures is their capacity to devastate national labour markets by transferring their operations to cheaper locations overseas."

"Globalisation makes it clear that social responsibility is required not only of governments, but of companies and individuals. All sources must interact in order to reach the MDGs."

"Today in the era of globalization there is no such issue as borders between states of the same nation."
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"If information and knowledge are central to democracy, they are the conditions for development."

"We have the means and the capacity to deal with our problems, if only we can find the political will."

"Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family."

"To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there."

"I urge the Iraqi leadership for sake of its own people... to seize this opportunity and thereby begin to end the isolation and suffering of the Iraqi people."

"In the rush for justice it is important not to lose sight of principles the country holds dear."

"Iraq has a new opportunity to comply with all these relevant resolutions of the Security Council."
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