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"The introduction of political pluralism often quickly led to bad results."
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"Because the world is in economic recession, which worsened since this drama happened, and our country will bear the burden of all of these consequences."

"The shock caused by the September 11 events has also lead to a thorough reflection on the existing disparity between rich and poor countries, on the misery of populations of the South."

"The world is now aware that the most unavoidable and most dangerous weapon that exists is the blind decisiveness of a man ready to sacrifice his life for an obscure cause."

"Globalization, far from putting an end to power diplomacy between States, has, on the contrary, intensified it."

"My actions to promote peace, the mediation missions which I carried out during many conflicts, which very often occurred between brothers of the same country, are not driven by any ulterior motives or any calculations based on personal ambitions."

"The free market economy is supposed to be the only path leading to the happiness of humanity by promoting wealth and prosperity, power and influence of nations."

"From the time of independences until the end of the Cold War, in spite of the participation of a considerable number of African states in the non-aligned movement, everyone in fact chose to align with one or another of the two major blocks."

"I am in favor of complete freedom of information and of free access to the new communication tools, in particular the Internet."
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