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"What we can do as individuals may not be very much on the global scale, but we have to start the change by living as we are teaching."
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"Since when has corruption everywhere, homes, streets, offices, become a Nigerian factor."

"To really change the world, we have to help people change the way they see things."

"I had to make a drastic change at Sun Records and I didn't really appreciate country music until I went there."

"Clever nations are the ones who keep changing their governments! Because power must change hands otherwise it will get spoiled and rot!"
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"There are big issues, like the reform of the Security Council. These kinds of questions are something the President of the General Assembly must keep his eye on."

"If there is something I would like to do as President of the General Assembly, it is to place more emphasis on the issue of education, which enables a better life for women."

"Finland had a civil war less than 100 years ago, just like in Ireland. If you look at the history of newly independent nations, civil war is almost every time present, even in the United States."

"There are many challenges, there are many obstacles; let us try to change the obstacles to advantages."

"If you come to a negotiation table saying you have the final truth, that you know nothing but the truth and that is final, you will get nothing."

"I recently reread an article of mine written in 1964, and I think it is still valid. There is not much difference. Many of the items on the agenda 37 years ago are still there."

"In international or national crises, there are always questions of lack of confidence. You have to change the minds of the people in order to get results."

"The Baltic Sea is becoming more and more polluted. Not everybody living near the shore of the Baltic Sea is protecting it. It is the water of life for countries like Finland and Sweden."

"I really do hope that the Millennium Summit gives new impetus to the work of the United Nations."

"That is where consensus-building begins-with the idea that you have your own truth, but that the negotiator on the other side of the table has his own truth as well."
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