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"There is an ongoing debate about the reform of the U.N. system."
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"The first ingredient to being wrong is to claim that you are right. Geniuses have a knack for raising new questions. Hence by the public they are either admired for their creativity or, even more commonly so, detested for disturbing the daily peace of mind."
"What we have to do... is to find a way to celebrate our diversity and debate our differences without fracturing our communities."
"Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate."
"The dinner table is a lively debate, and everybody weighs in in a different way. I like that, though."
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"India has been contributing very much to the reconstruction of Afghanistan; we are strongly engaged there."
"We shouldn't discuss the world of tomorrow in terms of becoming a balance to the United States. The real issue is whether the United States will define herself as part of the U.N. system-or not."
"The participation in European elections was always not very exciting. People are very interested in European issues, but they don't see the person who is representing Europe."
"What will we do in a globalised world? All human beings are equal, so they have the same right to have the same lifestyle-the same social security, jobs, education."
"The situation in Iraq is dangerous but the regional situation is also very complicated and precarious."
"I don't believe, in the 21st century, in the balance of power system. This is a European idea of the 19th and 20th centuries."
"The United States is our most important ally. They helped us many times. Without the United States, the unification or German democratisation after the Nazi period would have been much more complicated, or almost impossible."
"A transitional government is the beginning of a transfer of sovereignty. It's a question of Iraqi security and moving forward with the political process."
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