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Government Quotes
"With my government, we engaged in bringing our help to fights for national freedom. At that precise moment, several countries were still colonised or had barely overcome colonisation. This was the case in practically all of Africa. We supported them."
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"On the other hand, we have in Israel, an Israeli government which has been elected by the Israeli people. Their political agenda is not for peace. They are from the camp anti-peace."
49
"The military destabilised my government on politically motivated charges."
48
"The first step is that the Cambodian government has expressed sincerity to apologize for what happened."
45
"We wait here to meet the Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam to discuss together a ceremony of orderly transfer of power so as to avoid any unnecessary bloodshed in the population."
44
"When a peace agreement is concluded between the Lebanese government and Israel, we would surely disagree with the Lebanese government about that, but we would not make any turmoil out of it."
43
"Everybody wants to eat at the government's table, but nobody wants to do the dishes."
43
"Individuals have little opportunity to get elected to Parliament under the label of the government party... unless they are in good standing with the Prime Minister and pledged to be cooperative."
42
"Indiscriminate firing by police on people is absolute barbarism. Instead of solving their problems, the government is trying to suppress the people by force."
42
"I often traveled to Nicaragua to speak against repressive policies by the Sandinista government."
41
"The labour of the farmers, no doubt is of greater value than the financial capacity of the government and non-government institutions which can only play a supportive role."
39
"The Iranian government intends to use the nuclear program for peaceful purposes, but must convince international public opinion of that."
39
"Then I received support from the Government to compete for my country, and to represent Cuba in competition."
38
"The soldiers never explained to the government when an Indian was wronged, but reported the misdeeds of the Indians."
35
"If we have any problems, it's always with the government of the United States."
33
"And gradually they're beginning to recognize the fact that there's nothing more secure than a democratic, accountable, and participatory form of government. But it's sunk in only theoretically, it has not yet sunk in completely in practical terms."
32
"I want to assure you that working in transition period is an ungrateful job for any honest government."
30
"The object of my relationship with Vietnam has been to heal the wounds that exist, particularly among our veterans, and to move forward with a positive relationship,... Apparently some in the Vietnamese government don't want to do that and that's their decision."
30
"National leaders who find themselves wilting under the withering criticisms by members of the media, would do well not to take such criticism personally but to regard the media as their allies in keeping the government clean and honest, its services."
30
"I believe that with the help of foreign countries - and under that condition only, because they have no other source of financing - the new government may temporarily extricate Georgia from the current situation."
30
"The national unity government will need to implement a program that brings all Iraqis together, builds a happy future for the people of Iraq, and gets Iraq to stand on its own feet."
29
"I was the deputy Chairman of the Democratic Union of the Pacific, and we started at 8 I think and I was called to the telephone and to be told there's a coup, the government has been overthrown - it was round about 9, 10 when the Parliament sat they had done then."
29
"Our government is ready to guarantee their investments for them, and then we will create tax incentives. We are interested in having all these things and with the privatization we also want to create more jobs and better conditions for the workers."
29
"The important thing for the survival of the Thai society is that the majority of those who work, both in the government and the private sector, still strive to work in the same direction; this is why the Thai nation still stands."
29
"There is no reason to have problems between country and country, between government and government, when there is a separation of powers."
29
"To realize peace on the Korean peninsula, and to develop exchange, cooperation between both Koreas, they are the, you know, immediate target of our government."
28
"This is the task, I think, of a letter movement. But it should be set up only in states where a significant response can be achieved, for a letter movement necessarily presupposes a strong organization."
28
"We're aligning ourselves with Kerry. Our allegiance will be for peace, against war, no more deaths for oil, and for a dialogue between the government of Spain and the new Kerry administration."
28
"The government I led gave ordinary people peace, security, dignity, and opportunity to progress."
27
"By a continuing process of inflation, government can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens."
26
"The people of Nicaragua were suffering oppression. This made us develop an awareness which eventually led us to commit ourselves to the struggle against the domination of the capitalists of our country in collusion with the U.S. government, i.e. imperialism."
25
"Our goal is to shrink government to the size where we can drown it in a bathtub."
25
"Make the people sovereign and the poor will use the machinery of government to dispossess the rich."
25
"Peace as a goal is an ideal which will not be contested by any government or nation, not even the most belligerent."
24
"If your government had given me a thousandth of the sum it spent to depose me, I could have won that war."
23
"As soon as the legitimate Lebanese government is convinced that the conditions have ripened and that Lebanon is able to maintain stability on its own... Then, the Syrian forces will return to their homeland."
23
"Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."
23
"The Bible must be considered as the great source of all the truth by which men are to be guided in government as well as in all social transactions."
23
"Let's say there are 500 sons and daughters like you in each state. Then we could control the government."
22
"We oppose the reactionary policies of the U.S. government but we do not oppose the American people. We want to have many good friends in the United States."
22
"Look at our Lords disciples. One denied Him; one doubted Him; one betrayed Him. If our Lord couldn't have perfection, how are you going to have it in city government?"
22
"So if North Korea continues present isolation, then with such economic difficulties the North Korean government must meet a very serious situation in the future."
21
"My government will be open. Anyone found guilty of corruption will be dealt with in accordance with the law. If you are corrupt you will have to hang your boots."
21
"As you see the political problems are closely connected with the economical problems. With the help of politics, we will open the way for the economy and this is why all these problems are included in the program of the newly elected government."
21
"Fascism should rightly be called Corporatism, as it is the merger of corporate and government power."
21
"The Spiral Gallery may happen, too. It is not dependent on government funding."
20
"Now, I learned soon enough, that among the three, two don't trust the third one - the third one is the government. Both industry and unions feel the government is a talking organization and a spending organization."
20
"Freedom of expression - in particular, freedom of the press - guarantees popular participation in the decisions and actions of government, and popular participation is the essence of our democracy."
20
"I think that if we get back to some basic fundamental principles, we can make sure that we resolve the issues. And I think that that's what the Tea Party was all about. It's getting back to a constitutional conservative government. And that is limited, but it's also effective and efficient. I think that that's what we'll be able to do."
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