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Quotes by Diplomat
"Dictators are rulers who always look good until the last ten minutes."
111
"Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions."
110
"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."
108
"I have always regarded global development as a struggle between the forces of good and evil. Not to be simplified as a struggle between Jesus and Satan, since I do not consider that the process is restricted to our own sphere of culture."
107
"Because my love for you is beyond words, I decided to shut up."
105
"Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible; not to run away."
104
"Any solution for the Iraqi problem cannot be reached without Arabs and Arab participation."
103
"It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity."
99
"What makes loneliness an anguish is not that I have no one to share my burden, but this: I have only my own burden to bear."
96
"Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is made clean again."
95
"The tormenting dilemma of the Middle East is this: either we have one people too many, or one state too few."
95
"It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy - from lack of character."
88
"It is important that the Iraqi people have confidence in the election results and that the voting process, including the process for vote counting, is free and fair."
88
"The Assembly has witnessed over the last weeks how historical truth is established; once an allegation has been repeated a few times, it is no longer an allegation, it is an established fact, even if no evidence has been brought out in order to support it."
86
"I also hear your president say that war is the means of last resort and I think he means that. I met him last autumn and he assured me that they wanted to come through and disarm Iraq by peaceful means, and that's what we are trying to do as hard as we can."
86
"Ones reputation is like a shadow, it is gigantic when it precedes you, and a pigmy in proportion when it follows."
78
"The pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory or defeat. The pursuit of peace and progress, with its trials and its errors, its successes and its setbacks, can never be relaxed and never abandoned."
75
"Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong."
70
"A constitution that is made for all nations is made for none."
67
"The more we sweat in peace the less we bleed in war."
64
"The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have."
52
"It's up to Kim Jong Il to make that decision, and we can't make that for him."
52
"We are tainted by modern philosophy which has taught us that all is good, whereas evil has polluted everything and in a very real sense all is evil, since nothing is in its proper place."
51
"Hearts are the strongest when they beat in response to noble ideals."
49
"One of the best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them."
47
"Sometimes we tend to focus more on the personalities and the conflicts, and it really caricatures the issues."
47
"Merit, however inconsiderable, should be sought for and rewarded. Methods are the master of masters."
46
"It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses."
45
"The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it."
45
"We must get into the picture business. This is a new industry and a gold mine. it looks like another telephone industry."
44
"Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon."
43
"Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was."
43
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