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Quotes by Politician
"Think 100 times before you take a decision, But once that decision is taken, stand by it as one man."
177
"Technology is a useful servant but a dangerous master."
172
"My message to you all is of hope, courage and confidence. Let us mobilize all our resources in a systematic and organized way and tackle the grave issues that confront us with grim determination and discipline worthy of a great nation."
172
"No nation can rise to the height of glory unless your women are side by side with you."
154
"Follow me if I advance! Kill me if I retreat! Revenge me if I die!"
154
"Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power."
152
"Avoid popularity if you would have peace."
148
"In two years, there were 22 military coups d'etat, essentially in Africa and the third world. The coup d'etat of Algiers, in 1965, is what opened the path."
123
"If I were not a public figure, I wouldn't fly with Thai."
120
"Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years. For the next five years, scold them. By the time they turn sixteen, treat them like a friend. Your grown up children are your best friends."
117
"Peace does not include a vendetta; there will be neither winners nor losers."
116
"The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend."
111
"A safe and nutritionally adequate diet is a basic individual right and an essential condition for sustainable development, especially in developing countries."
109
"I have no idea what the U.S. intends to do further there and what would be the reaction of the Iraqi people. I only know that the sole option is to leave Iraq to the Iraqi people."
109
"At his direction, I have taken command as the temporary Head of the Republic."
103
"The willingness of America's veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude."
103
"There's a civic nationalism in Britain and dozens of other countries."
101
"My greatest desire is that the hope that has overcome fear in my country will help vanquish it around the world."
101
"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."
99
"Brotherhood is the very price and condition of man's survival."
97
"We have no such weapons at all, no chemical weapons, no biological weapons."
96
"American troops have not only occupied Ulster but are arriving in increasing numbers in England."
94
"A Labour party is not a debating club, it is a party of action."
94
"Before Truman Capote, journalism and non-fiction weren't taken very seriously."
91
"Everywhere that the struggle for national freedom has triumphed, once the authorities agreed, there were military coups d'etat that overthrew their leaders. That is the result time and time again."
90
"A fitting external security environment could also play an important role in promoting social consensus and institutionalization towards democratization."
90
"Innovation is this amazing intersection between someone's imagination and the reality in which they live. The problem is, many companies don't have great imagination, but their view of reality tells them that it's impossible to do what they imagine."
90
"However much we may sympathize with a small nation confronted by a big and powerful neighbours, we cannot in all circumstances undertake to involve the whole British Empire in a war simply on her account."
89
"Today it has been estimated that the average 70 year old has four chronic conditions and consumes an average of 35 PBS scripts per year for those conditions."
88
"I know something quite sure. We'll never have peace with this Syrian regime. They'll never give us relief, and we'll never forget that."
88
"Both of them were the children of the United States. They sacrificed their children for the benefit of the others. But they were not very devoted children of the United States."
88
"During the Fifties, political and military activities in Vietnam were heavily influenced by the French, who as recent colonial masters, made all-important decisions."
88
"Indiscriminate firing by police on people is absolute barbarism. Instead of solving their problems, the government is trying to suppress the people by force."
88
"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."
87
"When I talk about the assets, that was at the beginning of the talks. I was president then. I'm not president now. When I said it, this would be a sign of goodwill to begin the talks."
87
"The first step is that the Cambodian government has expressed sincerity to apologize for what happened."
87
"A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing."
87
"We don't want to keep secrets anymore."
87
"Our object should be peace within, and peace without. We want to live peacefully and maintain cordial friendly relations with our immediate neighbours and with the world at large."
87
"It's important to see how we can advance in healing wounds."
87
"Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others."
86
"The Syrian regime is helping the insurgency in Iraq and allowing all kinds of militants to come in and out, and go to Iraq to attack random soldiers and innocent people."
86
"Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime."
86
"It is obvious that taking the country from a state of war to being a lawful state won't be easy."
85
"I love this country, I love these people, though I can't say I love their politicians. People are always nicer than politicians, but here, you can mark that difference up a hundredfold."
84
"I regard the endorsement of both the objective and a method - which can differ from one country to another- of democratization by the parties in the region as a basic requisite of democratization in the Middle East."
84
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