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Quotes by Politician
"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."
122
"Think 100 times before you take a decision, But once that decision is taken, stand by it as one man."
118
"Follow me if I advance! Kill me if I retreat! Revenge me if I die!"
114
"Avoid popularity if you would have peace."
113
"Technology is a useful servant but a dangerous master."
107
"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."
92
"Peace does not include a vendetta; there will be neither winners nor losers."
87
"Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power."
84
"The willingness of America's veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude."
82
"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."
77
"If I were not a public figure, I wouldn't fly with Thai."
73
"My greatest desire is that the hope that has overcome fear in my country will help vanquish it around the world."
71
"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."
70
"Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime."
69
"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."
68
"No nation can rise to the height of glory unless your women are side by side with you."
65
"The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend."
65
"American troops have not only occupied Ulster but are arriving in increasing numbers in England."
65
"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."
64
"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."
62
"The first step is that the Cambodian government has expressed sincerity to apologize for what happened."
62
"There's a civic nationalism in Britain and dozens of other countries."
61
"A safe and nutritionally adequate diet is a basic individual right and an essential condition for sustainable development, especially in developing countries."
61
"It's important to see how we can advance in healing wounds."
61
"It is obvious that taking the country from a state of war to being a lawful state won't be easy."
60
"At his direction, I have taken command as the temporary Head of the Republic."
60
"Before Truman Capote, journalism and non-fiction weren't taken very seriously."
60
"My visit to the United States has also given me the opportunity to emphasize the objective of establishing close and intensive links between the Turkish and American peoples, scholars and businessmen."
58
"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."
57
"As of today, we do not need expert reports by the authoritative analytical institutions to realise that the reasons for such a situation in our community lie in global inequality, poverty and illiteracy."
57
"We have no such weapons at all, no chemical weapons, no biological weapons."
56
"During the Fifties, political and military activities in Vietnam were heavily influenced by the French, who as recent colonial masters, made all-important decisions."
56
"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."
56
"Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other."
56
"Take time for all things: great haste makes great waste."
56
"Indiscriminate firing by police on people is absolute barbarism. Instead of solving their problems, the government is trying to suppress the people by force."
55
"A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing."
55
"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."
55
"The Muslim world and its subset the countries of the Middle East have been left behind in the marathon of political, economic and human development. For that, there is a tendency to blame others as the primary cause."
55
"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."
53
"We don't want to keep secrets anymore."
53
"Brotherhood is the very price and condition of man's survival."
53
"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."
52
"In the writing of memoirs, as in the production of shows, too much caution causes the audience to nod and think of other channels."
52
"Remember the words of Chairman Mao: 'It's always darkest before it's totally black.'."
52
"I don't like to practice ahead of time what I'm going to say."
52
"My death will be caused by morphine, which I have deliberately taken with suicidal intent."
52
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