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Quotes by Politician
"Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other."
66
"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."
65
"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."
65
"I'm sure that was the right step, even though, formally speaking, it may seem disadvantageous for a president to resign. But, looking into what is happening today and what is going to happen in the future, I think history will show I made the right decision."
65
"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."
65
"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."
64
"If the war has faded into history, democracy's defeat in Vietnam has left deep marks in the consciousness of both nations."
64
"Take time for all things: great haste makes great waste."
64
"Surely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability to grasp the infinite, to exist only for a day! No, no, man was made for immortality."
64
"Ataturk sent several Turkish staff officers to Afghanistan, helped them build their own army."
63
"In the writing of memoirs, as in the production of shows, too much caution causes the audience to nod and think of other channels."
63
"The scientific and technological discoveries that have made war so infinitely more terrible for us are part of the same process that has knit us all so much more closely together."
War,
63
"Yesterday I dared to struggle. Today I dare to win."
62
"If we have any problems, it's always with the government of the United States."
62
"My fellow revolutionaries, liberation is a noble cause. We must fight to obtain it."
62
"Germany is determined to provide substantial help. So are the Netherlands and other states. But a day will come when we have to count on our own resources."
62
"And then when they picked me as premiere, I don't think I feel, you know, different. For me, the position mean responsibility, but that's all."
62
"We must keep on trying to solve problems, one by one, stage by stage, if not on the basis of confidence and cooperation, at least on that of mutual toleration and self-interest."
62
"I will be happy with certainly when the corruption index improve."
62
"My death will be caused by morphine, which I have deliberately taken with suicidal intent."
62
"Men are mortal. So are ideas. An idea needs propagation as much as a plant needs watering. Otherwise both will wither and die."
61
"We must focus much more on developing countries' own policies and priorities, and increase policy and operational coherence between national, regional and multilateral actors."
61
"Although approximately 80% of osteoporosis sufferers are women, as the longevity of the male population increases, the disease will assume increasing importance in men."
61
"I think people are rapidly losing confidence in the political class, and I don't blame them."
61
"Let's not interfere with justice... Let's let justice speak."
61
"The police are not here to create disorder, they're here to preserve disorder."
61
"The advanced levels which the democratic world has attained at the end of lengthy processes may have created the perception in the region that democracy is a distant concept; this perception can be addressed."
60
"I was a member of the Politburo for seven years, a foreign minister."
60
"No, I believe in the good will of the United States' administration."
60
"Colonialism is an idea born in the West that drives Western countries - like France, Italy, Belgium, Great Britain - to occupy countries outside of Europe."
60
"You have one big mythology in your favor: Everyone believes that you Europeans are impeccable. But I know you are jerks."
60
"Before Truman, journalism and non-fiction weren't taken very seriously."
60
"His theory was that non-fiction could be as artful as fiction."
60
"I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved."
60
"Whether we are poor among the poorest, or less poor among the wealthier, let us stand proud and noteworthy, united and strong, comforted by our belonging to the Community of the Free Nations of our Planet."
59
"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."
59
"They are responsible for starting this relationship and wanting to help Africa. The United States is very well suited for this as they are a country that has the capacity, they have better access to technology and they are a successful country."
59
"We all live in a free Poland, and there would be no free Poland without you, Twenty-five years ago, I did not stand on the same side together with you, but today I have no doubts that it was your vision of Poland which led us in the right direction."
58
"The important matter is freedom. When the people choose what they want, it is good for them and for us."
58
"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."
58
"A fitting external security environment could also play an important role in promoting social consensus and institutionalization towards democratization."
58
"With the establishment of a presence in all three counties of Delaware, recruitment in and outside Delaware and throughout the world and new master's and doctoral programs, Delaware State University will continue to grow and attract even more qualified students."
58
"A pacifist will often - at least nowadays - be an internationalist and vice versa. But history shows us that a pacifist need not think internationally."
57
"The consequence of Mr. Bush's and Blair's historic lie that the reason for invading Iraq was weapons of mass destruction, is that everything is being doubted."
57
"Poverty should not be viewed by us as a humiliation and even less so as a position of honour or a fatality."
57
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