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Quotes by Politician
"Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others."
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
"I would like to solemnly reaffirm, that poverty is not a fatality."
58
"As a politician who cherishes religious conviction in his personal sphere, but regards politics as a domain belonging outside religion, I believe that this view is seriously flawed."
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
"All within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state."
57
"Free trade is very important if we respect equality among nations."
57
"I think that they participated in something that was not very proper and was very pitiful, not only for the Algerian people, but also for the other people who counted on our support."
57
"This is the most terrible thing that can happen in a friendly country if Thai people have to escape from the backdoor of an embassy."
57
"We Chileans have to be able to understand that in a democracy institutions must function freely and with sovereignty."
57
"There is no reason to have problems between country and country, between government and government, when there is a separation of powers."
57
"We are the party of the Czechoslovak proletariat and our general headquarters are in Moscow."
56
"The people themselves, and only the people, determine the rhythm of our fight."
56
"Similarly, it is argued that the culture of Islam is incompatible with democracy. Basically, this conventional perspective of the Middle East thus contends that democracy in that region is neither possible nor even desirable."
56
"All I'm trying to do is not join my ancestral spirits just yet."
56
"When the problems in Northern Ireland started, it was not a question of Protestantism or Catholicism, because the Catholic church was the only church at that time-it was a nationalist conflict."
55
"The burden of disease falls on the poor."
55
"We cannot but feel uneasy about the losses caused by humanity themselves. Apart from the losses of life and property in destructive wars, the environment and natural resources are also being destroyed by human hands."
55
"It is extremely important that mass media, having freed from the relics of the Cold War, served for peace and dialogue between nations and religions, the rich and the poor, countries and continents."
55
"If such a young nation as the U.S. could make it to superpower status, we could do it as well."
54
"The external world is committed to helping Georgia settle its problems."
54
"Upon the union of the male germ cell with the female egg cell, a new cell is created which almost immediately splits into two parts. One of these grows rapidly, creating the human body of the individual with all its organs, and dies only with the individual."
Body,
54
"Let our New Year's resolution be this: we will be there for one another as fellow members of humanity, in the finest sense of the word."
54
"So we are fulfilling our task in preventing serious armament stocks in Iraq within our possibilities."
54
"I do recognise that, where recruitment difficulties persist, teachers can be put under great pressure."
54
"The mass of workers, as yet non-Socialist, is retarded in its development towards Socialism."
54
"We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid."
54
"They're making a song and dance because that serves their immediate interests. But what will happen tomorrow? They will have to pay salaries and pensions."
54
"But eradicating corruption is not enough to sustain a country."
54
"If you don't want to use the army I should like to borrow it for a while. Yours respectfully."
54
"The justice of our cause must be reflected in the manner in which we rectify the crimes of the past."
53
"Conciliation is not capitulation, nor is compromise to be deemed equivalent to imbalanced concession."
53
"According to this view, democracy is a product of western culture, and it cannot be applied to the Middle East which has a different cultural, religious, sociological and historical background."
53
"You don't help your enterprise with a policy of protection."
53
"I have sat at the sumptuous tables of power, but I have not run away with the silverware."
53
"I am quite a spendthrift but just being careful because my family was not rich, was not a rich family."
53
"To sum up, what has been our policy? We looked for and found friends all throughout the world."
53
"Hurricane Katrina, coupled with Hurricane Rita, which came promptly on Katrina's heels, claimed more than 1,200 American lives. Together, they caused more than $200 billion in damage."
53
"I call on everyone of goodwill both in Ireland and abroad to join now in ensuring that the beginning of peace becomes a reality, before this year is out. Let us together open a new era in our history."
52
"When I was engaged in the struggle for my country, I was very young. My horizons were open."
52
"The fundamental problem is that there's no credibility in the judicial system, which is a system that's been completely politicized. This is retaliation and selective repression."
52
"Americans are big boys. You can talk them into almost anything. Just sit with them for half an hour over a bottle of whiskey and be a nice guy."
52
"I do not want to speak about overpopulation or birth control, but I think education is the way to give new impetus to the poverty question."
52
"Thus in such a Labour Party there can be no question of independent policy."
52
"After Watergate, America was a ship without a rudder. Vietnam was left to its own devices, drifting along towards its fate."
52
"The US and the European Union needs to help in the translation of the demand for democracy into a political will."
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