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Quotes by Politician
"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."
164
"Independence is not a whim or an ambition. It is the necessary condition of our survival as an ethnic group."
164
"If we have any problems, it's always with the government of the United States."
164
"We also have a real opportunity to join NATO."
164
"Everyone should unconditionally accept that Israel is an indispensable element of the Middle Eastern mosaic."
164
"Before Truman, journalism and non-fiction weren't taken very seriously."
164
"Take time for all things: great haste makes great waste."
164
"When we were engaged in the problems of survival we had no time to have anything to do with culture."
164
"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."
164
"What we can do as individuals may not be very much on the global scale, but we have to start the change by living as we are teaching."
163
"We would like to ease the life of the Palestinians. I prepared a new plan that we call a positive agenda."
163
"After Watergate, America was a ship without a rudder. Vietnam was left to its own devices, drifting along towards its fate."
163
"It won't be a question of how well-trained or well-equipped the army is but one of the authority it serves."
163
"There are some common problems in the Balkans in the settlement of which Bulgaria should also participate."
163
"It is absolutely impossible to settle the debts to pensioners, teachers, and others. The country hasn't got enough money to do so."
163
"I believe that with the help of foreign countries - and under that condition only, because they have no other source of financing - the new government may temporarily extricate Georgia from the current situation."
163
"The United States is a big country but unfortunately it seems it has the brain of a little bird not befitting the greatness of the country."
162
"When I was engaged in the struggle for my country, I was very young. My horizons were open."
162
"I couldn't stand the idea of bloodshed, casualties."
162
"Ataturk sent several Turkish staff officers to Afghanistan, helped them build their own army."
162
"Investing in health will produce enormous benefits."
162
"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."
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162
"In general, if signs of sectarianism do appear in a Socialist Party, these are only the products of the absence of a broad Labour movement in the country."
162
"You have one big mythology in your favor: Everyone believes that you Europeans are impeccable. But I know you are jerks."
162
"Every social organisation which is rooted in life still lasts a long time, even after the conditions from which it drew its strength have changed in a manner unfavourable to it."
162
"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."
161
"In the economic sphere, the program demanded thorough decentralization and managerial independence of enterprises, as well as legalization of small-scale private enterprise, especially in the service sector."
161
"The burden of disease falls on the poor."
161
"For centuries we have been living in the society where not laws but people ruled, where there was no legal state."
161
"Well, there are other aspects, I still command very good support in the party."
161
"As for myself, I was never against Russia."
161
"The enmity of such a party towards Socialism does not mean that the members are only prejudiced against it because they do not know it; it means that they are possessed of bourgeois ideas, and wish to determine their policy accordingly."
161
"I would like to solemnly reaffirm, that poverty is not a fatality."
161
"We Chileans have to be able to understand that in a democracy institutions must function freely and with sovereignty."
161
"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."
161
"Corruption has its own motivations, and one has to thoroughly study that phenomenon and eliminate the foundations that allow corruption to exist."
161
"We know enough to stand here in truth - facing pain, cry and suffering of those who were murdered here. Face to face with the victims' families who are here today. Before the judgment of our own conscience."
161
"But on second thought, after I decreed the state of emergency, I came to the conclusion that that was impossible to achieve without bloodshed because the street protesters were full of anger and nearly out of control. This is why I thought we needed to find another way out."
160
"We have now recently launched the national integrity plan."
160
"A good journalist is not the one that writes what people say, but the one that writes what he is supposed to write."
160
"We must strive to encourage East and West not only to move towards each other but also to encourage them to find a new philosophy, a philosophy which will serve as a tool determining the future of Planet Earth - our common and only shelter."
160
"Let's not interfere with justice... Let's let justice speak."
159
"But every company of the future is going to be in the business of exquisite care - which means quick turnaround time and convenience. To deliver exquisite care, you need an organization that coordinates well and listens well."
158
"No Georgian has the right to evade or neglect his duties and responsibilities."
158
"Poverty should not be viewed by us as a humiliation and even less so as a position of honour or a fatality."
157
"It is not advantageous for Russia in its present state to fight against Chechnya. The army is a mess. It must be made combat ready. That will take time. Russia has a lot of economic, social and political problems much more important than Chechnya."
157
"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."
157
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