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Quotes by Politician
"It is not enough to receive support, no matter, how needed it may be. It is fundamental to know how to receive this support and ensure that its result is exponential."
139
"They say I do not have the qualifications to be president, that I do not have education. Well, I would never divide the Liberian people."
137
"That's healthy and good for us that there are people who are prepared to question what we are doing."
136
"What's very important is that we build a space that matters in the world, one that operates according to democratic rules, and that small and large countries enjoy a good relationship."
136
"We have already significant sums of money in our petroleum fund, a fund created by law that includes all the revenues received from the Timor Sea, and invests in conservative, safe, long-term investment portfolios - right now in US Treasury Bonds."
136
"Such a structure would also raise a number of problems: first of all, which Timorese to pay compensation to? It would open a can of worms in terms of who was really a victim and who was not."
135
"Thus we have at least a national song that unites all Germans, and is the symbol of our sixty-million nation."
133
"Freedom goes hand-in-hand with mutual respect."
132
"Your message is stupid. Iraq is not afraid of you or anyone else when it has a right to claim. What you warned about is not on Iraq's agenda. Iraq is vital and powerful. It is not an opportunistic country. Your administration has not learned from the past."
131
"In the case of Iraq, notwithstanding the violence there at the moment, the very fact that a hideous regime - responsible for genocide, for the use of chemical and biological weapons, aggression against two neighbors - has been removed in itself is a positive development."
131
"Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others."
129
"A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing."
129
"Another term for preventive war is aggressive war - starting wars because someday somebody might do something to us. That is not part of the American tradition."
129
"The East Timorese government does not believe that we should consider compensation for the victims because there are tens of thousands of people who were, in one way or another, affected by the violence either directly or indirectly."
127
"After so much suffering, after enduring so much sacrifice, sanctioned and embraced by our people, what is it that the people of East Timor expect as a result of independence?"
126
"Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other."
126
"We do have some assistance from the World Bank but not from the IMF. We are not borrowing yet, but we are considering, in the future, borrowing from the Kuwait Fund to support our infrastructure development."
125
"Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime."
124
"If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters."
124
"If you don't want to use the army I should like to borrow it for a while. Yours respectfully."
124
"The Commission has five commissioners from each side, plus three alternates, so all together sixteen members, people who are independent from the two governments, who have a lot of integrity, professional competence, and who have credibility in their respective countries."
124
"The government can access these funds but only following approval by the parliament to support our budget requirements and investments in infrastructure development, education, public health, and so on."
123
"The Democrats' plan for 2006? Take the House and Senate and impeach the president. With our nation at war, is this the kind of Congress you want?"
122
"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."
122
"We do not have a budget support. We are now fully independent in terms of requirements, but we still have a need for development assistance separate from the budget. So all the economic aid we receive is for development assistance."
121
"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."
120
"When too many Americans don't vote or participate, some see apathy and despair. I see disappointment and even outrage. And I believe that out of this frustration can come hope and action."
120
"Remember the words of Chairman Mao: 'It's always darkest before it's totally black.'."
119
"We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid."
117
"The main concept is that of an international solidarity expressed in practice through worldwide division of labor: free trade is the principal point in the program of internationalism."
116
"All within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state."
115
"It would be a mind-boggling endeavor to try to identify each individual who claims to have been a survivor of victimization during this period of 24 years."
115
"All pressure is self-inflicted. It's what you make of it or how you let it rub off on you."
115
"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."
114
"Each one of these treaties is a step for the maintenance of peace, an additional guarantee against war. It is through such machinery that the disputes between nations will be settled and war prevented."
112
"No man should have a political office because he wants a job."
112
"The Declaration of Independence is a sacred part of American history."
111
"Working together, they will dig out the truth and nothing but the truth about what happened in '99, to assign responsibility, and to look at the institutional failings."
111
"All the ills of democracy can be cured by more democracy."
110
"As far as I was concerned, the Depression was an ill wind that blew some good. If it hadn't occurred, my parents would have given me my college education. As it was, I had to scrabble for it."
110
"I don't like to practice ahead of time what I'm going to say."
109
"I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved."
109
"We have in the last two years, we have passed 350 legislation in the parliament, most of which deal with democratization, human rights, and of course, economy."
108
"Fascism should rightly be called Corporatism, as it is the merger of corporate and government power."
107
"It's definitely an influence, I mean how can you not say you are influenced to play rock."
107
"A confidence problem exists on the part of the people of the region who desire democratic rule in principle, but remain suspicious of both the fashion with which democratization is presented and the purposes of the democratic world."
107
"Energy and persistence conquer all things."
107
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