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Quotes by Politician
"I am aware of the thesis that the United States has long since invested exclusively in stability and this has obviated democratic transformation in the Middle East."
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"I have always been interested in politics. I was in the student union before, very active."
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"I'm not satisfied with the progress of the work, but I am happy that the talks are going on. It might have a negative effect if the United States joins."
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"We call upon all sides to stop hostilities and restart peace talks."
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"Invariably, also a Palestinian state should live side by side with Israel within recognized and secure borders and the security and prosperity of the Palestinian people must be guaranteed."
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"Discoveries made during the last hundred years have shown that liberalism is the best system to improve a country's well being."
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"I am not opposed to the limited use of polygraphs in a case where a person is suspected of wrongdoing. But widespread use of the polygraph as a screening tool goes far beyond what is acceptable."
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"I made my own assessment of my life, and I began to live it. That was freedom."
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"All the faith and good will in the world is wasted without direction."
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"In war, whichever side may call itself the victor, there are no winners, but all are losers."
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"We have to acknowledge peace is in danger and mankind still has not realised the priority to be given to world dialogue versus armed contradiction and bloodshed."
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"It must be a balance in everything we do, not too much of everything, keep it simple, not complicated."
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"Corruption has its own motivations, and one has to thoroughly study that phenomenon and eliminate the foundations that allow corruption to exist."
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"I rise today in support of Bill C-38, the Civil Marriage Act. I rise in support of a Canada in which liberties are safeguarded, rights are protected and the people of this land are treated as equals under the law."
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"We are also in the process of defining how best to work together with food and other companies to address diet and physical activity factors in order to prevent chronic diseases."
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"Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions - Why am I doing it, What the results might be and Will I be successful. Only when you think deeply and find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead."
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"When my first child was born in 1962, I wrote a letter to my grandfather telling him how happy I was but how concerned; concerned because there were so many visions which were not very good."
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"To properly reflect the changes of the world and of the UN, with its growing number of member states, we would like to see an enlargement of the SC that gives room for new members, not least developing countries."
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"Great work is done by people who are not afraid to be great."
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"In Vietnam we have no political prisoners. No one is arrested or jailed for his or her speech or point of view. They are put in jail because they violated the law."
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"If the security forces continue to be dominated as they are now by political groups or sects, then the people won't trust in them - and the result will be civil war or fragmentation of the country."
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"We need prefab housing, we need to repair what can be repaired. We have appealed to the whole world to ship tents and blankets to Pakistan."
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"Without rebuilding the confidence between parties, you will never succeed."
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"Our country is not in crisis; there are no tanks in the streets. No matter what the outcome of the president's situation, life in America will go on. Our lives will continue to be filled with practical matters, not constitutional ones."
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"My government will be open. Anyone found guilty of corruption will be dealt with in accordance with the law. If you are corrupt you will have to hang your boots."
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"That's why we're doing this, to defend our traditions a little. I don't have anything against it (Halloween), but it's not our tradition."
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"I never blamed Pinochet, or my torturers, or external circumstances."
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"The Kurdish people welcome the no-fly zone protection, contrary to the Iraqi regime that is against it."
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"The hurricane complicates things in that what would have been purely a business decision becomes a decision of the heart."
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"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."
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"I suggested that we had experience in helping other countries build their military forces, and we would be willing and happy to do the same for Afghanistan, together with the United States."
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"A country's strategy is always based on a fundamental philosophical outlook."
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"Of course education becomes very very important and that's for our human resource development."
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"Look at our Lords disciples. One denied Him; one doubted Him; one betrayed Him. If our Lord couldn't have perfection, how are you going to have it in city government?"
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"Perform without fail what you resolve."
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"The launch of the report coincides with the initiation by WHO of the global strategy for the prevention and control of osteoporosis, and I think a good partnership could be established in our common efforts to prevent osteoporosis."
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"We have been helping, trying to help Afghanistan in many ways, even from the beginning of... the beginnings of the '20s, 1920s, when he we were fighting our own national struggle."
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"Half the lies our opponents tell about us are untrue."
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"We also have a real opportunity to join NATO."
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"If we go back in the history of different nations, violence and the use of force are part of their heritage. These are the traditions of mankind."
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"In general, everyone wants to work and work more. But in fact, when a young generation has sufficient capability then we should create conditions for them to work."
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"You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time."
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"The problem is that the Iraqi people are facing atrocities from both sides - Zarqawi and also the American troops at times. The Zarqawi groups uses car bombs, the Americans use other bombs. You also know what they do in the prisons."
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"As Governor, I could think of only one way to unify our State that was made up of so many different climates, political beliefs and people, and that was our music."
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"Fascism should rightly be called Corporatism, as it is the merger of corporate and government power."
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