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Quotes by Politician
"In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."
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"Law and order are the medicine of the body politic and when the body politic gets sick, medicine must be administered."
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"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."
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"I can see in your eyes, I can see in your faces, I can see you cry. But what I want to say, there's no reason to cry. Do not, in the name of peace, go in the streets and riot."
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"Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in."
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"The simultaneous reactions elicited all over the world by the reading of newspaper dispatches about the same events create, as it were, a common mental pulse beat for the whole of civilized mankind."
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"Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor."
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"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."
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"Power always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under the cloak of national security, is doubly dangerous."
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"It is an accepted commonplace in psychology that the spiritual level of people acting as a crowd is far lower than the mean of each individual's intelligence or morality."
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"In the United States today, we have more than our share of the nattering nabobs of negativism."
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"But I also think that it does create a lot of revenue, but to me it's a temporary revenue stream because it's an industry that, if suddenly gambling started in Massachusetts, then a lot of our patrons who would gamble in New Hampshire if we had it, would disappear."
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"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."
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"The rubber industry is of much significance to our countries. For millions of our smallholders, the rubber tree is a tree of life, serving as a crucial source of income for earning a living and raising families."
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"But the Americans have no extra money. They have their own problems. They can provide financial assistance for two, three, four, or six months at most."
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"The vast possibilities of our great future will become realities only if we make ourselves responsible for that future."
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"I don't attach importance to great speeches or philosophy."
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"I think that if we get back to some basic fundamental principles, we can make sure that we resolve the issues. And I think that that's what the Tea Party was all about. It's getting back to a constitutional conservative government. And that is limited, but it's also effective and efficient. I think that that's what we'll be able to do."
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"The Women of the Storm made a big difference for me, because it really put some real-life faces with the situation, and not just politicians."
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"The Liberal State is a mask behind which there is no face; it is a scaffolding behind which there is no building."
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"Righteous is the one who was able to demonstrate compassion in face of human suffering."
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"I mean, the world has already done a big, big effort to forget debt to countries heavily indebted and with low income. And that has given good chances to countries to get out of poverty."
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"Mexico and the U.S. are bound not only because of the common border, but by a shared culture and history."
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"We all know that in war the political and military factors have to complement each other."
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"When I left prison, I had to figure out how to embrace my past."
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"From its inception, South Vietnam was only considered to be an outpost in the war against communism."
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"Even as we ought to accept that each country would progress with a different method and speed toward that goal, the standard for the expected end-state should not be lowered."
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"When she was in United States, we maintained contact, we talked to each other on the phone, almost every night. And there was one occasion I tried to fix this video conferencing but somehow it did not come out very well enough so better to talk on the phone."
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"It is essential that policy instruments be developed that would firmly establish democratization on the basis of social consensus and enable transformation on stable grounds."
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"As for myself, I was never against Russia."
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"Sometimes children do forget their filial responsibilities."
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"I'm confident in our resolve to make the decisions necessary to keep our country and our people safe and prosperous and I look forward to representing the citizens of Pennsylvania's 6th Congressional District for the next two years."
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"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."
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"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."
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"I can remember when I was National Security Adviser, the intelligence community told us... they put out an intelligence report saying that Iran would never back off from attacks on shipping in the Gulf if we use force."
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"No Georgian has the right to evade or neglect his duties and responsibilities."
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"It is absolutely impossible to settle the debts to pensioners, teachers, and others. The country hasn't got enough money to do so."
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"We must make a radical turn, at 360 degrees."
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"I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved."
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"To gain what is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else."
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"Therefore, the observation must be explicitly made: In the Middle East and in the Muslim world, suspicions linger concerning the objectives of the West and notably the US."
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"With an annual investment of $66 billion by 2007, we can save 8 million lives each year."
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"Families are the compass that guide us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter."
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"Without accepting the other person's thinking, you cannot further your own interest. You need the other's help to get results."
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"Yes, my life is a life of combat; I can say that this has never stopped for a single instant. It is a combat that started for me at the age of 16. I'm 90 years old now, and my motivation hasn't changed; it's the same fervour that drives me."
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"That is a good question for you to ask, not a wise question for me to answer."
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"The only way I can lose is if I'm caught in bed with either a dead girl or a live boy."
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"I suppose I've always carried what is regarded as a bit of unnecessary baggage in Britain. I've always carried the charge that I am an intellectual in politics."
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"You don't have to find out what someone's mechanical abilities are. All those factors are already a known commodity. I've seen teams win championships and have their entire team quit the next day because they weren't happy."
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"The time has come to repeal 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell.' It is the right thing to do. Every American should have the opportunity to serve their country, regardless of race, sex, creed, or sexual orientation."
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