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Quotes by Politician
"Imagination is at the root of much that passes for love."
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"Even in the Western world, one cannot argue that the ideal has been achieved given the existence of issues like the integration, participation and representation of Muslim citizens, and occasional but lingering anti-Semitism."
40
"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."
40
"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."
40
"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."
40
"From its inception, South Vietnam was only considered to be an outpost in the war against communism."
40
"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."
40
"Sometimes children do forget their filial responsibilities."
40
"The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased."
40
"To contrast national solidarity and international cooperation as two opposites seems foolish to me."
40
"I'm angry that the private sector, which is supposed to be in charge of running gasoline into the Valley, doesn't have its act together to deal with a critical situation, so now the public sector has to step in."
40
"It is absolutely impossible to settle the debts to pensioners, teachers, and others. The country hasn't got enough money to do so."
40
"To believe in the things you can see and touch is no belief at all - but to believe in the unseen is a triumph and a blessing."
40
"The price of crude oil accounts for 55 percent of the price of a gallon of gasoline, driven by global supply and demand. The United States depends on foreign sources of oil for 62 percent of our nation's supply. By 2010, this is projected to jump to 75 percent."
40
"Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor."
39
"Regardless of what one's attitude towards prohibition may be, temperance is something against which, at a time of war, no reasonable protest can be made."
39
"As you begin your tour of the United States, you may as well know that one American national trait which irritates many Americans and must be convenient for our critics is that we relentlessly advertise our imperfections."
39
"Every man over forty is responsible for his face."
39
"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."
39
"In this time of budget cuts, we cannot forget that basic science is a building block for scientific innovation and economic growth in the information age."
39
"Education is not only a ladder of opportunity, but it is also an investment in our future."
39
"We have obligations towards the innocent, the dead, towards the living, towards our children and their children."
38
"If you talk to the Whites in Mississippi they will tell you, 'You can go to any school you want to; we don't see race.' Biggest lie ever told."
38
"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."
37
"I never blamed Pinochet, or my torturers, or external circumstances."
37
"While only one day of the year is dedicated solely to honoring our veterans, Americans must never forget the sacrifices that many of our fellow countrymen have made to defend our country and protect our freedoms."
37
"The 2 million people who work in the NHS and social care are also themselves patients and users. I know they all want to treat patients and users the way they and their families would want to be treated and that is the purpose of our reforms."
37
"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."
37
"Today, we say the only thing we have to fear is four more years of George Bush."
37
"A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle."
37
"As a nation, we began by declaring that 'all men are created equal.' We now practically read it 'all men are created equal, except negroes.' When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read 'all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics.' When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty " to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy."
37
"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."
37
"I'm in the kitchen and I'm not walking out."
37
"In other words, the bar should be maintained at the level of a pluralistic and participatory democracy."
36
"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."
36
"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."
36
"True, other countries are helping us. Germany is determined to provide substantial help. So are the Netherlands and other states. But a day will come when we have to count on our own resources."
36
"The lessons of the past are ignored and obliterated in a contemporary antagonism known as the generation gap."
Past,
36
"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."
36
"I made my own assessment of my life, and I began to live it. That was freedom."
36
"We've got very large freshman class, it's historic in its size, so there's people that are extremely diverse in their backgrounds and their viewpoints. I think that we're going to see a conservative group of people coming together, focused on some real ideals that are going to be extremely important."
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