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Quotes by Statesman

"It is of course the nature of historical contraction that the shortest distance to a historical destination is never a straight line."

"I wish to say to you that the life of an enlightened people and a vibrant nation cannot be measured by the life of an individual. A successful person is one who manages to lay down a new stone, a brick that would help firm up his nation's existence."

"If one is going to err, one should err on the side of liberty and freedom."

"Humanistic values of equality and equal rights for all nations and individuals as crystallized in the principles of the United Nations Charter are mankind's great achievements in the 20th century."

"It wasn't until we got over the self pity that we were able to accept suffering as apart of our life with Christ. A man or woman reaches this plane only when he or she ceases to be the hero."

"The first money I have been offered was as District Officer Ba."

"For our part, we shall continue to work for the new dawn when all the Children of Abraham and their descendants are living together in the birthplace of their three great monotheistic religions, a life free from fear, a life free from want - a life in peace."


"Independence did not mean chauvinism and narrow nationalism."

"There is no harm in patience, and no profit in lamentation. Death is easier to bear (than) that which precedes it, and more severe than that which comes after it. Remember the death of the Apostle of God, and your sorrow will be lessened."


"We have problems which will be addressed by Haitians."

"We have not created any sort of democratic test for any nation."

"We now need to look beyond our immediate future and aim higher and farther."

"To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there."
Want,

"We believe that peace is not just signed papers, but rather a contract between generations for the building of a more promising and less threatening future."

"Maybe a thing that you do not like is really in your interest. It is possible that a thing that you may desire may be against your interest."

"However, we still have the problem of free travel and movement, since the Travel Documents issued by UNMIK as the substitute to passports, are not fully recognized yet by all countries."

"The white man is not indigenous to Africa. Africa is for Africans. Zimbabwe is for Zimbabweans."
Man,

"We must confront the privileged elite who have destroyed a large part of the world."

"I am ever mindful of the legacy of my grandfather, the founder of this Kingdom, who had said to me that he perceived his life as a link in a continuous chain of those who served our nation and that he expected me to be a new and strong link in the same chain."

"The estimated loss of up to six million dead is founded too much on both emotional, biased testimonies and on exaggerated data in the postwar reckonings of war crimes and on the squaring of accounts with the defeated."

"Well, because lots of questions had been raised about the toxicity of the drug, which is very serious."

"For the first time in 15 years, Georgia this winter has its electric power guaranteed without deficit. This is a historic achievement."

"I believe that Canadians have the common sense to see that a better future cannot be built on fragmentation."

"What we want is to establish the rules of a market economy - not to plan its outcome."

"Well in the end the world can crank itself up to sanctions, as it has with Zimbabwe, another sad case."

"I want to believe that those who have been appointed to accomplish this mission will be totally committed, devoting all their skills and determination to their work. I urge you to lend them your support so that, together, we can build that bright future worthy of our country."
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