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Quotes by Statesman
"He didn't riot. He got on his bike and looked for work."
64
"The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own."
64
"Like all great travellers I have seen more than I remember and remember more than I have seen."
64
"There is something unique in this soil, which despite many obstacles has always remained the abode of great souls."
64
"When Lebanon started its resistance it was a small and divided country."
64
"The people of England are the most enthusiastic in the world."
64
"Of this I am certain, that if we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find that we have lost the future."
64
"If you go on with this nuclear arms race, all you are going to do is make the rubble bounce."
64
"The media's power is frail. Without the people's support, it can be shut off with the ease of turning a light switch."
63
"Educationists should build the capacities of the spirit of inquiry, creativity, entrepreneurial and moral leadership among students and become their role model."
63
"True merit, like a river, the deeper it is, the less noise it makes."
63
"I remember. How many minutes do I have left President? About one, one minute."
63
"When you have two alternatives, the first thing you have to do is to look for the third that you didn't think about, that doesn't exist."
63
"I've reached a point in life where it's no longer necessary to try to impress. If they like me the way I am, that's good. If they don't, that's too bad."
Life,
63
"I pass with relief from the tossing sea of Cause and Theory to the firm ground of Result and Fact."
63
"Passion + Purpose = Prosperity."
63
"An infernal machine that produces every minute an impressive amount of poor, 26 million poor in 10 years are 2.6 million per year of new poor, this is the road, well, the road to hell."
62
"We need international support so that our people live a life of normality, of dignity, of liberty and freedom. I hope that our cry for freedom may be heard."
62
"We are not abandoning our convictions, our philosophy or traditions, nor do we urge anyone to abandon theirs."
62
"Life is a difficult game. You can win it only by retaining your birthright to be a person."
62
"The wave of the Islamic revolution will soon reach the entire world."
62
"I have not yet lost a feeling of wonder, and of delight, that the delicate motion should reside in all the things around us, revealing itself only to him who looks for it."
62
"Globalization, far from putting an end to power diplomacy between States, has, on the contrary, intensified it."
62
"I cannot pretend to be impartial about the colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones, and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns."
62
"Still, if you will not fight for the right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves."
62
"To supervise people, you must either surpass them in their accomplishments or despise them."
62
"Youth is not restored by the dyeing of your hair."
61
"They talk about the failure of socialism but where is the success of capitalism in Africa, Asia and Latin America?"
61
"I had all of one nanosecond to savor the news before we had to move on to other problems."
61
"Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness."
61
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