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Quotes by Statesman
"In looking back, I see nothing to regret and little to correct."
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"Man is made to adore and to obey: but if you will not command him, if you give him nothing to worship, he will fashion his own divinities, and find a chieftain in his own passions."
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"I was only the servant of my country and had I, at any moment, failed to express her unflinching resolve to fight and conquer, I should at once have been rightly cast aside."
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"The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes."
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"Every challenge you encounter in life is a fork in the road. You have the choice to choose which way to go - backward, forward, breakdown or breakthrough."
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"I never intended to be a politician or office-seeker."
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"Anyone who doesn't regret the passing of the Soviet Union has no heart. Anyone who wants it restored has no brains."
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"The true victory is the victory for democracy and pluralism."
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"Peace is much more precious than a piece of land... let there be no more wars."
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"In the course of the reform, some new circumstances that we had not anticipated have appeared."
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"We sincerely ask the Beijing authorities across the Strait to view the election result from a positive perspective, to accept the democratic decision of the Taiwanese people."
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"As a result of the World War and of a peace whose imperfections and risks are no longer denied by anyone, are we not even further away from the great aspirations and hopes for peace and fraternity than we were one or two decades ago?"
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"Television has made dictatorship impossible but democracy unbearable."
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"Rather leave the crime of the guilty unpunished than condemn the innocent."
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"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
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"I was born in a very small town in North Dakota, a town of only about 350 people. I lived there until I was 13. It was a marvelous advantage to grow up in a small town where you knew everybody."
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"There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots - suspicion."
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"I will sit down now but the time will come when you will hear me."
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"Governments allocate enormous resources for social programs. And it is true that for many years we have had one of the best social service systems in the world. Yet we are still incapable of meeting the needs of tens of thousands of Canadian families."
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"Prayer is the maternity where ideas are born."
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"No one has the right to be sorry for himself for a misfortune that strikes everyone."
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"Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended."
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"No obligation to do the impossible is binding."
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"Henceforth, we shall be happy to be a free citizen in an independent country."
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"The nation's government has just handed me the bill that grants us our civil rights. I am receiving it before you, certain that I am accepting this on behalf of all Argentinean women, and I can feel my hands tremble with joy as they grasp the laurel proclaiming victory."
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"Reconciliation should be accompanied by justice, otherwise it will not last. While we all hope for peace it shouldn't be peace at any cost but peace based on principle, on justice."
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"The different Ministries have to work more on the promotion of the country, to build Kosovo's public image. Concrete projects must be assembled, in order to activate our businessmen to have more contacts. We have to create a positive image about ourselves."
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