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Quotes by Statesman
"We have to shed mutual bickering, shed the difference of being high or low and develop the sense of equality and banish untouchability. We have to restore the conditions of Swaraj prevalent prior to British rule. We have to live like the children of the same father."
51
"The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes. He has left them in the full enjoyment of their liberal positions, and he is himself a strict conservative of their garments."
51
"Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree."
51
"Conditions are ripe for triumph. We will win. And we will wield great power here."
51
"Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little minds go ill together."
51
"Whoever incites anger has a strong insurance against indifference."
50
"I think the government has to reposition environment on top of their national and international priorities."
50
"We think it will be shortly afterwards, but it seems a terrible thing to gamble with such big stakes in diplomacy without having your master card in your hand."
50
"An oppressed people are authorized whenever they can to rise and break their fetters."
50
"Tell me, why is the media here so negative? Why are we in India so embarrassed to recognise our own strengths, our achievements? We are such a great nation. We have so many amazing success stories but we refuse to acknowledge them. Why?"
50
"Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around."
50
"High office teaches decision making, not substance. It consumes intellectual capital; it does not create it. Most high officials leave office with the perceptions and insights with which they entered; they learn how to make decisions but not what decisions to make."
50
"Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated."
50
"It wouldn't sit easily on one's conscience that you had been warned and there could be danger, but nevertheless you went ahead and said let's dispense these drugs."
50
"The most dangerous thing in the world is to try to leap a chasm in two jumps."
50
"Romania and Bulgaria were particularly irresponsible. If they wanted to diminish their chances of joining Europe they could not have found a better way."
50
"I had watched for many years and seen how a few rich families held much of Argentina's wealth and power in their hands. So Peron and the government brought in an eight hour working day , sickness pay and fair wages to give poor workers a fair go ."
50
"If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher."
50
"It is only through books that we partake of the great harvest that is human civilization across the ages."
50
"The greatest truth is honesty, and the greatest falsehood is dishonesty."
50
"What you think and how you think, influences what you ink and how you ink."
50
"We here in the North have for many years had a natural tendency to feel that when our representatives come together at an international meeting, we embark on the quest of mutual understanding and support."
50
"Liberty exists in proportion to wholesome restraint."
50
"To pursue a so-called Third Way is foolish. We had our experience with this in the 1960s when we looked for a socialism with a human face. It did not work, and we must be explicit that we are not aiming for a more efficient version of a system that has failed."
50
"An increasing number of Canadians must juggle the demands of work with the need to care for children, or for family members who are ill or too frail to care for themselves. Our programs have simply not kept pace with these societal changes."
50
"Your vibe creates your tribe."
50
"I detest racialism, because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from a black man or a white man."
50
"The decision by France to resume nuclear testing in the South Pacific has destroyed this hope and raised a storm of protest at home, in the South Pacific and thankfully around the world."
49
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