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Quotes by Statesman
"The interval between the decay of the old and the formation and establishment of the new constitutes a period of transition which must always necessarily be one of uncertainty, confusion, error, and wild and fierce fanaticism."
47
"Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one."
47
"It is the prime responsibility of every citizen to feel that his country is free and to defend its freedom is his duty."
47
"We have actively sought and are actively seeking to make the United Nations an effective instrument of international cooperation."
47
"Admitting, however, for the sake of argument, that I am prime and sole minister in this country, am I, therefore, prime and sole minister of all Europe? Am I answerable for the conduct of other countries as well as for that of my own?"
47
"Many of our own people here in this country do not ask about computers, telephones and television sets. They ask - when will we get a road to our village."
47
"The Japanese campaign involves therefore two great uncertainties; first, whether Russia will come in though we think that will be all right; and second, when and how S-1 will resolve itself."
47
"The finest eloquence is that which gets things done."
47
"I was paid to read Western economic texts. In a way, the regime paid for their own undermining."
47
"We've had it very clear to the Bosnians that our obligation to equip and train their forces is completely conditional on the foreign forces being gone."
47
"Sex: the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable."
47
"For the sake of our interests, as well as of our honour and dignity, we were obliged to see that we won for our international policy the same independence that we had secured for our European policy."
47
"Organization charts and fancy titles count for next to nothing."
47
"I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come. But I can only rest for a moment, for with freedom come responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not ended."
47
"There was one occasion when I was very young - eight years or seven years old - that Jewish businessmen went through the forest, and they were assassinated. And that was for the first time I saw in our paper where there were assassinations in our place."
47
"That is why I came to conclusion that the election must take place, so that the republic can have a government. If I were to say that everything will change for the better immediately, that would not be true. The struggle will continue for a long time."
47
"It is generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles and design."
47
"The essence of Richard Nixon is loneliness."
47
"We will also allow state companies to sell shares to their workers and will pass a law allowing citizens to start companies of their own with no limits on the number of employees or on the firm's output."
47
"Familiarity with evil breeds not contempt but acceptance."
47
"But I must think that an address to his majesty to remove one of his servants, without so much as alleging any particular crime against him, is one of the greatest encroachments that was ever made upon the prerogatives of the crown."
47
"A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman."
47
"As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless."
47
"Circumstances give in reality to every political principle its distinguishing color and discriminating effect. The circumstances are what render every civil and political scheme beneficial or noxious to mankind."
47
"Discipline is the compass, and unity is the journey; together, they guide a nation towards greatness."
47
"The United States is not stingy. We are the greatest contributor to international relief efforts in the world."
47
"It is a sound principle of finance, and a still sounder principle of government, that those who have the duty of expending the revenue of a country should also be saddled with the responsibility of levying and providing it."
47
"In politics the choice is constantly between two evils."
47
"Unfortunately, the true force which propels our endless political disputes, our constant struggles for political advantage, is often not our burning concern for democracy, it is often of our dedication to the principle of the rule of law."
47
"We must think and act like a nation of a billion people and not like that of a million people. Dream, dream, dream!"
47
"Here is a man whose life and actions the world has already condemned - yet whose enormous fortune...has already brought him acquittal!"
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