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Quotes by Statesman
"The most important thought that ever occupied my mind is that of my individual responsibility to God."
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"He was a crystal of morality among our scientists."
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"Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it."
Ego,
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"Eternity is the mentality for immortality. Make your mark, leave a positive legacy!"
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"I've got many close friends, but there's an awful lot about friendship that is not demonstrative in my case."
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"I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying."
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"No man not inspired can make a good speech without preparation."
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"Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, lack of clear thinking, confusion of counsel until the emergency comes, until self-preservation strikes its jarring gong - these are the features which constitute the endless repetition of history."
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"The equality among all members of the League, which is provided in the statutes giving each state only one vote, cannot of course abolish the actual material inequality of the powers concerned."
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"At Geneva, the neutral states were often in agreement concerning the preliminaries for Genoa, and Genoa itself was marked by a quite natural mutual exchange of ideas."
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"As for now, we must not forget who would have to exchange the land? those villages which live more than others on irrigation, on orange and fruit plantations, in houses built near water wells and pumping stations, on livestock and property and easy access to markets."
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"Philosophy is nothing but discretion."
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"Your mentality sets the stage for your prosperity."
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"As far as missile defense is concerned, a very thorough consultation process is underway."
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"Even of if a certain backlash is unavoidable, we must make the most of the momentous chance with which history has presented us so swiftly and so unexpectedly."
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"The materials of wealth are in the earth, in the seas, and in their natural and unaided productions."
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"And, of course, the fact that Maurice Strong, a Canadian, was in charge made it important for us to pull up our socks and become leaders in this field. Now, here is a field we should be a leader in!"
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"Persuade thyself that imperfection and inconvenience are the natural lot of mortals, and there will be no room for discontent, neither for despair."
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"Israel has an important principle: It is only Israel that is responsible for our security."
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"Strive for excellence in all that you do; mediocrity has no place in the path to greatness."
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"We asked the workers to give up 25 percent of their salaries. Imagine! We asked the industrialists to freeze all costs, no matter what the inflation is."
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"I recommend you to take care of the minutes, for the hours will take care of themselves."
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"The war started by Mahatmaji is against two things - the Government and secondly against one self. The former kind of war is closed, but the latter shall never cease. It is meant for self-purification."
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"Martyrdom does not end something, it only a beginning."
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"But no nation can base its survival and development on luck and prayers alone while its leadership fritters away every available opportunity for success and concrete achievement."
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"It is a fact that, if I single out Germany, our rate of growth is too low and we have very high unemployment."
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