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Quotes by Statesman

"The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves."

"You cannot feed the hungry on statistics."


"With each new book, the march of our national history takes a step forward. When one is present at a book launch, one is bearing witness to the birth of a new body of ideas, to the coming into being of another testimony of history."

"All that you need to be successful and significant in life is in and around you."

"It's too much to expect in an academic setting that we should all agree, but it is not too much to expect discipline and unvarying civility."

"Like it or not, we are all in business and the products we are selling is our unique selves."

"If you expect the blessings of God, be kind to His people."

"Be realistic and truthful - and tell Hong Kong businessmen honestly that they should go for long-term investments since it is unlikely money can be made in the short haul."

"Once the return tide starts, it will be impossible to stem it, and it will prove our undoing."
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"The World War broke out with such elemental violence, and with such resort to all means for leading or misleading public opinion, that no time was available for reflection and consideration."

"When the rich think about the poor, they have poor ideas."

"From this experience we have learned that in a big party it is important to have the necessary and often controversial discussions on policy issues such as the health system while in opposition."

"It is the duty of youths to war against indiscipline and corruption because they are the leaders of tomorrow."


"Ours is a non-violent war, It is Dharma YUDDHA."

"Our abode in this world is transitory, our life therein is but a loan, our breaths are numbered and our indolence is manifest."

"Now is the time to enliven, ennoble and enrich your life's tapestry."


"We can survive as a population only if we conserve, develop sustainably, and protect the world's resources."

"We debated long over the situation for it is a very difficult question and all of us recognize its difficulty."

"Shadows cannot see themselves in the mirror of the sun."

"A steady patriot of the world alone, The friend of every country but his own."

"Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem."


"No expense has been incurred but what has been approved of and provided for by Parliament."

"Trudeau's contribution was not to build Canada but to destroy it, and I had to come in and save it."


"Two races share today the soil of Canada. These people had not always been friends. But I hasten to say it. There is no longer any family here but the human family. It matters not the language people speak, or the altars at which they kneel."

"Only with the honour thus acquired can we earn the respect of our other compatriots as well."

"We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival."

"I criticize by creation - not by finding fault."

"The Conservatives over the years have done a great deal, from Sir John A, to Diefenbaker, and others."

"The invisible thing called a Good Name is made up of the breath of numbers that speak well of you."

"There is nothing so powerful as truth, and often nothing so strange."
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