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Quotes by Statesman
"He who cannot eat horsemeat need not do so. Let him eat pork. But he who cannot eat pork, let him eat horsemeat. It's simply a question of taste."
4
"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!"
4
"The public treasure has been duly applied to the uses to which it was appropriated by Parliament, and regular accounts have been annually laid before Parliament, of every article of expense."
4
"But I am sure also that from a political point of view, and from a social point of view the federal link, without infringing the sovereignty of any of the nations which might take part in such as association, could be beneficial."
4
"I think before 1997 is over, NATO will have taken giant strides in what's called adaptation, the discussions about bringing the French fully into the NATO forces."
Will,
4
"We've had a long wrangle with the pharmaceutical industry about parallel imports, and what we were saying is we want to make medicines and drugs as affordable as a possible to what is largely a poor population."
4
"Morality and expediency coincide more than the cynics allow."
4
"Trudeau's contribution was not to build Canada but to destroy it, and I had to come in and save it."
4
"A large part of mankind is angry not with the sins, but with the sinners."
4
"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?"
4
"The single currency should allow the European Union, and therefore France, to balance its monetary strength with the United States. It should help us adjust to the development of China."
4
"Persuade thyself that imperfection and inconvenience are the natural lot of mortals, and there will be no room for discontent, neither for despair."
4
"But of all plagues, good Heaven, thy wrath can send, Save me, oh, save me, from the candid friend!"
4
"I criticize by creation - not by finding fault."
4
"In Europe it is particularly important that we build good relations to everyone who holds political responsibility because Europe can only be build together."
4
"I think these people have betrayed or have forgotten their ancestors."
4
"I never intended to be a politician or office-seeker."
4
"I know I cannot do all the stuff that I did ten years ago."
4
"While maintaining our nuclear potential at the proper level, we need to devote more attention to developing the entire range of means of information warfare."
4
"The Government of the absolute majority instead of the Government of the people is but the Government of the strongest interests; and when not efficiently checked, it is the most tyrannical and oppressive that can be devised."
4
"The United States has done more for the war crimes tribunal than any other country in the world. We're turning over all the information we have, including intelligence information."
4
"Politicians, no matter who they are, shouldn't be able to manipulate the public on a single issue and then call an election at the height of support - that's a little bit of a manipulation of democracy."
4
"We are very anxious to bring the Jews of Morocco over and we are doing all we can to achieve this. But we cannot count on the Jews of Morocco alone to build the country, because they have not been educated for this."
4
"I'm very much in favor of focused responsibility, and so in the main areas that I'm worried about, I try to have a single person who is basically the key person in that area."
4
"It certainly is dangerous that there are only a few clubs left in Europe that can afford to pay millions. At the end of the day however, the spectators decide the rates of pay - by watching the games and consuming the goods and services advertised on sports TV programmes."
4
"Surely, God on high has not refused to give us enough wisdom to find ways to bring us an improvement in relations between the two great nations on earth."
4
"I am certain that we need a solution completely separate from military intervention."
4
"The places that are most likely to grow trees for carbon sequestration are places where trees aren't growing now."
4
"Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will bury you!"
4
"Superstition is the religion of feeble minds."
4
"Art is man's expression of his joy in labor."
4
"The finest eloquence is that which gets things done."
4
"By and large, women in New Zealand are fortunate compared with some other countries, including many in our own region. But there is still progress to be made."
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