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Quotes by Statesman

"As politicians we have to react to the fact that many people do not feel that they can relate to the EU."

"If we dare to come closer to our fellow human beings, we will be able to see and understand them better."
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"A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true."

"The Pacific had great hope that when the former President Mitered decided to halt nuclear testing, we had put behind us the issue of nuclear states testing their weapons in our Pacific region."

"I retired from public Business from a thorough Conviction that it was not in my Power to do any Good, and very much disgusted with Measures, which appeared to me inconsistent with common Policy and Justice."

"Leaders are responsible not for running public opinion polls but for the consequences of their actions."

"We want to see Israel withdraw from our territory. But we don't want to be accountable vis-a-vis Israel on the security basis, because we don't see, in the absence of a peace agreement, that Lebanon can really be accountable to Israel if anything happens."

"There are only two ways to remove the president - if he violates the constitution or commits high treason. How could anyone accuse me of treason after I had terminated Israel's occupation of South Lebanon in 2000."

"There is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion."

"We just sent our condolences to the President of the United States and the American people on what is a terrible, terrible tragedy."

"I AM THE MASTER OF MY FATE AND THE CAPTAIN OF MY DESTINY."

"There is a need for more effective dialogue... between the government and the international community."

"Woman is not made to be the admiration of all, but the happiness of one."

"Our goal is not to crush the enemy at any price, but to make it realize that it is illegal to take up arms to overthrow a democratically elected government."

"There are so many men and women who hold no distinctive positions but whose contribution towards the development of society has been enormous."

"A market that's as open as possible is the precondition for a successful economy, and a successful economy is the precondition to being able to pay for social security."

"Christmas is a season not only of rejoicing but of reflection."


"In the fight for freedom, the slightest of discord weakens the unity and invincibility of the mighty force at work."


"The quest for peace begins in the home, in the school and in the workplace."


"The progress of a nation is intricately linked to the empowerment and education of its citizens."

"We have been taught to regard a representative of the people as a sentinel on the watch-tower of liberty."

"Allah will help him who moves in the way of Allah."

"Freedom is a possession of inestimable value."

"Our first Prime Minister saw a country that would be known for its generosity of spirit. And so it is."

"Many are busy looking for a life partner and they lose touch of their life's purpose."


"I would advise you to write, my dear friend, because with your active nature, solitude is simply intolerable to you, and after some time your solitude would become perhaps attractive if you were to people it with creatures of your own fancy."


"We have a human rights interest. Then there is the immigration problem. The human-rights violations have caused people to take to boats and flood not only the United States, but other countries in the region, creating great instability."


"Under the process of ongoing globalization, advantages are, in the main, created for a minority of countries and development centres as well as powerful transnational companies."

"We Canadians are not given as a people to great patriotic displays."


"The NATO forces will, to the extent that they have capacity, assist the war crimes tribunal."


"We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right."

"What is morally wrong can never be advantageous, even when it enables you to make some gain that you believe to be to your advantage. The mere act of believing that some wrongful course of action constitutes an advantage is pernicious."


"Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness."

"Your past is a place for reference, not residence."

"Nobody should underestimate how much the world changed on the 11th of September 2001."
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