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Quotes by Statesman
"Poverty doesn't imply necessarily violence."
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"The universities are available only to those who share my revolutionary beliefs."
46
"I imagine that the intention is to get rid of them. The interests of security demand that we get rid of them."
46
"But since independence, Gabon is one of the few countries in Central Africa that enjoys peace and stability."
46
"We belong to the camp of peace. We believe in peace. We believe that our one God wishes us to live in peace and wishes peace upon us, for these are His teachings to all the followers of the three great monotheistic religions, the Children of Abraham."
46
"The decisions and problems of Uruguay will be resolved by Uruguayans."
46
"Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign things? Is it a legacy of our colonial years? We want foreign television sets. We want foreign shirts. We want foreign technology. Why this obsession with everything imported?"
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"It is not I who have been consigned to the bedroom of history."
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"There is a boundary to men's passions when they act from feelings; but none when they are under the influence of imagination."
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"The land is ours. It's not European and we have taken it, we have given it to the rightful people... Those of white extraction who happen to be in the country and are farming are welcome to do so, but they must do so on the basis of equality."
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"I want to be remembered as the person who helped us restore faith in ourselves."
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"We are increasing our efforts to attract the right kind of foreign investors through our various agencies."
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"I think we have a fascinating new and quite dominant input into politics - and it wont go away. From time to time, people articulate a view that we should ban opinion polls, but that's nonsense."
45
"Factors affecting effective regional cooperation are mindsets and perceptions emanating from the past."
45
"We cannot wait for governments to do it all. Globalization operates on Internet time. Governments tend to be slow moving by nature, because they have to build political support for every step."
45
"The left is back, and it's the only path we have to get out of the spot to which the right has sunken us. Socialism builds and capitalism destroys."
45
"Today in the era of globalization there is no such issue as borders between states of the same nation."
45
"Once the Afghan people vote and they choose their President with direct, secret ballot from all over the country, there will be a lot of difference in this country and a lot of legitimate power to flow with implementation."
45
"It is a matter of shame that in the morning the birds should be awake earlier than you."
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"It would be simply suicidal to French Canadians to form a party by themselves."
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"For ultimately, the only way to win wars, is to prevent them occurring in the first place."
45
"It is not the function of the government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the government from falling into error."
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"More than ever before in human history, we share a common destiny. We can master it only if we face it together. And that, my friends, is why we have the United Nations."
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"It may be necessary to use methods other than constitutional ones."
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"It would be a mistake to link anything that Israel does to a certain circumstance. And it is a mistake to feel comfortable in any circumstance just because Israel did not act on it."
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"I am in favor of complete freedom of information and of free access to the new communication tools, in particular the Internet."
45
"Our strategic dialogue with China can both protect American interests and uphold our principles, provided we are honest about our differences on human rights and other issues and provided we use a mix of targeted incentives and sanctions to narrow these differences."
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"We are no longer going to ask for the land, but we are going to take it without negotiating."
Land,
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"I think we can find a formula that would be to everyone's satisfaction, which would make it possible for Croatia to take some more steps and for Europe to accept us into its midst, and for the talks to start."
44
"Where do you find the strength to brave a barrage of enemy fire and to bring your wounded friends to safety at great risk to your own life? Conviction."
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"I want to assure you that working in transition period is an ungrateful job for any honest government."
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"The people who abandon Jihad fall a victim to humility and degradation."
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"I thought they know that I was the Commander in Chief, not that I know that I am the Commander in Chief, and they should behave; know how to behave to the Commander in Chief."
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"We have to choose between a global market driven only by calculations of short-term profit, and one which has a human face."
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"We have the EURO as a currency, which means a lot. It has not just stabilized the situation in Kosovo politically and economically, but also facilitated the direct contact that we have with Europe."
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