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Quotes by Statesman
"Education, particularly higher education, will take Africa into the mainstream of globalization."
84
"Technical knowledge has now become an integral aspect of the Iranian psyche."
83
"I guess my religious faith sustained me more than anything else. Family is also very important. If I didn't have children, it would have been too difficult. Even if you are strong, you still need people who would support you all the way."
83
"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."
83
"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."
83
"It is not I who have been consigned to the bedroom of history."
83
"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."
83
"Real victories are those that protect human life, not those that result from its destruction or emerge from its ashes."
83
"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."
82
"Personality is reduced and deformed with depleted thoughts and stagnant mind."
82
"I wish it to be remembered that I was the last man of my tribe to surrender my rifle."
82
"I was the deputy Chairman of the Democratic Union of the Pacific, and we started at 8 I think and I was called to the telephone and to be told there's a coup, the government has been overthrown - it was round about 9, 10 when the Parliament sat they had done then."
82
"We see an extensive program of dismantling state institutions... These are ingredients for catastrophe."
82
"We are increasing our efforts to attract the right kind of foreign investors through our various agencies."
82
"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."
81
"Peace is a fragile thing. It takes courage to secure it. It takes wisdom to maintain it."
81
"It wasn't until we got over the self pity that we were able to accept suffering as apart of our life with Christ. A man or woman reaches this plane only when he or she ceases to be the hero."
81
"When our interests matched, the Americans have been good to us, and when the interests differed, they wanted us to mold ourselves to them, which we refused."
81
"The best way of learning to be an independent sovereign state is to be an independent sovereign state."
81
"Today, bilateral relations with Britain are excellent, with cooperation in many areas and both countries continuing to work on strengthening these ties."
81
"I am poor and naked, but I am the chief of the nation. We do not want riches but we do want to train our children right. Riches would do us no good. We could not take them with us to the other world. We do not want riches. We want peace and love."
81
"We are no longer going to ask for the land, but we are going to take it without negotiating."
Land,
81
"The trial organized with U.N. participation of some kind will be for crimes committed by Khmer Rouge leaders from 1975 to 1979. That's it."
81
"If you want to investigate, we will be willing to assist."
80
"The challenge as we saw in the Nigerian project was to restructure the economy decisively in the direction of a modern free market as an appropriate environment for cultivation of freedom and democracy and the natural emergence of a new social order."
80
"He was driven by the idea that when Milosevic grabs a part of Bosnia, Croatia should get a piece of it, too."
80
"We will win the battle for Africa, which is in effect a battle for Humanity."
80
"We need to reach that happy stage of our development when differences and diversity are not seen as sources of division and distrust, but of strength and inspiration."
80
"The decisions and problems of Uruguay will be resolved by Uruguayans."
80
"Faith is not simply a patience that passively suffers until the storm is past. Rather, it is a spirit that bears things - with resignations, yes, but above all, with blazing, serene hope."
80
"We believe democracy to be the only real guarantor of stability and we have sought to create a 'Jordanian model' that might also inspire others in our region. I wish democracy and peace to be my legacy to my people and the shield of generations to come."
80
"Of-course we did, but we didn't reply because we knew once this leaks the others will scatter, so in the few days we moved quickly before the press got hold of it. The press did get hold of it a few days later, we nabbed, we were able to get 15, the others got away."
80
"Unity breeds strength, and discipline forges resilience - the recipe for overcoming any challenge."
80
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