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Quotes by Statesman

"Security is like virginity: you're either a virgin or you're not. You either have security or you don't."

"In the matter of justice, all should be equal in your eyes."

"It is true, there are many bad people; there are more of them than in the past, but that is because there are more people, meaning the population has tripled; there must be three times more bad people."

"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."


"Israel's willingness to cooperate closely with the U.S. in protecting American interests in the region altered her image in the eyes of many officials in Washington."

"Vote for me and I will ensure that everyone gets enough to eat and a place to stay."

"The soldiers never explained to the government when an Indian was wronged, but reported the misdeeds of the Indians."


"Behold, my friends, the spring is come; the earth has gladly received the embraces of the sun, and we shall soon see the results of their love!"

"There is a rule of Sharia: If the enemy wants to suppress you, you are supposed to put up a strong resistance."

"In the rush for justice it is important not to lose sight of principles the country holds dear."

"We don't know what may yet happen to us, what military and political defeats we may yet have to face."


"To talk about planning an economic system is to talk in old terms, and I find myself sometimes having to teach Westers about what the market really means."

"The people of Nicaragua were suffering oppression. This made us develop an awareness which eventually led us to commit ourselves to the struggle against the domination of the capitalists of our country in collusion with the U.S. government, i.e. imperialism."

"We are aware that in 2005 our efforts to preserve the stability and prestige of the Republic of Bulgaria in the area of foreign policy, and our efforts to attain fully our strategic goals will be mostly contingent upon the way we address our domestic priorities."


"Let us go forward in this battle fortified by conviction that those who labour in the service of a great and good cause will never fail."

"If an ignorant person is attracted by the things of the world, that is bad. But if a learned person is thus attracted, it is worse."

"He who aspires to paradise should learn to deal with people with kindness."

"This has been a great victory for the Venezuelan people."


"The question of peace, progress and prosperity, it's a motherhood statement, all of us like it."

"Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business."


"Our party must continue to strike fear in the heart of the white man, our real enemy!"


"Now, I learned soon enough, that among the three, two don't trust the third one - the third one is the government. Both industry and unions feel the government is a talking organization and a spending organization."

"It is bad for a young man to sin; but it is worse for an old man to sin."

"Unfortunately, religion, like patriotism, is easy to misuse for political purposes."

"Keeping books on social aid is capitalistic nonsense. I just use the money for the poor. I can't stop to count it."

"I have said it already, I am convinced that the way to build a new and better world is not capitalism. Capitalism leads us straight to hell."

"The people who abandon Jihad fall a victim to humility and degradation."

"Today in the era of globalization there is no such issue as borders between states of the same nation."

"The level of our educational development is high and serves as a strong basis for our future progress."

"A nation must be embraced, rehabilitated and expressed as a tangible sign of human creativity and as an integral element of mankind's heritage."
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