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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."
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Lennart Meri
"Security is like virginity: you're either a virgin or you're not. You either have security or you don't."
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"What white woman, however lonely, was ever captive or insulted by me? Yet they say I am a bad Indian."
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Sitting Bull
"What white woman, however lonely, was ever captive or insulted by me? Yet they say I am a bad Indian."
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"The most significant indicator that there is no disaster in Iraq is the fact that there is no exodus."
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Bashar al-Assad
"The most significant indicator that there is no disaster in Iraq is the fact that there is no exodus."
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"Most importantly, nothing has happened to change my conviction that freedom and the love of liberty remain the essential defining attributes of our national character as a people."
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Ibrahim Babangida
"Most importantly, nothing has happened to change my conviction that freedom and the love of liberty remain the essential defining attributes of our national character as a people."
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"It will be a war of national liberation. We believe the people reject totalitarianism."
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Ahmed Chalabi
"It will be a war of national liberation. We believe the people reject totalitarianism."
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"In the matter of justice, all should be equal in your eyes."
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Abu Bakr
"In the matter of justice, all should be equal in your eyes."
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"Many other countries in this world are in a difficult situation, and all the Thai people are probably worried about the fate of Thailand: whether the country would survive or not."
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Bhumibol Adulyadej
"Many other countries in this world are in a difficult situation, and all the Thai people are probably worried about the fate of Thailand: whether the country would survive or not."
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"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."
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Bhumibol Adulyadej
"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."
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"Today more than ever we need creative minds to address the issues of the age. And one of the most urgent is this: How can humanity know so much, achieve so much, and still fail so many people so badly?"
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King Abdullah II
"Today more than ever we need creative minds to address the issues of the age. And one of the most urgent is this: How can humanity know so much, achieve so much, and still fail so many people so badly?"
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"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."
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Red Cloud
"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."
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"The nation was awakened by that deafening shot."
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Corazon Aquino
"The nation was awakened by that deafening shot."
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"America must be the teacher of democracy, not the advertiser of the consumer society. It is unrealistic for the rest of the world to reach the American living standard."
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Mikhail Gorbachev
"America must be the teacher of democracy, not the advertiser of the consumer society. It is unrealistic for the rest of the world to reach the American living standard."
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"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."
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Yitzhak Rabin
"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."
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"Vote for me and I will ensure that everyone gets enough to eat and a place to stay."
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Khaleda Zia
"Vote for me and I will ensure that everyone gets enough to eat and a place to stay."
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"Let us make a pledge now to help Fiji through this very important next stage of its journey. We can do this by promising to be patient, calm and tolerant and by respecting the views of others, even if we disagree with them."
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Josefa Iloilo
"Let us make a pledge now to help Fiji through this very important next stage of its journey. We can do this by promising to be patient, calm and tolerant and by respecting the views of others, even if we disagree with them."
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"I have said this in the past and I will continue to repeat it as long as I live: Whoever tries to hurt our national unity is my enemy until the day of judgement."
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King Hussein I
"I have said this in the past and I will continue to repeat it as long as I live: Whoever tries to hurt our national unity is my enemy until the day of judgement."
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"History is more interesting than politics."
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Lennart Meri
"History is more interesting than politics."
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"I don't mind being a permanent nightmare for the United States."
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Evo Morales
"I don't mind being a permanent nightmare for the United States."
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"The soldiers never explained to the government when an Indian was wronged, but reported the misdeeds of the Indians."
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Geronimo
"The soldiers never explained to the government when an Indian was wronged, but reported the misdeeds of the Indians."
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"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!"
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Sitting Bull
"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!"
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"There is a rule of Sharia: If the enemy wants to suppress you, you are supposed to put up a strong resistance."
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Akhmad Kadyrov
"There is a rule of Sharia: If the enemy wants to suppress you, you are supposed to put up a strong resistance."
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"I don't debate with liars."
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Evo Morales
"I don't debate with liars."
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"In the rush for justice it is important not to lose sight of principles the country holds dear."
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Kofi Annan
"In the rush for justice it is important not to lose sight of principles the country holds dear."
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"We don't know what may yet happen to us, what military and political defeats we may yet have to face."
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Moshe Sharett
"We don't know what may yet happen to us, what military and political defeats we may yet have to face."
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"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."
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Vaclav Klaus
"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."
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"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."
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Daniel Ortega
"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."
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"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."
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Georgi Purvanov
"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."
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"Our religion does not discriminate according to color, sex or anything else. What counts is piety and faith."
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King Hussein I
"Our religion does not discriminate according to color, sex or anything else. What counts is piety and faith."
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"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."
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Owen Arthur
"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."
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"I cannot think that we are useless or God would not have created us. There is one God looking down on us all. We are all the children of one God. The sun, the darkness, the winds are all listening to what we have to say."
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Geronimo
"I cannot think that we are useless or God would not have created us. There is one God looking down on us all. We are all the children of one God. The sun, the darkness, the winds are all listening to what we have to say."
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"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."
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Abu Bakr
"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."
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"I don't talk in ifs."
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Abdurrahman Wahid
"I don't talk in ifs."
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"He who aspires to paradise should learn to deal with people with kindness."
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Abu Bakr
"He who aspires to paradise should learn to deal with people with kindness."
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"This has been a great victory for the Venezuelan people."
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Hugo Chavez
"This has been a great victory for the Venezuelan people."
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"The question of peace, progress and prosperity, it's a motherhood statement, all of us like it."
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Sellapan Ramanathan
"The question of peace, progress and prosperity, it's a motherhood statement, all of us like it."
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"The earth has received the embrace of the sun and we shall see the results of that love."
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Sitting Bull
"The earth has received the embrace of the sun and we shall see the results of that love."
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"Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business."
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Winston Churchill
"Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business."
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"Our party must continue to strike fear in the heart of the white man, our real enemy!"
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Robert Mugabe
"Our party must continue to strike fear in the heart of the white man, our real enemy!"
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"If the Great Spirit had desired me to be a white man, he would have made me so in the first place."
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Sitting Bull
"If the Great Spirit had desired me to be a white man, he would have made me so in the first place."
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"Sometimes people mistake the way I talk for what I am thinking."
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Idi Amin
"Sometimes people mistake the way I talk for what I am thinking."
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"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."
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Shimon Peres
"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."
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"The birth of the African Union should encourage us to reexamine relations between African States."
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Omar Bongo
"The birth of the African Union should encourage us to reexamine relations between African States."
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"It is bad for a young man to sin; but it is worse for an old man to sin."
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Abu Bakr
"It is bad for a young man to sin; but it is worse for an old man to sin."
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"Unfortunately, religion, like patriotism, is easy to misuse for political purposes."
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Kjell Magne Bondevik
"Unfortunately, religion, like patriotism, is easy to misuse for political purposes."
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"Keeping books on social aid is capitalistic nonsense. I just use the money for the poor. I can't stop to count it."
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Evita Peron
"Keeping books on social aid is capitalistic nonsense. I just use the money for the poor. I can't stop to count it."
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"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."
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Hugo Chavez
"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."
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"The people who abandon Jihad fall a victim to humility and degradation."
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Abu Bakr
"The people who abandon Jihad fall a victim to humility and degradation."
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"Today in the era of globalization there is no such issue as borders between states of the same nation."
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Fatos Nano
"Today in the era of globalization there is no such issue as borders between states of the same nation."
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"The level of our educational development is high and serves as a strong basis for our future progress."
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Hassanal Bolkiah
"The level of our educational development is high and serves as a strong basis for our future progress."
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"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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Abdelaziz Bouteflika
"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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