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Quotes by Statesman
"I told the students that we can exert pressure without resorting to violence, and that we can move towards democracy without violence; that way, God will allow it."
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"There is no happiness for people at the expense of other people."
29
"Capitalism is using its money; we socialists throw it away."
29
"I want to assure your excellency that I am occupying myself permanently and jointly with my team to achieve a solution as soon as possible to this crisis, the principal objective being the safeguarding of the health and life of those who are inside."
29
"Don't you have a machine that puts food into the mouth and pushes it down?"
29
"Throughout Soviet times, I understood what was really happening in the world around me."
29
"Peace is a fragile thing. It takes courage to secure it. It takes wisdom to maintain it."
29
"I am convinced that the path to a new, better and possible world is not capitalism, the path is socialism."
29
"In this life struggle, here I am among you fully cognizant that a true believer has no fear of what God has ordained for him. Those who are visited by fear live only for their present, under the illusion that the world began with them and will end with their departure."
29
"China also has moved away from its original status of purely producing basic, what you call, consumer commodities and Chinese companies are moving beyond China to various parts of the world."
29
"We believe that Lebanon has been the first real experience for all the Arabs."
29
"I have just come out of an electoral experience with the people of my country in which I invited them to join me in a partnership for governance."
29
"Keeping small nations enslaved because of the deals between the great nations or because of any pragmatic considerations that might have been there are totally unacceptable."
29
"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."
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"Our government is ready to guarantee their investments for them, and then we will create tax incentives. We are interested in having all these things and with the privatization we also want to create more jobs and better conditions for the workers."
29
"It is a matter of shame that in the morning the birds should be awake earlier than you."
29
"We're aligning ourselves with Kerry. Our allegiance will be for peace, against war, no more deaths for oil, and for a dialogue between the government of Spain and the new Kerry administration."
29
"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!"
29
"The Lord had the wonderful advantage of being able to work alone."
29
"2005 opens with the promise of a number of substantial direct private investments that can swiftly transform the economy and set all sectors on a pronounced upward curve."
29
"There is a requirement to ensure the withdrawal takes place in a civilized manner. We will be able to show the world we deserve independence and freedom."
29
"Our civilisation has lost this bond between times, and tends to measure time with a yardstick, bit by bit, from one point to another."
29
"Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it."
29
"I know the Haitian people because I am the Haitian people."
29
"It is much easier to show compassion to animals. They are never wicked."
29
"We oppose occupation of land by force and we believe in dialogue as the method for regaining Arab rights. This is the spirit of the Great Arab Revolt."
28
"In 2001-2002, I told the president that the election was supposed to take place when the war was over, at a time when we could return to peaceful life. We agreed upon that. However, I can see now that the election cannot be delayed any longer."
28
"The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts."
28
"Life's like a play: it's not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters."
28
"Hollow commitments to action in the future are insufficient. Deferring difficult issues must not be tolerated. Our children and grandchildren expect us to speak and act decisively."
28
"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."
28
"The principle of responsibility and collective sanctions is incompatible with the Western concept of justice."
28
"We will host the Asean summit in November this year. It will be an occasion to reflect on our achievements collectively and to look at how Asean can maintain its leading role in regional and international cooperation."
28
"We are succeeding in Iraq. It's a tough struggle with setbacks, but we are succeeding."
28
"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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