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Quotes by Statesman
"The Lord had the wonderful advantage of being able to work alone."
152
"What we want is to establish the rules of a market economy - not to plan its outcome."
151
"I enter negotiations with Chairman Arafat, the leader of the PLO, the representative of the Palestinian people, with the purpose to have coexistence between our two entities, Israel as a Jewish state and Palestinian state, entity, next to us, living in peace."
151
"We believe that visa quotas should be lifted and people should visit anywhere they wish freely."
151
"The Republic of Macedonia is being built on democratic ideals and values, not on ethnic groups. Those ideals and values include economic opportunities, language and educational opportunities, religious rights, and political processes."
151
"National leaders who find themselves wilting under the withering criticisms by members of the media, would do well not to take such criticism personally but to regard the media as their allies in keeping the government clean and honest, its services."
151
"In their greatest hour of need, the world failed the people of Rwanda."
151
"It is a matter of shame that in the morning the birds should be awake earlier than you."
151
"I urge the Iraqi leadership for sake of its own people... to seize this opportunity and thereby begin to end the isolation and suffering of the Iraqi people."
151
"The important thing for the survival of the Thai society is that the majority of those who work, both in the government and the private sector, still strive to work in the same direction; this is why the Thai nation still stands."
151
"Every day, nay every moment, try to do some good deed."
151
"Information on the Internet must be as free as in the newspapers."
151
"I am convinced that the path to a new, better and possible world is not capitalism, the path is socialism."
150
"The labour of the farmers, no doubt is of greater value than the financial capacity of the government and non-government institutions which can only play a supportive role."
150
"By being friends with all, we are not alone."
150
"We hope that through these trade arrangements, through collaboration in training, in manpower development, and what have you, ASEAN in, say, ten years' time, will be a very different ASEAN."
150
"I was too busy looking into Yeltsin's eyes to notice what was under the table."
150
"We must create the Georgia that our ancestors dreamed of, the Georgia that we dream of."
149
"To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there."
Want,
149
"My actions to promote peace, the mediation missions which I carried out during many conflicts, which very often occurred between brothers of the same country, are not driven by any ulterior motives or any calculations based on personal ambitions."
149
"Let no one think that flexibility and a predisposition to compromise is a sign of weakness or a sell-out."
149
"The logical thing is to implement the Arab Defense Agreement."
149
"There was no reason for a revolution in Paraguay."
148
"Well, as you've said, we cannot expect the people of China not to want to progress, so if you have an opportunity to progress, to develop your economy to a world class economy, it's an aspiration that is natural and that, I welcome."
148
"I submit to you, Mr. President of Congress, my formal resignation as president of the republic."
148
"Convinced as I am and as I am from my government that the world needs a new moral architecture over all I believe that this should be the first topic to debate in our world of today, ethics, moral."
148
"I am a President held prisoner, that I haven't resigned and I will not resign."
148
"I am in favor of complete freedom of information and of free access to the new communication tools, in particular the Internet."
148
"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."
148
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