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"The birth of the African Union should encourage us to reexamine relations between African States."

Diplomacy, African, States

"Because the world is in economic recession, which worsened since this drama happened, and our country will bear the burden of all of these consequences."

Burden, Consequences, Country, Drama

"The introduction of political pluralism often quickly led to bad results."

African Unity, Results

"The world is now aware that the most unavoidable and most dangerous weapon that exists is the blind decisiveness of a man ready to sacrifice his life for an obscure cause."

Life, Sacrifice, Blind, Cause

"It is up to African leaders to show their will and political courage in order to assure that this new pan-African institution becomes an efficient instrument and not a place for endless discussions."

Courage, African, Leaders, Order

"There is an idea of democracy produced by one-sided thinking."

Creativity, Idea, Democracy, Thinking

"The principle of responsibility and collective sanctions is incompatible with the Western concept of justice."

Justice, Responsibility

"In spite of our poverty and our economic dependence, we do not have to give in, neither because we are sometimes abandoned nor because of the wish of some nations to impose their economic or political models."

Independence, Dependence, Nations, Poverty

"From the time of independences until the end of the Cold War, in spite of the participation of a considerable number of African states in the non-aligned movement, everyone in fact chose to align with one or another of the two major blocks."

Time, War, African, End

"But it is important to observe that when Europe or the United Nations impose sanctions that are supposed to be aimed against a certain regime, usually generally millions of people end up being directly punished."

People, Being, End, Europe

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"Lenience will operate with greater force, in some instances than rigor. It is therefore my first wish to have all of my conduct distinguished by it."

George Washington, American President

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"We are asking the nations of Europe between whom rivers of blood have flowed to forget the feuds of a thousand years."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

Diplomacy, Blood, Europe, Forget, Nations

"Words are also actions, and actions are a kind of words."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Diplomacy, Actions, Words

"We have not invaded anyone. We have not conquered anyone. We have not grabbed their land, their culture, their history and tried to enforce our way of life on them."

Abdul Kalam, Indian Statesman

Diplomacy, History, Life, Culture, Land

"The rulers of the state are the only persons who ought to have the privilege of lying, either at home or abroad; they may be allowed to lie for the good of the state."

Plato, Greek Philosopher

Diplomacy, Home, Lie, Lying, May

"A sincere diplomat is like dry water or wooden iron."

Joseph Stalin, Russian Leader

Diplomacy, Water

"Where there is an observatory and a telescope, we expect that any eyes will see new worlds at once."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

Diplomacy, Eyes, Will

"When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

Diplomacy, Government, Home, Time, Country

"When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

Diplomacy, Man, Nothing

"We do not covet anything from any nation except their respect."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

Diplomacy, Nation, Respect