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Quotes by Statesman
"We have said the first step was to designate the land, inform the owners. And the second would be to get the responses from the owners. And this will be openly done."
69
"People are free to campaign and they will be free to vote. There won't be any soldiers, you know, at the queues. Anyone who has the right to vote is free to go and cast his vote anywhere in his own area, in his own constituency."
68
"So, Blair keep your England, and let me keep my Zimbabwe."
68
"We don't think that we are in a quarrel with anybody. We may have a difference of opinion, but we'll not allow such differences of opinion to grow into a problem that stands in the way of reconstructing the country and regaining the democratic path."
68
"Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will."
67
"Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body."
67
"If the choice were made, one for us to lose our sovereignty and become a member of the Commonwealth or remain with our sovereignty and lose the membership of the Commonwealth, I would say let the Commonwealth go."
67
"A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer."
67
"More countries have understood that women's equality is a prerequisite for development."
66
"The African Union has to act in order to put an end to armed conflicts that undermine the continent, to fight against the devastation caused by AIDS and other contagious diseases, to promote sustainable development of its member states."
66
"The poor prey on one another because their lives offer no hope and communicate the tragic message to these human beings that they have no possibility to attain a decent standard of living."
64
"We pride ourselves as being top, really, on the African ladder... We feel that we have actually been advancing rather than going backwards."
64
"If you deprive yourself of outsourcing and your competitors do not, you're putting yourself out of business."
63
"There has been enough suffering in our country, there has been enough of children whose dreams die before they have a chance to grow and there has been enough of our elders who, having served their nation, are forced into indignity in their old age."
63
"I sow; my successor reaps. This is the majesty of democracy."
63
"We have the hardest working people in the world, the most adaptable and the most congenial to employ."
62
"If one commits the act of sodomy with a cow, an ewe, or a camel, their urine and their excrements become impure, and even their milk may no longer be consumed. The animal must then be killed and as quickly as possible and burned."
62
"Without knowledge action is useless and knowledge without action is futile."
62
"The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune. But if someone dragged him out again, that would be a calamity."
61
"Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career."
61
"On the other hand, we have in Israel, an Israeli government which has been elected by the Israeli people. Their political agenda is not for peace. They are from the camp anti-peace."
60
"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."
60
"Solitude is better than the society of evil persons."
59
"Above all else, we need a reaffirmation of political commitment at the highest levels to reducing the dangers that arise both from existing nuclear weapons and from further proliferation."
59
"Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development."
58
"We, in Syria, our point of view stems from our experience."
58
"A proof is a proof. What kind of a proof? It's a proof. A proof is a proof. And when you have a good proof, it's because it's proven."
57
"It could be argued that, in Thailand, many foreigners have come and gone, and the number of people who are considered to be Thai have traveled abroad in a great number."
57
"In the time one is given, the steward must make the most of the talents one is given by the Lord."
Time,
56
"The power of one, if fearless and focused, is formidable, but the power of many working together is better."
56
"We are not hungry... Why foist this food upon us? We don't want to be choked. We have enough."
56
"I wish to assure you that there can never be any return to the state of armed conflict which existed before our commitment to peace and the democratic process of election under the Lancaster House agreement."
56
"I believe that in the long run, separation between Israel and the Palestinians is the best solution for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict."
55
"Worry does not mean fear, but readiness for the confrontation."
55
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