Famous quotes by Statesmans

"If the market is left to sort matters out, social injustice will be heightened and suffering in the community will grow with the neglect the market fosters"

Helen Clark, Statesman

"A man loses contact with reality if he is not surrounded by his books"

Francois Mitterrand, Statesman

"I don't debate with liars"

Evo Morales, Statesman

"Leave my image alone... I will behave as I think I should and I will not change anything"

Ezer Weizman, Statesman

"We're strongly in favor of the U.N. plan for a solution to the Cyprus conflict. Hopefully a solution can be found before the end of this summit, but we cannot and will not let it block our decisions on enlargement"

Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Statesman

"Europe should stick to an open economy, to competition, and we should refuse protectionism. It will not save one single job in the long run to protect non-competitive industries"

Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Statesman

"I don't talk in ifs"

Abdurrahman Wahid, Statesman

"Democracy is constructed like an edifice, freedom by freedom, right by right, until it reaches its snapping point"

Abdoulaye Wade, Statesman

"If we cling to the institution of Islam, then we tend to defend it against whatever we see as a danger to it, so because of this we see now that many people are defending states, defending territories, defending everything institutional in the belief that they defend Islam"

Abdurrahman Wahid, Statesman

"A small child from a developing country has the advantage, from a very early age, of having access to toys which structure his mind, which constitute a sure advantage over the little African child who has never even held a modern toy"

Abdoulaye Wade, Statesman

"It's good to have a leader, otherwise we argue too much"

Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Statesman

"Honey, have you ever seen a man knitting socks?"

Ezer Weizman, Statesman

"Give it a kick at the right place and it'll work"

Ezer Weizman, Statesman

"If French is no longer the language of a power, it can be the language of a counter power"

Lionel Jospin, Statesman

"I remain attached to my nation"

Lionel Jospin, Statesman

"To me, the appeal of opera lies in the fact that a myriad of singers and instruments, each possessed of different qualities of voice and sound, against the backdrop of a grand stage and beautiful costumes, come together in one complete and impressive drama"

Junichiro Koizumi, Statesman

"If somebody gives me his hand, I will not look at him with suspicion"

Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Statesman

"Too often the desire for peace has been expressed by women while the stewardship of the mechanisms which are used to attempt to secure peace in the short and medium term are dominated by male decision-making structures and informal arrangements. This must change"

Jenny Shipley, Statesman

"For then only will you be strong, when you cherish the laws, and when the revolutionary attempts of lawless men shall have ceased"

Aeschines, Statesman

"I do not like violence"

Abdurrahman Wahid, Statesman

"We wish to ensure that young Africans do not feel disorientated in the century in which they live"

Abdoulaye Wade, Statesman

"Education for all seems to be the product of a type of distributive justice that is in no way related to the individual"

Abdoulaye Wade, Statesman

"Peace is a fragile thing. It takes courage to secure it. It takes wisdom to maintain it"

Jenny Shipley, Statesman

"It is important to remember that the Pacific Ocean covers a quarter of the world's surface and that each Pacific country has its own cultural, historical and ethnic identity"

Jenny Shipley, Statesman

"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"

Jenny Shipley, Statesman

"What we want is to establish the rules of a market economy - not to plan its outcome"

Vaclav Klaus, Statesman

"We served on the editorial board of a literary monthly called Face in 1968 and 1969. He was a young writer, and I was also interested in broad cultural issues. We agreed on all major issues and became friends"

Vaclav Klaus, Statesman

"Nevertheless, there is another threat on the horizon. I see this threat in environmentalism, which is becoming a new dominant ideology, if not a religion. Its main weapon is raising the alarm and predicting the human life endangering climate change based on man-made global warming"

Vaclav Klaus, Statesman

"We must lead in a different way... We must have an active president, who gives strong direction and works with the government for its implementation"

Lionel Jospin, Statesman

"I would like to see capital punishment suppressed in all democracies"

Lionel Jospin, Statesman

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