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We intend to leave it without further discussion. We respect this request by the government of Uzbekistan
No one received them [the coalition forces] with roses. They were received with bombs, shoes and bullets.
America's armed forces are an essential background to much of what the U.S. accomplishes internationally.
It appears that the English think the Japanese... are fond of opium, and they want to bring it here also.
Men of New England, I hold you to the doctrines of liberty which ye inherit from your Puritan forefathers.
It was when Lucifer first congratulated himself upon his angelic behavior that he became the tool of evil.
Humility before the flower at the timber line is the gate which gives access to the path up the open fell.
The best thing we can do if we want the Russians to let us be Americans is to let the Russians be Russian.
You are never too young to lead and you should never doubt your capacity to triumph where others have not.
HIV/AIDS has become much more than a health issue. HIV/AIDS is a development issue, it's a security issue.
We tend to look at countries in terms of failed states and functioning states, which is rather simplistic.
The nexus between terrorism and nuclear weapons, or even nuclear material, is obviously a current concern.
In my view, stability only comes with a government that is elected by the people and works for the people.
An open, market-oriented, and peaceful Iraq could also advance reform and growth across the entire region.
Indeed, in foreign policymaking, inconsistency is often a virtue. I speak not of principles but of policy.
We have certain differences over the ways to pursue our goals, but our final aims coincide, in my opinion.
The nations of the West hope that by means of steam communication all the world will become as one family.
The right of petition is an old undoubted household right of the blood of England, which runs in our veins.
It would not lessen the shock and concern, but it would be something concrete in addition to the apologies.
The more faithfully you listen to the voices within you, the better you will hear what is sounding outside.
I couldn't have imagined that I would live long enough to see Egypt emancipated from decades of repression.
Any nation that refuses to hold intercourse with other nations must expect to be excluded from this family.
Understanding, love and tolerance are the highest forms of interest on out small and interdependent planet.
The single most important impediment to global institutions is the concept of "my country, right or wrong".
My observation is China is thinking more as a global player than regionally, in both politics and economics.
I have run with the Olympic Torch during the 2012 summer games in London and the 2014 winter games in Sochi.
The life of simplicity is simple, but it opens to us a book in which we never get beyond the first syllable.
Be open to your dreams, people. Embrace that distant shore. Because our mortal journey is over all too soon.
We wish we were Obi-Wan Kenobi, and for the most part we are, but there's a little Darth Vader in all of us.
First of all, I think the situation today is different. We're in a different place than we were in '93, '94.
The gravest threat faced by the world is of an extremist group getting hold of nuclear weapons or materials.
They are going to surrender or be burned in their tanks. They will surrender, it is they who will surrender.
If you want to kill somebody, conquer his heart, Then leave slowly and leave them between death and madness.
He [Paolo Sarpi] was one of the two foremost Italian statesmen since the Middle Ages, the other being Cavour.
Women must be full partners in development, so they can lift themselves and their communities out of poverty.
It is more important to understand the ground of your own behavior than to understand the motives of another.
Your cravings as a human animal do not become a prayer just because it is God whom you ask to attend to them.
Any society that does not succeed in tapping into the energy and creativity of its youth will be left behind.
A United Nations that will not stand up for human rights is a United Nations that cannot stand up for itself.
Achieving the MDGs is not optional; it is an essential investment in a safer, more human and prosperous world
We have to be very clear with the population and the countries we enter what we can do and what we cannot do.
Sometimes we tend to focus more on the personalities and the conflicts, and it really caricatures the issues.
One outcome is almost certain. Extremism stands to benefit enormously from an uncalculated adventure in Iraq.
The midget, Bush, and that Rumsfeld deserve only to be beaten with shoes by freedom loving people everywhere.
Be careful about a policy generated with enthusiasm in the rush of a moment. It usually doesn't turn out well.
Perfect discipline requires recognition of infallibility. Infallibility requires the observance of discipline.
No sign of purpose can be detected in any part of the vast universe disclosed by our most powerful telescopes.
A developed country is one that allows all its citizens to enjoy a free and healthy life in a safe environment
The dream of democracy has long been enshrined in the hearts of the Egyptian people. It only needed awakening.
You can't, in the 21st century, continue to live in a system where people live under martial law for 30 years.