Top 1200 Quotes & Sayings by Famous Statesmen - Page 19

Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree.

The real fact is that I could no longer stand their eternal cold mutton.

I've always affirmed, nobody's ambition is worth the blood of any Nigerian.

The Chinese government attaches importance to, and protects, human rights. We have incorporated these lines into the Chinese constitution, and we also implement the stipulation in real earnest. I think for any government, what is most important is to ensure that its people enjoy each and every right given to them by the constitution.

The U.S. withdrawal from the Kyoto protocol endangers the entire process.

We have a dangerous trend beginning to take place in our education. We're starting to put more and more textbooks into our schools. We've become accustomed of late of putting little books into the hands of children, containing fables and moral lessons. We're spending less time in the classroom on the Bible, which should be the principal text in our schools. The Bible states these great moral lessons better than any other man-made book.

I think the International Criminal Court could be a threat to American security interests, because the prosecutor of the court has enormous discretion in going after war crimes. And the way the Statute of Rome is written, responsibility for war crimes can be taken all the way up the chain of command.

In the past, Japan through its colonial rule and aggression caused tremendous damage and suffering for the people of many countries, particularly those of Asian nations.

While there continues to be differences, the important point is that all citizens and elected officials use democratic and legal avenues for solving those differences.

If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.

You are slowly developing some multinationals of your own. We certainly hope that some of them will look in this direction when they look for opportunities because the progress of Southeast Asia is important to China, just as China's progress is important to us.

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

However, we still have the problem of free travel and movement, since the Travel Documents issued by UNMIK as the substitute to passports, are not fully recognized yet by all countries.

None of the parties want this conflict to go on.

We had news this morning of another successful atomic bomb being dropped on Nagasaki. These two heavy blows have fallen in quick succession upon the Japanese and there will be quite a little space before we intend to drop another.

Happiness is a thing to be practiced, like the violin.

If not me, who? And if not now, when?

Behold, my friends, the spring is come; the earth has gladly received the embraces of the sun, and we shall soon see the results of their love!

I was no chief and never had been, but because I had been more deeply wronged than others, this honor was conferred upon me, and I resolved to prove worthy of the trust.

We are pragmatists. We don't stick to any ideology. Does it work? Let's try it, and if it does work, fine, let's continue it. If it doesn't work, toss it out, try another one. We are not enamored with any ideology.

Our future growth relies on competitiveness and innovation, skills and productivity... and these in turn rely on the education of our people.

With faith and gratitude to Allah the almighty, I declare that tomorrow, Thursday May 1, 2014, will see the enforcement of sharia law phase one, to be followed by the other phases.

Science will liberate us from the chains of big cities and lead us back to nature.

It will be undertaken, of course, in the June or July summit, and then to bring NATO closer to Russia or vice versa is a way to move toward integration - toward the integration of Europe.

Korea's early repayment of the full amount of loans from the IMF is a major milestone.

In view of the fact that God limited the intelligence of man, it seems unfair that He did not also limit his stupidity.

Democracy opens new vistas and opportunities. We should use the opportunities it offers to correct past mistakes not to blunder anew.

Fraternity among nations, however, touches the deepest desire of human nature.

That means following a very restrictive fiscal and monetary policy which will squeeze the monopolies and cut their subsidies. On the micro level we will allow other economic agents, both domestic and foreign, to compete with them.

I call on the international community to be fair to the Iraqi people. My position is that we respect international resolutions but in return demand justice and accountability for those who stole Iraq's money.

A State in the grip of neo-colonialism is not master of its own destiny. It is this factor which makes neo-colonialism such a serious threat to world peace.

I think we have a good foundation which Mr. Lee Kuan Yew laid down, but you have to move forward. Now the question is what can Mr. Lee Hsien Loong and his team, and all our younger ministers can do now to build on the foundation which Mr. Lee Kuan Yew has built.

A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.

Truth is strong enough to overcome all human sophistries.

I believe in peace. Only peaceful co-existence can ensure peace.

The war on terror, if this is a war on terror, can only be won by a sincere regional and international cooperation. All have to believe they have something at stake and work together. In the absence of this it will become political and interest-oriented.

Something must be done to save humanity! A better world is possible!

Why should we not form a secret society with but one object, the furtherance of the British Empire and the bringing of the whole world under British rule, for the recovery of the United States, for making the Anglo Saxon race but one Empire? What a dream, but yet it is probable; it is possible.

The Iranian regime gives financial support to terrorist organizations all over the world, denies the Holocaust, and calls for the wiping the state of Israel from the map, while developing long-range missiles and trying to obtain nuclear weapon.

That past is still within our living memory, a time when neighbour helped neighbour, sharing what little they had out of necessity, as well as decency.

If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.

What we need is Star Peace and not Star Wars.

We used to fight the LRA with only one dimensional force that only walks on foot, but now, we have got multiple forces to fight the rebels.

True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubteth often, and changeth his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubteth not; he knoweth all things but his own ignorance.

The world cannot be governed without juggling.

We are giving the citizens of Poland a sense that a reasonable and predictable government is ruling here.

An unjust peace is better than a just war.

Leadership is the other side of the coin of loneliness, and he who is a leader must always act alone. And acting alone, accept everything alone.

Responsibility and respect of others and their religious beliefs are also part of freedom.

Argentines have billions of pesos overseas because they didn't trust in the state.

In the Jewish tradition, there is at the same time Jerusalem in the heavens and Jerusalem on the ground. Jerusalem is a living city, but also the heart, the soul of the Jewish people and the state of Israel.

We, of our time, have played our part in the perseverance, and we have pledged ourselves to the dead generations who have preserved intact for us this glorious heritage, that we, too, will strive to be faithful to the end, and pass on this tradition unblemished.

Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.

He imitated me so well that I couldn't stand myself any longer.

In our quest for peace, we should constantly ask ourselves what we should do to create conditions in which peace can prosper.

The concept of multiculturalism is difficult to make fit with a democratic society.

Real knowledge never promoted either turbulence or unbelief; but its progress is the forerunner of liberality and enlightened toleration.

An evil nature wielding great authority brings misfortune upon the community.

Above all, we owe it to the children of the world to stop the conflicts and to create new horizons for them.

Globalization, far from putting an end to power diplomacy between States, has, on the contrary, intensified it.