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I am not a big banyan tree; I am a less green bush, the more you cut, the more I grow
Girija Vyas
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... The ultimate test of this agreement will be a test of blood... If it becomes clear that they [the Palestinians] cannot overcome terror, this will be temporary accord and... we will have no choice but to abrogate it... And if there is no choice, the IDF will return to the places it is about to leave in the upcoming months.
Yossi Beilin
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At the present stage, the historic function of the Soviet Armed Forces is not restricted merely to their function in defending our motherland and the other socialist countries. In its foreign policy activity the Soviet state actively and purposefully opposes the export of counter-revolution and the policy of oppression, supports the national liberation struggle, and resolutely resists imperialist aggression in whatever distant region of our planet it may appear. The party and Soviet Government rely on the country's economic and defense might in fulfilling these tasks... The development of the external functions of the socialist armies is a natural process. It will continue.
Andrei Grechko
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Passing laws and creating bureaus cannot add one jot to human happiness; … governments habitually engage in aggression, grand larceny, cheating, lying, counterfeiting, bullying, meddling and other pursuits immediately recognized, in the private sphere, as nasty and immoral. Why don't people compare political promises with government results?
Roger MacBride
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Over the postwar years, we have granted to the elite and secret police within our system vast new powers over the lives and liberties of the people. At the request of the trusted and respected heads of those forces, and their appeal to the necessities of national security, we have exempted those grants of power from due accounting and strict surveillance.
Hale Boggs
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Now that Iran has entered into production of nuclear fuel on an industrial [scale], there will be no limit on the production of nuclear fuel in Iran.
Gholam-Reza Aghazadeh
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The new idols of the world are headed by America, the great Satan, which is the source of all the depravity in today's world.... Imam [Khomeini] said: "There is only one option... which can completely destroy this depravity. What is [the solution]? It is the unity of the Muslims."... The Muslims and the oppressed in the world should be united, in order to destroy the new idols of the world.
Mohammad Reyshahri
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John Major's self-control in cabinet was rigid. The most angry thing he would ever do was to throw down his pencil.
Gillian Shephard
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Hey, I can cook." "How do you know? You haven't eaten anything since before the Norman Conquest." "I've never had any complaints." "Given the infants you date, I'm not surprised. You could serve them sawdust and they'd eat it with a smile, dazzled by the swing of your broadsword." "What do you know about the swing of my broadsword?" "More than I care to. Women talk." Which shut him up, as he started wondering who'd said what.
Angela Knight
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Everyone knows that the Chinese regime is coming to an end. I just say to the people in China who are guilty of crimes of genocide, such as harvesting organs from Falun Gong prisoners—we know your names. We know what you're doing… and you will be punished. This is the world of 2006 and beyond. It is a world of human rights and democracy, and a world in which the CCP has no place.
Edward McMillan-Scott
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All of Africa is irrevocably engaged in a merciless struggle against colonialism and imperialism We wish to bid farewell to the rule of slavery and bastardization that has so severely wronged us. Any people that oppresses another people is neither civilized nor Christian.
Patrice Lumumba
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I have ceased a long time ago to exist as an individual. The ideals, the political goals that I stand for, those are the ideals and goals of the people in this country. They cannot just forget their own ideals. My private self doesn't exist. Whatever they do to me, they do to the people in this country.
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
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I think we already know they're looking to get rid of Fridays. Now we see they don't even take Monday mornings very seriously either.
Andrew Scheer
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Politics never takes a holiday in Chicago.
Jane Byrne
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If you lived in Sheffield and were called Sebastian, you had to learn to run fast at a very early stage.
Sebastian Coe
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Mr. Chairman, when Oregonians first adopted the Death With Dignity Act and then defended it on a second ballot initiative, they sent their government a clear message. When the American people resisted government interference in the tragic case of Terri Schiavo, they sent their government a clear message. That message is that death is an intensely personal and private moment, and in those moments, the government ought to leave well enough alone.
Ron Wyden
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My war is over. My job as a political leader is to prevent war.
Martin McGuinness
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Anyone (including retired ROC generals) would have stood up under that circumstance (during PRC national anthem) or it would be impolite.
Feng Shih-kuan
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If blacks get hurt, I get hurt. If whites get hurt, that's my wife, and if you harm coloured people, you're looking for my children. Your unity embodies who I am.
Tokyo Sexwale
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I believe that two of the most essential pillars that prop up totalitarian regimes are the secret police and propaganda. Yet for the sake of market share and profits, leading U.S. companies like Google, Yahoo, Cisco and Microsoft have compromised both the integrity of their product and their duties as responsible corporate citizens. They have aided and abetted the Chinese regime to prop up both of these pillars, propagating the message of the dictatorship unabated and supporting the secret police in a myriad of ways, including surveillance and invasion of privacy, in order to effectuate the massive crackdown on its citizens.
Chris Smith (New Jersey politician)
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I told my brother we were going to deliver Florida; we're going to keep that promise, aren't we?
Jeb Bush
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If you want to sell your vote, go ahead; it's a free country. But be sure you get something for it... You can't get both justice and the two dollars.
Luis Muñoz Marín
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The people do not buy liberty and democracy at the market.
Jean-Bertrand Aristide
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What hurts Indians most is that our costumes are considered beautiful, but it's as if the person wearing it didn't exist.
Rigoberta Menchú
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Ronald Reagan…is attempting a great breakthrough in political technology—he has been perfecting the Teflon-coated Presidency. He sees to it that nothing sticks to him.
Patricia Schroeder
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