International Quotes - Page 29

• I think we are all disgusted by the way George W. Bush's administration has allowed honesty and candor to seep into the genteel world of international affairs.

  David Brooks

  Honesty, Thinking, World

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• I intend to vote for President George W. Bush in the next election, because in my view, he is best able to wage the war against international terrorism.

  Ed Koch

  War, Views, President

  "Why I'm voting for Bush". www.jewishworldreview.com. December 24, 2003.

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• They used Akbar's principles to formulate a version of Islam that could peacefully co-exist with other religions (or so they claimed). An Emperor's Bequest to Islam, their joint 1,300-page doorstopper, spent twenty weeks on the New York Times bestseller list in hardcover alone. The fact that they remained practicing Muslims (albeit the liberal, wine-guzzling kind) put their message in high international demand.

  Manil Suri

  New York, Wine, Islam

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• China has always maintained that all countries, big or small, rich or poor, strong or weak, are equal members of the international community and they should stand and speak in the world as such.

  Li Peng

  Country, Strong, Rich Or Poor

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• In the new century, we should continue to work together to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the vast number of developing countries including China and India and promote the establishment of a just and equitable new international political and economic order.

  Li Peng

  Country, Rights, Order

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• Multi- polarisation has become an inevitable trend in the process of shaping a global political pattern and has been widely welcomed by the international community as it reflects the common interests and aspiration of the overwhelming majority of countries.

  Li Peng

  Country, Community, Political

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• People just want to hear some common sense... and I bring to bear the experience in local government and state government and national government - I was the first woman in history on the Senate Finance Committee - not to mention the diplomatic international experience.

  Carol Moseley Braun

  Government, People, Common Sense

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• I firmly believe that the future of civilization is absolutely dependent upon finding some way of resolving international differences without resorting to war.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  War, Believe, Civilization

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• No myth dies harder, and none is more regularly debunked by the facts, than the one about international sports contributing to international friendship.

  Alistair Cooke

  Sports, Facts, Myth

  Alistair Cooke (1996). “Fun and Games with Alistair Cooke: On Sport and Other Amusements”, p.14, Arcade Publishing

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• The greatest need of the contemporary international system is an agreed concept of order.

  Henry A. Kissinger

  Order, Needs, Relation

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• Expulsion and genocide, though both are international offenses, must remain distinct; the former is an offense against fellow-nations, whereas the latter is an attack upon human diversity as such, that is, upon a characteristic of the "human status" without which the very words "mankind" or "humanity" would be devoid of meaning.

  Hannah Arendt

  Diversity, Humanity, Would Be

  Hannah Arendt (2006). “Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil”, p.235, Penguin

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• The regime of globalization promotes an unfettered marketplace as the dynamic instrument organizing international relations.

  William Greider

  Globalization, Regimes, Instruments

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• Only the change on the international scene, the crisis in the gulf, and the strong, firm position of the United States against aggression between two Arab countries created realities that led to the Madrid Peace Conference.

  Yitzhak Rabin

  Country, Strong, Reality

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• According to the United Nations' latest count, of the approximately 3,000 languages spoken in the world today, only some 78 have a literature. Of those 78, a scant five or six enjoy a truly international audience.

  Barry Sanders

  Literature, World, Today

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• The Nobel Prize has given me, for the first time in my life, the feeling that my literature could be appreciated on an international level.

  Naguib Mahfouz

  Feelings, Literature, Levels

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• If Milosevic is to be tried, he has to be tried by a proper court, an impartial, properly constituted court which has international respect.

  Harold Pinter

  Literature, Court, Ifs

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• For the only way in which a durable peace can be created is by world-wide restoration of economic activity and international trade.

  James Forrestal

  Restoration, World, Way

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• I don't need to prove that I'm some great international filmmaker. It's not really on my list of goals.

  Dermot Mulroney

  Goal, Needs, Lists

  "Mulroney and Amazing: A Conversation with Dermot Mulroney". AMC Interview, www.amc.com. June 2002.

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• More and more do I see that only a successful revolution in India can break England's back forever and free Europe itself. It is not a national question concerning India any longer; it is purely international.

  Agnes Smedley

  Successful, Europe, Forever

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• I have full confidence in the IMF. It is a very strong international institution.

  Jose Manuel Barroso

  Strong, Imf, Institutions

  "Quest Means Business" with Richard Quest, www.cnn.com. May 18, 2011.

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• I delivered lectures, and I was also a consultant for international companies in finance, both private equity and big venture capital funds.

  Ehud Barak

  Venture, Lectures, Finance

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• The nation will benefit in the long term if it continues to be open to foreign expertise. This will help the country to establish its business culture and environment faster, based on international best practice.

  Hassanal Bolkiah

  Country, Best Practices, Long

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• The White House isn't the place to learn how to deal with international crisis, the balance of power, war and peace, and the economic future of the next generation.

  Joe Biden

  War, White, House

  "Biden '88 as McCain '08". www.politico.com. August 19, 2008.

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• Before we move forward with new efforts to lower the barriers to international free trade, we must review the consequences of the policies of the past and address the problems of the present.

  Bob Ney

  Moving, Past, Effort

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• We believe in the power of 21st-century international norms. Russian President Vladimir Putin believes in the power of lies and brute force, and implicitly asks, in the spirit of Josef Stalin, 'How many divisions do international norms have?'

  Rich Lowry

  Lying, Believe, President

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