539 quotes by diplomats for you to enjoy

In most negotiations, you can't attribute success or failure in negotiations to one side. Roberto Azevedo

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It is well known that Turkey has more imprisoned journalists than any other country, but as a result of the chilling effect of these prosecutions on the press, many stories never make the news. Safak Pavey

The discourse of the West and the attitudes of its leaders are important because they influence public debate in Turkey. Safak Pavey

Debate Important Leaders Attitudes Because Discourse West Influence Public Turkey

Many female politicians get intimidated by the aggressive behaviour of men. I don't. Not because I am a courageous person or anything, but because I see international standards, and I see that they are worth fighting for. Safak Pavey

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I believe in peace-building in any kind of platform, be it a political platform like Parliament or negotiations like peace-building negotiations. Safak Pavey

Political Believe Negotiations Kind Parliament Like Any Platform

The government believed that adherence to authority was human nature, so the Gezi protests were a real surprise to them. After the initial moment of shock, they decided to severely punish those participating in what they called an act of disobedience to authority. Safak Pavey

Astronomers have been bewildered by the theory of an expanding universe, but there is no less expansion in the moral infinite of the universe of man. As far as the frontiers of science are pushed back, over the extended arc of these frontiers one will hear the poet's hounds on the chase. Saint-John Perse

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The poet existed among the cave men; he will exist among men of the atomic age, for he is an inherent part of man. Even religions have been born from the need for poetry, which is a spiritual need, and it is through the grace of poetry that the divine spark lives forever in the human flint. Saint-John Perse

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Historical experience shows that a crisis causes either a recovery or catastrophic consequences. Sergei Lavrov

Experience Consequences Crisis Recovery Catastrophic Causes Historical Either Shows

If you think that a coup to overthrow the elected government is a coup everywhere, then you should remember how elections in Ukraine took place in 2004, how elections in Georgia took place in 2003, when the elections results have been torn and thrown away by revolutionary action. Sergei Lavrov

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Syria is a multi-confessional state: in addition to Sunni and Shia Muslims, there are Alawites, Orthodox and other Christian confessions, Druzes, and Kurds. Sergei Lavrov

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We have looked into the general problems with adoption in the United States, and we discovered - on the basis of the reports written by American NGOs - we discovered that not only Russians but kids from other countries and the American-born kids have been subject to very unfortunate behavior on the part of their adopted parents. Sergei Lavrov

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