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I have always believed that on important issues, the leaders must lead. Where the leaders fail to lead, and people are really concerned about it, the people will take the lead and make the leaders follow. Kofi Annan
People Will Important Must Follow About Take Lead Fail Leaders Concerned Make Important Issues Always Issues Where Really Believed
As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a false accusation when brought against a man of the purest and holiest character, boils over and is at once dissipated, and vanishes and threats of heaven and sea, himself standing unmoved. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Character Man Water Fire Down Once Unmoved Out Vanishes Threats Purest Brought Thrown Put Over Also Himself False Accusation Heaven Against Sea Standing Boils
If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America. Nelson Mandela
World Country States Atrocities Unspeakable America Committed United United States United States Of America
Our votes must go together with our guns. After all, any vote we shall have, shall have been the product of the gun. The gun which produces the vote should remain its security officer - its guarantor. The people's votes and the people's guns are always inseparable twins. Robert Mugabe
Vote Together People Gun Our Security Must Inseparable Guns Shall Remain Votes Always Go Been Officer Any After Which Produces Should Product Twins
In the course of my life, I have often had to eat my words, and I must confess that I have always found it a wholesome diet. Winston Churchill
Life Words My Life Must Eat Had Course Always Confess Often Diet Wholesome Found
There are two things that are more difficult than making an after-dinner speech: climbing a wall which is leaning toward you and kissing a girl who is leaning away from you. Winston Churchill
You Girl Difficult More Kissing Toward Leaning Making Climbing Than Wall Which Who Away Things Two Speech
It's when children are 15, 16 or 17 that they decide whether they want to be a doctor, an engineer, a politician or go to the Mars or moon. That is the time they start having a dream, and that's the time you can work on them. You can help them shape their dreams. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Work Dreams Time You Doctor Engineer Moon Politician Dream Mars Having Shape Go Children Want Decide Whether Them Help Start
Where there is righteousness in the heart, there is harmony in the house; when there is harmony in the house, there is order in the nation; when there is order in the nation, there is peace in the world. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Peace Heart World Righteousness Nation Harmony House Where Order
There can be hope only for a society which acts as one big family, not as many separate ones. Anwar Sadat
Hope Family Big Society Only Big Family Which Separate Many Acts
Terrorism has become a festering wound. It is an enemy of humanity. Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Terrorism Humanity Enemy Become Wound
The fool wonders, the wise man asks. Benjamin Disraeli
Wise Man Wise Man Fool Wonders Ask
Get mad, then get over it. Colin Powell
Anger Mad Over Over It Get Then
Let us not forget that the cultivation of the earth is the most important labor of man. When tillage begins, other arts will follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of civilization. Daniel Webster
Man Gardening Will Important Other Earth Follow Civilization Most Tillage Cultivation Labor Begins Forget Arts The Most Important Us Farmers Therefore Let Us Founders
People crushed by laws, have no hope but to evade power. If the laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to the law; and those who have most to hope and nothing to lose will always be dangerous. Edmund Burke
Hope Legal People Dangerous Law Enemies Will Power Crushed Lose Nothing Those No Hope Laws Most Always Who
Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny. Edmund Burke
Legal Tyranny Worst Bad Laws Sort
No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear. Edmund Burke
Fear Passion Mind Powers Acting Reasoning
The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth. Edmund Burke
Age Youth Arrogance Submit Must Taught
If a strong government finds that it can, with impunity, destroy a weak people, then the hour has struck for that weak people to appeal to the League of Nations to give its judgment in all freedom. God and history will remember your judgment. Haile Selassie
God Government Freedom History People Strong Remember Will Judgment Weak Destroy Finds Give Struck League Hour Impunity Nations Then Your Appeal
A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone. Henry Kissinger
Alone Leadership Leader Unless Willing He Name Occasionally Does Stand Deserve
Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem. Henry Kissinger
Success Problem Difficult Admission More Only Ticket Each Buys
I have this to say to the people: go the polls and vote for the candidate of your choice... This is your responsibility; do not neglect it. Hosni Mubarak
Vote People Responsibility Neglect Say Go Candidate Polls Choice Your
It is almost always the cover-up rather than the event that causes trouble. Howard Baker
Cover-Up Trouble Rather Almost Always Causes Than Event
I am convinced that the path to a new, better and possible world is not capitalism, the path is socialism. Hugo Chavez
Capitalism Socialism World Better Path Possible New Am Convinced
A proof is a proof. What kind of a proof? It's a proof. A proof is a proof. And when you have a good proof, it's because it's proven. Jean Chretien
Good You Kind Proof Because Proven
Poor people are those who only work to try to keep an expensive lifestyle and always want more and more. Jose Mujica
Work People Try Those More Only More And More Lifestyle Always Expensive Want Poor Poor People Who Keep
In view of the fact that God limited the intelligence of man, it seems unfair that He did not also limit his stupidity. Konrad Adenauer
God Man Intelligence Stupidity Unfair Seems Fact He Also Limit Limited His Did View
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