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But of all plagues, good Heaven, thy wrath can send, Save me, oh, save me, from the candid friend! George Canning
Good Me Wrath Thy Friend Send Candid Heaven Oh Save
Habituated from our Infancy to trample upon the Rights of Human Nature, every generous, every liberal Sentiment, if not extinguished, is enfeebled in our Minds. George Mason
Nature Rights Sentiment Human Nature Every Liberal Our Minds Generous Infancy Trample Human Extinguished
Slavery discourages arts and manufactures. George Mason
Arts Slavery
All men are by nature born equally free and independent. George Mason
Nature Men Free Independent Born Equally
There are certain moments in the history of a nation when the choices made define the decades to come. George Papandreou
History Made Nation Define Come Decades The History Of Certain Choices Moments
Everyone needs to carry out his own personal revolution. George Papandreou
Needs Revolution Own Everyone Out Carry His Personal
We may disagree among ourselves, but let us never lose sight of that greater battle for one people, one country, one Philippines. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Battle People Disagree Philippines Country Lose One Country Sight Ourselves Never Greater May Us Let Us Among
Agrarian reform should not merely subdivide misery, it must raise living standards. Ownership raises the farmer from his, but productivity will keep him on his feet. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Will Ownership Living Must Misery Merely Feet Him His Reform Should Farmer Productivity Standards Keep Raise Raises
As I have shown, I will defend democracy with arms when it is threatened by violence; with firmness when it is weakened by division; with law and order when it is subverted by anarchy; and always, I will try to sustain it by wise policies of economic progress so that a democracy means not just an empty liberty, but a full life for all. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Life Democracy Wise Progress Liberty Law Try Will Anarchy Weakened Threatened Law And Order Economic Division Firmness Policies Arms Empty Always Just Sustain Order Means Full Full Life Shown Violence Defend
We want to refocus Nigeria to make sure that basic infrastructure is provided. The environment is created for private investment, both within and direct foreign investment. So jobs will be created. That is my dream for Nigeria. Goodluck Jonathan
Will Jobs Dream Direct Both Investment Environment Make Sure Within Foreign Private Private Investment Provided Want Infrastructure Created Basic Nigeria
I've always affirmed, nobody's ambition is worth the blood of any Nigerian. Goodluck Jonathan
Worth Ambition Nobody Always Blood Any Nigerian
We have finished the job, what shall we do with the tools? Haile Selassie
Job Finished Tools Shall
We have before us the examples of the U.S.A. and the U.S.S.R. We must remember how long these required to achieve their union. When a solid foundation is laid, if the mason is able and his materials good, a strong house can be built. Haile Selassie
Good Strong Remember Achieve Long Before Solid Solid Foundation Must Able Examples Mason House Built How Materials His Laid Us Required Union Foundation
Future peace, prosperity and confidence depend not just on ourselves but on the success of all nations. Hence, we are all partners, no matter what our backgrounds, cultures, faiths and histories. Hassanal Bolkiah
Success Future Confidence Peace Prosperity Matter Depend Our Backgrounds Ourselves All Nations Partners Faiths Cultures Histories Just Nations Hence
The British are very stubborn. The Queen, the Commonwealth, and the special relationship with the U.S. is much more important than Europe. Helmut Schmidt
Relationship Queen Important More Stubborn Very Than Commonwealth Much Special Europe British
The British claim to have a special relationship with the U.S., but if you mention this in Washington, no one knows what you are talking about. Helmut Schmidt
Relationship You Claim About Mention No-One Knows Talking Special Washington British
Farmers are always conservative. They stick to what they have learned from their fathers and from their grandfathers. This is the same all over the globe. Helmut Schmidt
Conservative Fathers Over Globe Learned Stick Always Same Grandfathers Farmers
Democracy is not the end point of mankind. There may be developments in many different directions in the coming centuries. Democracy has only existed for about 200 years. It started out with the American Declaration of Independence. The Americans got their ideas from the Europeans, in the main from the French, the Dutch and the British. Helmut Schmidt
Democracy Independence Out About Only Directions Point Main Developments Ideas French Got Coming Years Existed End American Dutch May Different Different Directions Declaration Centuries Mankind Many Europeans Started British
Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative. Henry Kissinger
Funny Thought Virtue Those Only Alternative Moderation Who
Leaders must invoke an alchemy of great vision. Henry Kissinger
Great Vision Must Leaders Invoke Alchemy
For other nations, utopia is a blessed past never to be recovered; for Americans it is just beyond the horizon. Henry Kissinger
Blessed Past Other Horizon Recovered Never Beyond American Just Nations Utopia
The American foreign policy trauma of the sixties and seventies was caused by applying valid principles to unsuitable conditions. Henry Kissinger
Valid Seventies Unsuitable Policy Principles Foreign Caused Foreign Policy Conditions American Sixties American Foreign Policy Trauma Applying
I don't ascribe to myself any special competence in economic insight. I translate what I hear from highly intelligent people into political and philosophical propositions. Henry Kissinger
Myself People Political Philosophical Insight Economic Highly Hear Intelligent Intelligent People Any Ascribe Translate Special Competence
The American temptation is to believe that foreign policy is a subdivision of psychiatry. Henry Kissinger
Believe Temptation Policy Foreign Foreign Policy American Psychiatry
It is, after all, the responsibility of the expert to operate the familiar and that of the leader to transcend it. Henry Kissinger
Leadership Responsibility Leader Operate Familiar Transcend After Expert
The superpowers often behave like two heavily armed blind men feeling their way around a room, each believing himself in mortal peril from the other, whom he assumes to have perfect vision. Henry Kissinger
Vision Men Feeling Assumes Other Way Superpowers Perfect He Mortal Armed Like Peril Blind Himself Around Behave Often Room Each Whom Believing Two
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