3410 quotes by statesmen for you to enjoy

Shopkeepers are not bankers. Laurent Fabius

Bankers

If you deprive yourself of outsourcing and your competitors do not, you're putting yourself out of business. Lee Kuan Yew

You Business Yourself Out Outsourcing Putting Deprive Your Competitors

As an East Asian looking at America, I find attractive and unattractive features. I like, for example, the free, easy and open relations between people regardless of social status, ethnicity or religion. Lee Kuan Yew

Religion People Free Example Looking Relations East East Asian Status Easy Find Unattractive Features Open Between Like For Example Attractive America Regardless Social Asian Ethnicity

From 1945 to 1991, China was engaged in a series of wars that nearly broke them. This generation has been through hell: the Great Leap Forward, hunger, starvation, near collision with the Russians - the Cultural Revolution gone mad. I have no doubt that this generation wants a peaceful rise. Lee Kuan Yew

Great Generation Revolution Gone Doubt Hell Starvation This Generation Hunger Broke Mad Has-Been No Doubt Rise Collision Russians Through Leap Been Cultural Wants China Them Engaged Forward Wars Series Peaceful Near Nearly

China itself is now in the process of sloughing off not only the communist system, but also those outdated parts of Confucianism that prevent the rapid acquisition of knowledge needed to adjust to new ways of life and work. Lee Kuan Yew

Life Work Knowledge Ways Those System Adjust Rapid Outdated Only Prevent New Also Parts Off Itself New Ways Process China Confucianism Acquisition Communist Now Needed

In the East, the main object is to have a well-ordered society so that everybody can have maximum enjoyment of his freedoms. This freedom can only exist in an ordered state and not in a natural state of contention and anarchy. Lee Kuan Yew

Freedom Natural Society Everybody State Anarchy East Object Only Main Freedoms Contention His Exist Maximum Ordered Natural State Enjoyment

My children were educated in what were then Chinese schools, and they learned English as a subject. But they made up when they went to English-language universities. So they didn't lose out. They had a basic set of traditional Confucian values. Not my grandchildren. Lee Kuan Yew

Well if done a lot of hard work to try and get people to act rationally, the fact that weve had 15 deviant Muslims, plus 5 or 8 others that got away does not mean that all Muslims are deviant or extremists. Lee Kuan Yew

All my life... I believed in Malaysian merger and unity of the two territories. You know that we, as a people, are connected by geography, economics, by ties of kinship. Lee Kuan Yew

Life You People My Life Economics Unity All My Life Kinship Merger Know Ties Territories Geography Connected Believed Two

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States and China are more likely to view each other as competitors if not adversaries. But the die has not been cast. The best possible outcome is a new understanding that when they cannot cooperate, they will coexist and allow all countries in the Pacific to grow and thrive. Lee Kuan Yew

Best Will Thrive Understanding Other States Collapse Possible Outcome More Cast Allow Countries New Adversaries Likely Been Die Soviet Soviet Union After Cannot Pacific China View Union Each Grow Cooperate United United States Coexist Competitors

I'm reaching 87, trying to keep fit, presenting a vigorous figure, and it's an effort, and is it worth the effort? I laugh at myself trying to keep a bold front. It's become my habit. I just carry on. Lee Kuan Yew

Myself Worth Become Laugh Carry Habit Reaching Fit Effort Trying Front Just Figure Vigorous Bold Keep Presenting

I support the view that free trade in goods and services is a win-win situation. I'm not so convinced that free flows of capital without restriction is a win-win situation. Lee Kuan Yew

Free Situation Win-Win Win-Win Situation Restriction Free Trade Support Goods Without Trade Capital Convinced View Services Flows

You either use the Internet or you are backward. Lee Kuan Yew

You Internet Backward Either Use

Peace and security both in Europe and in the Pacific still depend on a balance of power. Lee Kuan Yew

Peace Balance Power Depend Security Both Balance Of Power Still Pacific Europe

Including myself, the majority of the Korean people believe in this staunch alliance between Korea and the United States and all of us hope that our traditional alliance will be further strengthened in the future. Lee Myung-bak

The role of G-20 is to support the global economy to achieve strong, sustainable and balanced growth. Lee Myung-bak

Strong Achieve Support Economy Global Global Economy Balanced Role Sustainable Growth

Yes, I don't believe that the inter-Korean relationship has, quote, 'deteriorated' since I assumed office. Rather I believe that the relationship between the two Koreas is entering into a new phase - a time of transition. And so I think that the North Koreans are trying to see what they can build with this, with my new administration. Lee Myung-bak

Time Relationship Build Believe Think Assumed Entering Administration See Deteriorated Rather Between Since New Koreans Yes North Office Trying Quote Transition Phase Two

First of all, I think all countries in the world have agreed it is not in anyone's interest to test-fire a missile, or whatever its is. Lee Myung-bak

World First Whatever Think Countries Missile First Of All Anyone Interest Agreed

One of the most important reasons for North Korea continuing its nuclear ambitions is to consolidate the power to stay within the Kim Jong Il family. Lee Myung-bak

Family Power Important Ambition Consolidate Kim Stay Most Within Korea Continuing North North Korea The Most Important Reasons Nuclear

I plan to eliminate regulations that hinder domestic companies, particularly large conglomerates from investing in other companies. Lee Myung-bak

Other Investing Particularly Hinder Domestic Plan Regulations Companies Large Eliminate

Fiscal crises often turn into financial crises, dealing a blow to the real economy. Lee Myung-bak

Financial Financial Crises Crises Economy Dealing Fiscal Real Blow Often Turn

Just to take a couple steps back historically, Korea, as you can see, is located among what we call big countries. And historically we've always been the victim of numerous invasions and whatnot. Lee Myung-bak

You Big Victim Numerous Back Located See Take Steps Countries Couple Call Always Korea Been Historically Whatnot Just Among

I think within Japan there is talk about how there is the need to reassess the future of the U.S.-Japan alliance. Lee Myung-bak

Future Think About Alliance Talk Within How Japan Need

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