Quotes by statesmen

I do believe that both countries, China and Russia, that both of them are responsible countries. Lee Myung-bak

Believe Responsible Russia Both Countries China Them

The Nuclear Security Summit was President Obama's initiative born out of his vision to leave behind a safer, more prosperous world for the future generation. Lee Myung-bak

Future Generation World Vision President Summit Out Security Obama Born More Prosperous Safer Leave His Behind Initiative Nuclear

Merit should count more than academic background. Lee Myung-bak

Background More Count Merit Academic Than Should

Security is like virginity: you're either a virgin or you're not. You either have security or you don't. Lennart Meri

You Virginity Security Like Either

If geography is prose, maps are iconography. Lennart Meri

Prose Geography Iconography Maps

In the past, when I shot films about fishermen and hunters, I always had to admire their ability to perceive time in its entirety. The present was always temporary. Lennart Meri

Time Fishermen Past Films Hunters Admire Ability Temporary Perceive About Entirety Had Always In The Past Shot Present

That radio was very important for me. It meant I always knew what was going on in the world. Lennart Meri

Me World Important Knew Always Very Going Meant Radio

History is more interesting than politics. Lennart Meri

Politics History More Than Interesting

I am not always happy with the compliments Estonia has received. Lennart Meri

Happy Compliments Always Am Estonia Received

I was too busy looking into Yeltsin's eyes to notice what was under the table. Lennart Meri

Eyes Looking Busy Too Table Notice

I've never met a general yet who could milk a cow. Lennart Meri

Met General Could Never Cow Who Milk

With that radio I was always swimming with the current political streams in the West. I was never stranded. Lennart Meri

Political Swimming Never Always West Current Stranded Radio Streams

Human passions, like the forces of nature, are eternal; it is not a matter of denying their existence, but of assessing them and understanding them. Like the forces of nature, they can be subjected to man's deliberate act of will and be made to work in harmony with reason. Leon Bourgeois

To assert that it is possible to establish peace between men of different nations is simply to assert that man, whatever his ethnical background, his race, religious beliefs, or philosophy, is capable of reason. Leon Bourgeois

At first, laws evolved out of religious doctrines. It followed that they were recognized only when advantageous to those who practiced the same religion and who appeared equals under the protection of the same gods. For the members of all other cults, there was neither law nor mercy. Leon Bourgeois

Religion Law Protection Mercy First Other Those Recognized Members Out Evolved Neither Religious Followed Laws Only Doctrines Equals Practiced Were Nor Cults Gods Same Who Appeared

The doctrine of Christ enjoins men, all brothers in His eyes, to love one another. Leon Bourgeois

Love Eyes Christ Men Brothers Doctrine Another His To Love

Movements such as the Pan-Germanic, Pan-Islamic, or Pan-Negro justify themselves on the basis of their common language, or their common religion, or their color. But since the undefined masses involved in these movements lack the essential and real unity of background or community of purpose, they become a grave danger to general peace. Leon Bourgeois

Religion Peace Language Become Community Unity Background Danger General Purpose Color Undefined Since Involved Masses Real Essential Lack Common Movements Common Language Justify Themselves Grave Basis

God will not forgive us if we fail. Leonid I. Brezhnev

God Will Fail Forgive Us

We should not pour muck on ourselves. Leonid I. Brezhnev

Pour Ourselves Should