Traian Basescu Quotes

• I never promised you a rose garden.

  Traian Basescu

  Garden, Rose, Ordinary People

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• Many Europeans are confused by the terms Roma and Romania. They wonder if it is an ethnicity or a nation of 22 million citizens.

  Traian Basescu

  Confused, Ethnicity, Citizens

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• The dramatic wish of Romanians at the end of the Second World War was to be occupied by the Americans and not by the Russians.

  Traian Basescu

  War, Wish, World

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• My suspension was a long-planned move... and was done to protect would-be convicts in Romanian politics.

  Traian Basescu

  Moving, Long, Would Be

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• We are the country that has attracted the biggest volume of foreign investment in southeastern Europe in the past few years. Romania doesn't need to beat itself, believing that it is a second-class citizen.

  Traian Basescu

  Country, Believe, Past

  "Romania demands equality - Europe - International Herald Tribune" by Nicholas Wood, www.nytimes.com. August 29, 2006.

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• Romania will always defend the Roma's right to move freely in Europe. They are European citizens and as long as there is no evidence they broke the law they should enjoy the same rights of any European citizen.

  Traian Basescu

  Moving, Rights, Europe

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• I am elected by the people of Bucharest, not the dogs.

  Traian Basescu

  Dog, People

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• I assure you I will not miss the chance to show you that you were right when you voted for me.

  Traian Basescu

  Missing You, Missing, Chance

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• Even the National Bank of Romania doesn't have the huge resources needed to intervene in the market and keep the leu at an acceptable level, because they're drawing close to a floor below which the bank's reserves can't drop. The central bank has to wait for a moment of calm to efficiently conduct its interventions.

  Traian Basescu

  Drawing, Waiting, Levels

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• Romania will continue to fulfil its obligations in Afghanistan and Iraq.

  Traian Basescu

  Iraq, Romania, Obligation

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• There is no such thing as several Romanias, but only politicians who divide Romania depending on the interests of their parties and their clout.

  Traian Basescu

  Party, Politician, Romania

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• I assure Romanians that once I return... I will try and generate a sentiment of reconciliation in society. Divisions in society must be stopped, they must be annihilated, because Romania needs all its energy to... integrate into the civilized world.

  Traian Basescu

  Trying, Energy, Needs

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