Council Quotes - Page 17

• Diplomacy is the only clear answer to the current situation. There is no legal basis for referring Iran to the Security Council. But if that were to happen Iran is not afraid.

  Hamid-Reza Assefi

  Iran, Answers, Currents

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• We wish to continue in following up the legacy of the Second Vatican Council whose wise regulations have still to be led to their fulfilment, being careful that a push, generous perhaps, but unduly timed, does not detract from the content and meaning of the council, and on the other hand being careful and reined and timid efforts do not slow up the magnificent drive of renewal and of life.

  Pope John Paul I

  Wise, Hands, Effort

  "Pope John Paul will continue policy of reform" by Peter Nichols, The Times, p. 1, August 27, 1978.

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• It had long been established in the Civil Worlds that public business was to be transparent, and personal business opaque; but it was as well recognised that the two would always have a turbulent interface, and that the clique, the caucus, and the conspiracy were as ineradicable features of civility as the council or the committee.

  Ken MacLeod

  Two, Long, Opaque

  Ken MacLeod (2012). “Learning The World: A novel of first contact”, p.113, Hachette UK

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• Among the fundamental likeness between the Revolutionary Republicans and the Anarchists is the recognition that the little must precede the great; that the local must be the basis of the general; that there can be a free federation only when there are free communities to federate; that the spirit of the latter is carried into the councils of the former, and a local tyranny may thus become an instrument for general enslavement.

  Voltairine de Cleyre

  Community, Fundamentals, May

  Voltairine De Cleyre (1989). “Anarchism and American Traditions”, p.5, Library of Alexandria

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• It is not just that it is profoundly offensive to the leaders and people of a democratic Germany to paint Hitler on the wall (or on the remnants of the Wall). It is also consummately counterproductive. Such sauce does not make the meat of substantive criticism more interesting. It means that the whole dish is pushed away. It does not mean that Britain's voice is listened to more attentively in the councils of Europe. It means that it is listened to even less.

  Timothy Garton Ash

  Wall, Mean, Europe

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• Unless the Security Council is restored to its pre-eminent position as the sole source of legitimacy on the use of force, we are on a dangerous path to anarchy.

  Kofi Annan

  Use, Anarchy, Path

  Daily Press Briefing Of Office Of Spokesman For Secretary-General, www.un.org. May 18, 1999.

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• So long as we have held fast to voluntary principles and have been actuated and inspired by the spirit of service, we have sustained our forward progress, and we have made our labor movement something to be respected and accorded a place in the councils of the Republic. Where we have blundered into trying to force a policy or decision, even though wise and right, we have impeded if not interrupted the realization of our own aims.

  Samuel Gompers

  Wise, Long, Decision

  Samuel Gompers, John McBride, William Green (1948). “The American Federationist”

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• I must speak the truth, even at the risk of being ostracized by my fellow scribblers. In fact, anticipating their rage, I have already applied for a place in the Canada Council's witness-protection program. This because, much as it pains me to turn on my kind, I fear the time has come to admit that far too many celebrated writers were outrageous liars, philanderers, drunks, druggies, unsuitable babysitters, plagiarists, psychopaths, parasites, cowards, indifferent dads or moms and bad credit risks.

  Mordecai Richler

  Mom, Pain, Dad

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• To play with baubles is our ambition, not to deal with grave questions in a spirit of serious energy. But while we are playing with baubles, with our Legislative Councils, our Simultaneous Examinations, our ingenious schemes for separating the judicial from the executive functions, - while we, I say, are finessing about trifles, the waters of the great deep are being stirred and that surging chaos of the primitive man over which our civilised societies are superimposed on a thin crust of convention, is being strangely and ominously agitated.

  Sri Aurobindo

  Ambition, Men, Primitive Man

  "New Lamps for Old". Nine articles by Sri Aurobindo in the "Indu Prakash" (a Bombay daily newspaper), December 4, 1893.

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• The Security Council should be seen as the executive committee of the global security system set up after World War II. Its members, and especially the Permanent 5 (P5), have a special responsibility for international peace and security.

  Kofi Annan

  War, Responsibility, Security Systems

  Source: www.accaglobal.com

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• In bridge clubs and in councils of state, the passions are the same.

  Mason Cooley

  Passion, Bridges, Literature

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• In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Military, Farewell, Responsibility

  Farewell radio and television address to the American people, 17 Jan. 1961

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• Now we are talking about concluding a free trade agreement between the Eurasian Economic Council, recently established in the post-Soviet space, and China. A similar agreement was concluded a short time ago with Vietnam. Then, we will coordinate, at least we are ready to do this, the Chinese concept of the Silk Road Economic Belt with our newly-created regional organisation. So, do you understand how diverse, multi-faceted and deep Russian-Chinese ties have become over the last couple of decades? And we resolved the border issue.

  Vladimir Putin

  Couple, Agreement, Talking

  Source: www.rt.com

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• Here in Europe some of the challenges have to do with structures that are so complicated. You've got Brussels, and you've got parliament, you've got councils and then you've got national governments. So people sometimes don't feel as if they know who's making decisions, and the more that we can bring people in and engage them, the better. Some of it is also cultural and social, people's sense of identity.

  Barack Obama

  Government, Europe, People

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• There was a Yale even before Larry [Kramer] and I got there, and there were three designations of students: "white shoe," "brown shoe," and "black shoe." "White shoe" people were kind of the ur-preppies from high-class backgrounds. "Brown shoe" people were kind of the high school student-council presidents who were snatched up and brushed up a little bit to be sent out into the world. "Black shoe" people were beyond the pale. They were chemistry majors and things like that.

  Kevin Sessums

  School, Yale, Class

  Source: fourtwonine.com

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• I made a tape recording of a bridge collapsing and I wanted to play it suddenly and very loudly when people were walking over a big bridge in Belgrade. The council forbid it. Their imagination is tiny; mine is big. I want always to shake everything up.

  Marina Abramovic

  Bridges, Play, People

  "Interview: Marina Abramović" by Sean O'Hagan, www.theguardian.com. October 2, 2010.

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• Sarah lied about me. I never made the offer which she said I did. I will not advise you to break up your family - unless it were asked of me. Then I would council you to get a bill from your wife and marry a virtuous woman - and a new family but if you do not do it I shall never throw it in your teeth.

  Joseph Smith, Jr.

  Wife, Teeth, New Family

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• I wanted to be with the men I admired rather than the Scottish Arts Council crowd, so I spent a lot of time in graveyards. You get less trouble from the dead.

  Alexander Stoddart

  Art, Men, Crowds

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• I am delighted to be here in these new [Council on Foreign Relations] headquarters. I have been often to, I guess, the mother ship in New York City, but it's good to have an outpost of the Council right here down the street from the State Department. We get a lot of advice from the Council, so this will mean I won't have as far to go to be told what we should be doing and how we should think about the future.

  Hillary Clinton

  Mother, New York, Mean

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• I was a good student, I was good at soccer, I was vice president of the student council, I was a pretty girl.

  Evangeline Lilly

  Soccer, Girl, President

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• I am really enthusiastic about my new council position because part of my satisfaction in life is feeling like I have done something. With this responsibility I hope I can accomplish things for the City of Williamstown and the people.

  Barbara Lewis

  Responsibility, Satisfaction In Life, Cities

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• I am sad that the LDK has chosen not to participate in that first meeting. They are unhappy about the current composition of the council.

  Bernard Kouchner

  Unhappy, Firsts, Unhappiness

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• We had a very good number of mayors participate this year. All the mayors rode out with regular volunteers as well as members of our advisory council and our board members.

  Amy Jackson

  Years, Numbers, Volunteer

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• I sincerely hope I can contribute to the progress there has been in relations between Jews and Catholics since the Second Vatican Council in a spirit of renewed collaboration.

  Pope Francis

  Catholic, Progress, Collaboration

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• Our effort was a serious effort, genuine effort, to open the door for peace, unfortunately, the Security Council is not ready to listen to that message.

  Riyad Mansour

  Peace, Doors, Effort

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