International Quotes - Page 20

• I come from rather an international, or in other words, a cosmopolitan background.

  George Blake

  Kgb, Backgrounds

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• There was an austerely dignified award ceremony. By that I mean we had to buy our own drinks - in clear violation of the international journalists'code of truth, fairness and an open bar.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Funny, Mean, Awards

  P.J. O'Rourke (2012). “Holidays in Hell”, p.92, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• The international community should support a system of laws to regularize international relations and maintain the peace in the same manner that law governs national order.

  Pope John Paul II

  Order, Law, Support

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• Educational exchange can turn nations into people, contributing as no other form of communication can to the humanizing of international relations

  J. William Fulbright

  Educational, Communication, People

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• The only international language in the world is a child's cry.

  Eglantyne Jebb

  Children, World, Language

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• The selection of MediLab came after an extensive evaluation process. The laboratory in Zambia presented many challenges such as rapidly expanding services and capacity, the need to coordinate laboratory services for 16 and soon to be 24 clinics in the Lusaka district alone, the need to automate recording and dissemination of results and the need for a robust, expandable, user friendly and technically supported LIMS system. The technology and international experience of MediSolution made MediLab an obvious choice.

  Craig Wilson

  Technology, Zambia, Choices

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• We need better coordination on the international side, just as they need better and more effective efforts on the Somali side. We have too many reconstruction and development assistance plans.

  Jan Egeland

  Effort, Needs, Development

  IRIN Interview, www.irinnews.org. December 9, 2004.

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• The third point is that for some time the UN has been talking about helping Afghanistan in the reconstruction of the country but there has never been any real commitment by the international community to provide resources for that.

  Lakhdar Brahimi

  Country, Real, Commitment

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• Today's global landscape is increasingly interconnected. China and the Middle East play critical roles towards international peace and security.

  Rick Larsen

  Easter, Play, Middle East

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• We must stress that the euro has been beneficial to the European Union because, otherwise, in this context of international turmoil, every country would have to devalue their currencies.

  Jean-Pierre Raffarin

  Country, Stress, Europe

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• So, the international community are all the countries that are important: the United States definitely everywhere; the European Union because it is very important, and also, they do show a great deal of international responsibility; and then the local players.

  Lakhdar Brahimi

  Country, Responsibility, Player

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• That in order to achieve the triumph of liberty, justice and peace in the international relations of Europe, and to render civil war impossible among the various peoples which make up the European family, only a single course lies open: to constitute the United States of Europe

  Mikhail Bakunin

  Country, War, Lying

  Mikhail Aleksandrovich Bakunin, Arthur Lehning (1973). “Selected writings [of] Michael Bakunin”, Jonathan Cape

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• As far as the Russians were concerned, I felt the reverse; they had adequate gold, if they wanted to buy, and they weren't dependent upon international trade. I felt they were more self-sufficient.

  W. Averell Harriman

  Self, Eyebrows, Gold

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• Time is running out for Iran to address the international community's growing concerns about its nuclear program.

  Barack Obama

  Running, Iran, Community

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• Iran has to live up to its international obligations. . . . The president has said that our patience is not unlimited.

  Barack Obama

  Iran, President, Unlimited

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• To resolve this issue will require Iran to come to the table and discuss in a clear and forthright way how to prove to the international community that the intentions of their nuclear program are peaceful. [...] The question is going to be whether in these discussions they show themselves moving clearly in that direction.

  Barack Obama

  Moving, Issues, Iran

  Obama's Super Tuesday Press conference, whitehouse.blogs.cnn.com. March 6, 2012.

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• Since taking office, I've made it clear that the United States was prepared to begin a new chapter of engagement with the Islamic Republic of Iran. We offered the Iranian government a clear choice. It could fulfill its international obligations and realize greater security, deeper economic and political integration with the world, and a better future for all Iranians. Or it could continue to flout its responsibilities and face even more pressure and isolation.

  Barack Obama

  Islamic, Responsibility, Iran

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• There is no sign, not one sign, that the Iraqi regime has any intent to comply fully with the terms of Resolution 1441, just as it has failed to comply with previous U.N. Security Council resolutions. The international community gave Iraq one final opportunity to disarm peacefully, and that opportunity has run its course. Dr. Blix [Chief U.N. Weapons Inspector] told us on Monday that there has been no progress toward credible, verifiable disarmament.

  Richard Armitage

  Running, Monday, Opportunity

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• I think when I close my eyes what I think is 4,500 days or so, 4,250 I guess days, was long enough to give Iraq to come into compliance with the international order. And I think to myself how many Iraqi citizens died under the brutal regime of Saddam Hussein during those 4,200 odd days, and I think to myself how many more citizens of how many nations, the United States, Israel, or any other neighbor would die if Saddam Hussein went unchecked, though I am just grieved by the sacrifice of our brave men and women, but I think ultimately the greater good is served.

  Richard Armitage

  Eye, Sacrifice, Men

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• For the last eight years, American policy toward Iraq has been based on the direct threat Saddam poses to international security. That threat is clear. Saddam's history of aggression leaves little doubt that he would resume his drive for regional domination and his quest for weapons of mass destruction if he had the chance.

  Sandy Berger

  Iraq, Eight, Mass Destruction

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• Dealing with the threat that Secretaries Albright and Cohen have described, the threat from Saddam Hussein, demands constant resolve by the United States and by the international community; and at times, action. As long as he remains in power, we must be prepared to respond firmly to reckless actions that threaten the region and our interests. We've done that successfully over this decade.

  Sandy Berger

  Iraq, Long, Community

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• Imagine the consequences if Saddam fails to comply and we fail to act. Saddam will be emboldened, believing the international community has lost its will. He will rebuild his arsenal of weapons of mass destruction. And some day, some way, I am certain, he will use that arsenal again, as he has ten times since 1983.

  Sandy Berger

  Believe, Mass Destruction, Iraq

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• He has systematically violated, over the course of the past 11 years, every significant UN resolution that has demanded that he disarm and destroy his chemical and biological weapons, and any nuclear capacity. This he has refused to do. He lies and cheats; he snubs the mandate and authority of international weapons inspectors; and he games the system to keep buying time against enforcement of the just and legitimate demands of the United Nations, the Security Council, the United States and our allies. Those are simply the facts.

  Henry Waxman

  Lying, Past, Iraq

  "Letters to the Editor". thetimes-tribune.com. May 23, 2010.

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• ...by serving as the dominant power in the Gulf, WE maintain a 'stranglehold' over the economies of other nations. This gives us extraordinary leverage in world affairs, and explains to some degree why states like Japan, Britain, France, and Germany - states that are even more dependent on Persian Gulf oil than we are - defer to Washington on major international issues (like Iraq) even when they disagree with us.

  Michael Klare

  Usa, Oil, Iraq

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• Under international law, the responsibility for protecting civilians in conflict falls on the belligerents. Under military occupation, responsibility for the welfare of the population falls on the occupiers.

  Kofi Annan

  Military, Fall, Responsibility

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