The politicians, who once stated that war was too complex to be left to the generals, now act … - Pierre Trudeau

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Pierre Trudeau

The politicians, who once stated that war was too complex to be left to the generals, now act as though peace were too complex to be left to themselves.

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Obviously I prefer freedom, but I know, and I think all history has told us, that freedom cannot flow from anarchy and disorder.

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I don't see any easy way of disqualifying people on the basis that they decide not to work.

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I bear solemn witness to the fact that NATO heads of state and of government meet only to go through the tedious motions of reading speeches, drafted by others, with the principal objective of not rocking the boat.

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When they are 50 yards from Parliament Hill, they are no longer honourable members, they are just nobodies.

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I think that the only ultimate guide we have is our conscience, and if the law of the land goes against our conscience I think we should disobey the law.

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All of us need an identity which unites us with our neighbours, our countrymen, those people who are subject to the same rules and the same laws as us, those people with whom we might one day have to fight side by side to protect our inheritance, those people with whom we will suffer when attacked, those people whose destinies are in some way tied up with our own.

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Henry Van Dyke

Favorite People, Favorite Places, Favorite Memories of the past. . . These are the joys of a lifetime Those are the things that last

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Samuel Hynes

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Vladimir Putin

Our foreign ministries will simply need to sort out some purely technical matters. I see no political restraints here. The same applies to economic matters. We, on our part, are ready. However, let me repeat once again, given that Japan has joined the anti-Russian sanctions, how ready is Japan and how can it do that without breaching its commitments to its allies? We do not know the answer. Only Japan itself knows the answer.

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Christian McKay

Some actors play themselves, don't they?

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