Zitat des Tages über Nelson Mandela:
War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.
We're very proud to be part of the eurozone. But this comes with obligations and it is crucial we show the world we can live up to those obligations.
Nobody should be allowed to tinker with democracy. We will not discontinue the good works of the past government.
Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.
The squandering of oil and gas is associated with one of the greatest tragedies, not in the least resolved, which is suffered by humankind: climate change.
I'm much more attracted personally to governments going their full term. It's very hard to have a fixed term election I know with ah... a parliamentary democracy, but I've always had an instinct to say there should be a fixed term.
Israel ranks her priorities in the following way: security, land, and water.
Thought is a strenuous art - few practice it, and then only at rare times.
Stay with us, please remain in this country and constitute a nation based on national unity.
We can and must turn this page if we are friends and are prepared to look one another in the eye.
It is even more so when it comes to Iraq, which is a large Arab country with scientific, material, and human resources and is able to accomplish, at the least, what Lebanon accomplished, and more.
All parts of the human body get tired eventually - except the tongue.
An honest observer of the evolution of conditions in Egypt would discover that terrorism is an alien phenomenon, strange to our values and heritage.
I know Quebecers don't want to relive old battles; they prefer to build for the future.
I think that Yulia Tymoshenko should prepare to resign. She understands that well.
I am satisfied that all politicians were meant to be journalists and all journalists meant to be politicians.
It constitutes a superhuman effort to lead any people in times of crisis. Without them, the changes would be impossible.
A proverb is good sense brought to a point.
There are many applications for which film is going to be better, for a very long time.
The Arab population of Palestine are victims of genocidal actions; their lands are confiscated or deprived of water supplies in the semi-desert areas, and their homes are destroyed with heavy wrecking equipment.
The world cannot be governed without juggling.
Israel's willingness to cooperate closely with the U.S. in protecting American interests in the region altered her image in the eyes of many officials in Washington.
Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have.
Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
We have the hardest working people in the world, the most adaptable and the most congenial to employ.
The difference between a man of sense and a fop is that the fop values himself upon his dress; and the man of sense laughs at it, at the same time he knows he must not neglect it.
There can be economy only where there is efficiency.
There is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion.
What gift has providence bestowed on man that is so dear to him as his children?
There was one occasion when I was very young - eight years or seven years old - that Jewish businessmen went through the forest, and they were assassinated. And that was for the first time I saw in our paper where there were assassinations in our place.
I'm not running away from the fact that I had previously said I did not contemplate a major increase, and that was a fair statement of the Government's state of mind at the time I made that.
Frivolity is inborn, conceit acquired by education.
Francois Hollande is the president of the republic, he must be respected. I want to wish him good luck in the midst of these tests.
The North Koreans have gained, or bought, a lot of time through the six-party-talks framework to pursue their own agenda.
If Mr. Selwyn calls again, show him up; if I am alive I shall be delighted to see him; and if I am dead he would like to see me.
With the advent of spring and beginning of the new harvest season the creators of abundance, our peasants, come out to the fields to sow with good aspirations and hopes.