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An important part of our diplomacy is that people take our words seriously. — George W Bush ...

That government is the strongest of which every man feels himself a part. — Thomas Jefferson ...

Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate. — John F. Kennedy ...

Being a good police officer is one of the most difficult, dangerous, idealistic jobs in the world. — Thomas Hauser ...

In fact, the world needs more nerds. — Ben Bernanke ...

If it’s wrong when they do it, it’s wrong when we do it. — Noam Chomsky ...

Thank God, men cannot as yet fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth. — Henry David Thoreau ...

Only the dead have seen the end of war. — George Santayana ...

I must follow the people. Am I not their leader? — Benjamin Disraeli ...

I never dreamed about success. I worked for it. — Estée Lauder ...

The greatest task of democracy, its ritual and feast — is choice. — HG Wells ...

A politician thinks of the next election. A statesman, of the next generation. — James Freeman Clarke ...

The arms race is a race between nuclear weapons and ourselves. — Martin Amis ...

How can we return the occupied territories? There is nobody to return them to. — Golda Meir ...

Vote for the man who promises least; he’ll be the least disappointing. — Bernard Baruch ...

Philanthropy is almost the only virtue which is sufficiently appreciated by mankind. — Henry David Thoreau ...

There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere. — Isaac Asimov ...

Domestic policy can only defeat us; foreign policy can kill us. — John F Kennedy ...

All warfare is based on deception. There is no place where espionage is not used. — Sun Tzu ...

The increase of disorder, or entropy, is what distinguishes the past from the future. — Stephen Hawking ...

I believe that Gandhi’s views were the most enlightened of all the political men of our time. — Albert Einstein ...

The object of oratory alone is not truth, but persuasion. — Thomas B Macaulay ...

Economic growth without investment in human development is unsustainable — and unethical. — Amartya Sen ...

Mere good governance is not enough; it has to be pro-people and proactive. — Narendra Modi ...

Change is inevitable, change for the better is a full-time job. — Adlai E Stevenson ...