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ABDALLAH BAALI I would never play any role in anything that involves the United Nations for obvious reasons.
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UNITED NATIONS The United Nations has no business in our elections.
DAVID VITTER Three-quarters of the people in town were directly tied to citrus or indirectly tied to citrus.
DAVE BLACK They support terrorists, agents behind murders and insecurity directly or indirectly.
RICARDO LAGOS No one is on trial, facing charges or being condemned, directly or indirectly.
COLIN MACKINTOSH We will provide 3G (third generation) solutions to customers, directly or indirectly, this year.
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GARY DOER I don't think any one person or any one organization should have the final word. That being said, I ...
ANGELINA JOLIE of most of the people I know in the (journalism) profession who heard that story, they know it eithe...
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DAN STEIN He is saying that we should hand over power to the United Nations, ... The United Nations is totally...
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ASA DON BROWN Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you a...
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you a...
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. If he really doesn't listen to organizations like the Commonwealth or United Nations, or countries l...
HASAN SHARIF A catastrophic outcome in Iraq would affect directly or indirectly all members of the (NATO) allianc...
HENRY KISSINGER Transferring our sovereignty and decisionmaking power to the WTO, to the United Nations, or any othe...
DANA ROHRABACHER We should all want to know and understand as much as we can about what occurs in the justice system....
DAN CRAWFORD But it is important to observe that when Europe or the United Nations impose sanctions that are supp...
OMAR BONGO What will the U.S. senators have to say if there is, as many over here and in the rest of the world ...
KOJO ANNAN I admire my father greatly.
KOJO ANNAN I feel the whole issue has been a witchhunt from day one as part of a broader Republican political a...
KOJO ANNAN My father is a man of impeccable character who has worked tirelessly for the United Nations for many...
KOJO ANNAN I was young and I just didn't think it through. It was an indiscretion but one for which I hope I ca...
KOJO ANNAN At no time was I involved with any negotiations or lobbying of the United Nations with regard to the...
KOJO ANNAN In fact, I did not attend a single meeting at the United Nations.
KOJO ANNAN neither the time, the inclination, nor the financial ability to fight each and every article that ha...
KOJO ANNAN This is a Navy town. About 80 percent of our economy is generated by the base, directly or indirectl...
PHIL ARNOLD I have to say that the United Nations doesn't seem to understand this truth.
STEPHEN LEWIS Today we know there were never weapons of mass destruction in Iraq but despite that, and going over ...
HUGO CHAVEZ With any elected official, you get threats from unstable people. I'm not aware of any threats direct...
JANELLE ERICKSON Any business related to infrastructure, especially power, will do well in a growing economy like Ind...
PARAS ADENWALA Any action that the United Nations takes in that, including freezing assets, will be undertaken by S...
PRINCE SAUD Life's irony; Both the business man & the armed robber have a common goal,for they both need the mon...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) It took a catastrophe of socialized medicine to wake a lot of people up because it affects every sin...
MONICA CROWLEY May the United Nations ever be vigilant and potent to defeat the swallowing up of any nation, at any...
HENRY CABOT LODGE, JR. May the United Nations ever be vigilant and potent to defeat the swallowing up of any nation, at any...
HENRY CABOT LODGE JR. The whole basis of the United Nations is the right of all nations--great or small--to have weight, t...
ADLAI STEVENSON You are the one who inspire everybody to do his duty; I am inspired by your 'inspiration of duty';Yo...
YAJUR VEDA Pakistan should thank the United Nations for helping Malala relive the gory incident by showing her ...
APURVA GAGLANI The United Nations does not claim intermediary or a negotiating role,
JASWANT SINGH Iraq does not pose an imminent threat to the United States of any of its neighboring nations.
DENNIS KUCINICH The Swiss never participated in the Holocaust, it was not a collaborator in the Holocaust, and we ar...
THOMAS BORER The United Nations World Charter for Nature, section 21, empowers any nongovernmental organisation o...
PAUL WATSON It will, of course, be understood that directly or indirectly, soon or late, every advance in the sc...
EDWARD THORNDIKE It is a disguised effort to advertise the achievements of the incumbent president directly or indire...
CHARLES MUBBALE We are ready to cooperate with any effort or good offices by the United Nations or the international...
ABDUL SATTAR I have been in business a long time. I never had a successful relationship or partnership with any e...
CASEY WASSERMAN No North Carolina physician that we're aware of has ever been involved directly or indirectly in an ...
DAVE HENDERSON The horrors he saw but could not prevent, as well as some he may have directly participated in -- it...
MAURICE ELIAS We have helped to organize the United Nations. We believe it will stop aggressor nations from starti...
JAMES F. BYRNES All thought must, directly or indirectly, by way of certain characters, relate ultimately to intuiti...
IMMANUEL KANT All wealth consists of desirable things; that is, things which satisfy human wants directly or indir...
ALFRED MARSHALL All countries, big or small, strong or weak, are equal members of the United Nations.
NONG DUC MANH It is morally, politically and socially wrong for business as business or labor as labor to particip...
GEORGE W. ROMNEY Sadly, I do my homework. I've a soft spot for the boring minutiae. I read the Charter of the Uni...
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MAYA ANGELOU Complaints must be adjudicated fairly, but we in the United Nations see no justification in calls fo...
CRAIG JENNESS I strongly believe being mayor is the public post in which you have the greatest opportunity to chan...
EDUARDO PAES the measure of achievements in life are directly related to the acquire knowledge, not to the social...
JAIME TENORIO VALENZUELA The feat of surviving is directly related to the capacity of the survivor.
CLAIRE CAMERON We seem to forget that innovation doesn't just come from equations or new kinds of chemicals, it...
JOHN MAEDA The cost is directly related to how many eyeballs are watching the ad.
ANDREW STEWART Mr. Ayaa Kojo Armah said, "Keep praying as always.
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JOSE RAMOS-HORTA Motivation and Inspiration in a person's life are directly linked to the people who surround him and...
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DENIS MACSHANE He's never committed any acts in the United States.
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NICK LAMPSON When labor and environmental issues are directly trade-related, included within the negotiating docu...
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KOFI ANNAN We have the means and the capacity to deal with our problems, if only we can find the political will...
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KOFI ANNAN In the rush for justice it is important not to lose sight of principles the country holds dear.
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KOFI ANNAN The inquiry committee has ripped away the curtain, and shone a harsh light into the most unsightly c...
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KOFI ANNAN Let us remember that every person who is infected, whatever the reason, is a fellow human being with...
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KOFI ANNAN This is inexcusable. Weapons of mass destruction pose a grave danger to us all, particularly in a wo...
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KOFI ANNAN The balance must be redressed.
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KOFI ANNAN We can wait until everything is perfect but how much time will that take? One year, two years, three...
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KOFI ANNAN a new era of human rights in Iraq will now begin.
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KOFI ANNAN given what happened last week, and the tense situation we find ourselves in.
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KOFI ANNAN this last chance, and continues its defiance, the council will have to make another grim choice, bas...
KOFI ANNAN They either consider the flood gates are open and they can come with their own amendments or they sh...
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KOFI ANNAN and vulnerable to psychological as well as physical insecurities.
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KOFI ANNAN Iraq has a new opportunity to comply with all these relevant resolutions of the Security Council.
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KOFI ANNAN well beyond the scope of the powers vested in the Great Council.
KOFI ANNAN The big item missing is non-proliferation and disarmament. This a real disgrace.
KOFI ANNAN Remembering is a necessary rebuke to those who say the Holocaust never happened or has been exaggera...
KOFI ANNAN guilty of no wrongdoing.
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KOFI ANNAN to ensure an end to impunity.
KOFI ANNAN New threats make no distinction between races, nations or regions. A new insecurity has entered ever...
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KOFI ANNAN We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to o...
KOFI ANNAN Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope.
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KOFI ANNAN I think we can rein in the situation,
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KOFI ANNAN No cause can justify such acts of terror,
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KOFI ANNAN The president has been asking me for the last three years to come, I am happy to be among you.
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