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If we wish to maintain peace, then we cannot accept that impunity be provided to these international criminals and drug dealers.


Jean-Bertrand Aristide

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FRANCOIS BOZIZE We cannot wish for that we know not.
VOLTAIRE In the name of justice there cannot be subjection and in the name of peace there cannot be impunity.
ALVARO VELEZ In the name of justice there cannot be subjection and in the name of peace there cannot be impunity.
ALVARO URIBE In the name of justice there cannot be subjection and in the name of peace there cannot be impunity.
ALVARO URIBE VELEZ We can't continue with a justice of vengeance. Peace will require us to accept a certain degree ...
INGRID BETANCOURT What will happen if we go to 0 day?
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Everything has been wipe out from the techno...
DEYTH BANGER If you wish to strive for peace of soul and pleasure, then believe; if you wish to be a devotee of t...
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE We are far from perfect but willing to be different.
CRAIG GROESCHEL This law allows law enforcement and the intelligence community to share vital information and also t...
SCOTT MCCLELLAN Honestly, do we ask Jean Charest where he bought his pot from? If the person who sold him pot had li...
ANDRé BOISCLAIR I think the international community should be conscious now -- 10 years -- that Aristide has been ly...
GERARD LATORTUE We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.
CARL JUNG The international community wants us to accept a proposal that, if we were to accept, would mean the...
JEAN-BERTRAND ARISTIDE As Zimbabweans we cannot go it alone and it is imperative that we seek to work with other internatio...
GIDEON GONO Wishing on that far away star, how far removed we truly are.
MICHAEL DE CHâTILLON I would like to launch an appeal to the international community to ensure that the rule of law be ke...
JEAN-BERTRAND ARISTIDE It's not fair for us to be considered criminals, because we haven't done anything. What about the dr...
MARIA MARTINEZ When we have peace, then we have a chance to save the planet. But if we are not united in peace, if ...
THICH NHAT HANH The borders are absolutely wide open, and we're under invasion from drug dealers, criminals and peop...
CHRIS SIMCOX At a time of such hope and optimism in the Middle East, we cannot let the Libyan government violate ...
WILLIAM HAGUE This is an enormous responsibility: the responsibility to maintain peace and international security ...
ALEJANDRO TOLEDO See the world as it is, not as you wish it would be
E. LOCKHART It's a lie to think that you are not good enough. It's a lie to think that you are not beautiful. It...
DISON ARNIBAL We cannot always oblige; but we can always speak obligingly.
VOLTAIRE For all of its uncertainty, we cannot flee the future.
BARBARA JORDAN We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.
MAX DE PREE We cannot learn men from books.
BENJAMIN DISRAELI We cannot pretend that reality is different from what it is.
ADOLFO AGUILAR ZINSER We cannot accept these statements, and we will not sign any contracts with Mr. Robertson.
IDO HARTUV Baby, you’ve got enough strength and tenacity to take
down drug dealers. You’ll be fine.
KATIE MCGARRY If we cannot agree, then at least we ought to move on.
BEN NELSON If we wish to create a lasting peace we must begin with the children.
MAHATMA GANDHI Up here, it looks like there's a park on nearly every corner. And when we go, we don't have to worry...
BYRON SR Up here, it looks like there's a park on nearly every corner. And when we go, we don't have to worry...
BYRON HUGHES SR These criminals are leaders and mid-level brokers of Internet drug-trafficking rings. They used the ...
ASA HUTCHINSON Without inner peace, outer peace is impossible. We all wish for world peace, but world peace will ne...
GESHE KELSANG GYATSO Each of us views life through a different lens. What we think is colored by the baggage we carry, an...
LAURIE BUCHANAN, PHD We invaded to get him [Aristide] out. Now we've got the guy who succeeded Aristide as the president.
EDUARDO GAMARRA Liberals are stalwart defenders of civil liberties - provided we're only talking about criminals...
ANN COULTER "How can there be peace when drunkards, drug dealers, communists, atheists, New Age worshipers of Sa...
PAT ROBERTSON If we get normal investment returns then we would expect to be able to maintain bonus rates at their...
BRIAN HARRISON The Bible consistently and directly indicates that when we give generously, we're serving, honoring,...
CRAIG GROESCHEL We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.
DOLLY PARTON We cannot afford to leave the poor behind.
P. CHIDAMBARAM But we cannot rely on foreign help indefinitely.
EDUARD SHEVARDNADZE We cannot gamble with American lives. I will not gamble with American lives.
JOHN F. KELLY We cannot afford idleness, waste or inefficiency.
EAMON DE VALERA We cannot say no to what has already been approved by the citizens.
CARLES PUIGDEMONT To be, or not to be, that is the question.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE These are challenging times at home and around the world. We will have to work together in a biparti...
SUSAN COLLINS If we wish to substitute for war the settlement of disputes by justice, we must first substitute for...
ALFRED HERMANN FRIED That is the definition of faith - acceptance of that which we imagine to be true, that which we cann...
DAN BROWN No jury can undo the outcome of Texas's 2002 elections, ... But the justice system must punish those...
CRAIG MCDONALD The Security Council should not only explicitly reiterate that there can be no impunity for crimes u...
DR. WILLIAM F. SCHULZ If you accept that pets can love us as much as we do them, then the logic is clear and cannot be den...
WALLACE SIFE It's the dog of choice for drug dealers and young males 12 to 23.
DON JORDAN If the operation of this centre is deemed to be successful, we'll then discuss with our dealers whet...
DAIZO ITO It is appropriate that, rather than getting involved in silly Nationalist arguments, we are effectiv...
JACK MCCONNELL I would like the self-centered, soul-less, ignorant, moronic drug dealers to remember that day.
PATRICIA ARNOLD Madame Albright put it plainly, ... If the Albanians cannot accept to cooperate, we will isolate the...
IBRAHIM RUGOVA The United States is virtually the only nation in the world where so many people from so many parts ...
BILL BLAUL At the International Criminal Court, we will call for the drug companies to compensate us.
KANG CHANG We need criminals to identify ourselves with, to secretly envy and to stoutly punish. They do for us...
KARL A. MENNINGER We cannot have peace if we do not value our worth.
CHARLENA JACKSON Yes! Very funny this terrible thing is. A man that is born falls into a dream like a man who falls i...
JOSEPH CONRAD These are desperate criminals, probably involved in the drug trade in some way. They're violent, and...
CHRIS MCGOEY We want the Japanese-American alliance to be a global alliance that will contribute to the peace and...
THOMAS SCHIEFFER The government is convinced that we cannot maintain the status quo and we have the political will to...
JOSEP PIQUE To be or not to be. That's not really a question.
JEAN-LUC GODARD All I ever did to that apartment was hang fifty yards of yellow theatrical silk across the bedroom w...
JOAN DIDION We can never make proper goodbyes. It was your last ride in a Checker cab and you had no warning. It...
COLSON WHITEHEAD We accept the council's recollection that they did not know. They had every right to know. We though...
DON MOHLER We enact many laws that manufacture criminals, and then a few that punish them
BENJAMIN RICKETSON TUCKER We enact many laws that manufacture criminals, and then a few that punish them
ALLEN TUCKER We enact many laws that manufacture criminals, and then a few that punish them.
ALLEN TUCKER The government provoked the rebels to break the peace. But we will continue to urge all parties to m...
ARJUN NARSINGH If we catch a glimpse of freedom, we wish to possess it; if we catch a glimpse of death, we want not...
JEREMY P. JOHNSON Our object should be peace within, and peace without. We want to live peacefully and maintain cordia...
MUHAMMAD ALI JINNAH Five enemies of peace inhabit with us -- avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride; if these were to...
FRANCESCO PETRARCH Five enemies of peace inhabit with us - avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride; if these were to ...
PETRARCH Five enemies of peace inhabit with us / avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride; if these were to ...
FRANCESCO PETRARCH Destiny consist in the moments that we experienced, and not in the choices we have to do.
DANIEL MELGAçO When someone says we need to talk, what he or she usually means is you will listen. An...
JAMES ANDERSON We cannot have peace if we are only concerned with peace. War is not an accident. It is the logical ...
A. J. MUSTE Unless and until we have peace deep within us, we can never hope to have peace in the outer world. Y...
SRI CHINMOY We cannot undo the past in this misguided war in Iraq.
XAVIER BECERRA We cannot both preach and administer financial matters.
SAINT STEPHEN We cannot build up the idea of the apostolate of the laity without the foundation of the liturgy.
DOROTHY DAY We cannot kill or capture our way out of an industrial-strength insurgency.
DAVID PETRAEUS We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our respon...
JOSIAH STAMP The reconnection of society, economy and ethics is a project we cannot postpone.
MICHAEL D. HIGGINS We cannot command Nature except by obeying her.
FRANCIS BACON Some people spend their time reasoning and thinking out everything, and so anything that cannot be f...
MOTHER ANGELICA If you want to be different, if you want to be better than normal, then you must live differently.
CRAIG GROESCHEL The sad heart needs work to do.
JOAN BAUER Most powerful of all powers in its holy insinuation is _being_. _To be_ is more powerful than even _...
GEORGE MACDONALD We cannot be indifferent to laws that make criminals of 12 million immigrants or those who help them...
ARCHBISHOP GOMEZ If they're all drug addicted and dying then what future do we have.
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BERTRAND RUSSELL Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires
BERTRAND RUSSELL Envy consists in seeing things never in themselves, but only in their relations. If you desire glory...
BERTRAND RUSSELL The most savage controversies are about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way
BERTRAND RUSSELL What hunger is in relation to food, zest is in relation to life
BERTRAND RUSSELL Pleasure of love lasts but a moment, pain of love lasts a lifetime.
BERTRAND RUSSELL There is something feeble and a little contemptible about a man who cannot face the perils of life w...
BERTRAND RUSSELL The qualities most needed are charity and tolerance, not some form of fanatical faith such as is off...
BERTRAND RUSSELL One should respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to keep out of p...
BERTRAND RUSSELL The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd;...
BERTRAND RUSSELL Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don't know.
BERTRAND RUSSELL An educator should think of a child as a garderner thinks of a plant, as something to be made to gro...
BERTRAND RUSSELL The secret of happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible, horrible, horrible.
BERTRAND RUSSELL Machines are worshipped because they are beautiful, and valued because they confer power; they are ...
BERTRAND RUSSELL Law in origin was merely a codification of the power of dominant groups, and did not aim at anything...
BERTRAND RUSSELL To expect a personality to survive the disintegration of the brain is like expecting a cricket club ...
BERTRAND RUSSELL We are all prone to the malady of the introvert who, with the manifold spectacle of the world spread...
BERTRAND RUSSELL A hallucination is a fact, not an error; what is erroneous is a judgment based upon it.
BERTRAND RUSSELL Man needs, for his happiness, not only the enjoyment of this or that, but hope and enterprise and ...
BERTRAND RUSSELL To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.
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