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Liberty, freedom and democracy are very fuzzy words, but human rights is very specific.
JOICHI ITO
A joint security committee comprising the Jordanian interior minister and the Iraqi interior ministe...
ADNAN BADRAN
It is an interesting concept which is worth thinking about.
INTERIOR MINISTER
So far, the (rescue) operations continue. God Willing, there will be more survivors rescued.
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The American experience influenced my understanding of individuality, basic human rights, freedom of...
AI WEIWEI
Democracy is not freedom. Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to eat for lunch. Freedo...
MARVIN SIMKIN
This agreement is a victory for democracy, a victory for our EU citizens, and a victory for the fund...
FRANCO FRATTINI
Those religions that are oppressive to women are also against democracy, human rights, and freedom o...
TASLIMA NASRIN
The president has no right to talk about freedom and democracy in a country where human rights have ...
DAVID GAMKRELIDZE
I think it is very important for any U.S. administration to be clear that America stands on the side...
STEPHEN HADLEY
I believe no one is willing to give up taking the road of freedom, democracy, and human rights. The ...
CHEN SHUI-BIAN
Democracy was supposed to champion freedom of speech, and yet the simple rules of table decorum coul...
E.A. BUCCHIANERI
has an extensive bill of rights, individual protections for all individuals. It has freedom of speec...
SEAN HANNITY
I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy -- but that could change...
DAN QUAYLE
I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy - but that could change.
DAN QUAYLE
I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy-but that could change.
DAN QUAYLE
You can't have someone who is regarded as sectarian as the minister of interior.
ZALMAY KHALILZAD
Russian citizens being attacked is an attack against the Russian Federation.
SERGEI LAVROV
This is a criminal case organized by the country's president and the interior minister.
KOBA DAVITASHVILI
If you're scared of the interior minister, he doesn't scare my dog.
SADDAM HUSSEIN
The first principle of democratic government: Respect the people.
GEORGE MAREK
I swear I will do everything in my power to change the situation in Tibet where human rights are bei...
SHINZO ABE
India is a country that shares the values of freedom, democracy, basic human rights and the rule of ...
SHINZO ABE
This means the fight will intensify between judges and pro-democracy groups on one side, and the gov...
GAMAL EID
For the sake of our offsprings, we will keep fighting for the Democracy, Freedom and Justice, as lon...
KAZERONNIE MAK
As the Afghan constitution affords freedom of religion to all Afghan citizens, we hope very much tha...
NICHOLAS BURNS
The new constitution represents a serious assault on citizens' basic rights and freedoms.
PAUL THEMBA NYATHI
Democracy is constructed like an edifice, freedom by freedom, right by right, until it reaches its s...
ABDOULAYE WADE
If you don't expand the freedom of the citizens, you'll find yourself in a country which quite comfo...
JOSE RODRIGUEZ
I think when you are interior minister and number two in the government, you should master your own ...
FRANCOIS HOLLANDE
The stories from Iran's present and past are reminders that freedom, democracy and human rights,...
AZAR NAFISI
I only ever worked on interiors, and an interior is an interior. I don't know what they did abou...
CHRISTOPHER ECCLESTON
We can't equate democracy with Christianity because the largest democracy on earth is India, whi...
JIMMY CARTER
Let me reassure that the Kingdom of Cambodia a country with independence, neutrality, peace, freedom...
HUN SEN
[But the United States of America invaded Iraq and removed Saddam Hussein to] bring democracy and fr...
SADDAM HUSSEIN
I chose America as my home because I value freedom and democracy, civil liberties and an open societ...
GEORGE SOROS
Nobody and nothing will stop Russia on the road to strengthening democracy and ensuring human rights...
VLADIMIR PUTIN
During most of the Bush administration, human rights and democracy in Egypt were on the front burner...
ELLIOTT ABRAMS
That includes all passengers, vehicles, trains and trucks and excludes all other commercial vehicles...
BAYAN JABR
On the whole, it is the rights and freedoms of all citizens that are crucial in Saudi Arabia and fro...
BASMAH BINT SAUD
Freedom without obligation is anarchy. Freedom without obligation is democracy.
EARL RINEY
The government had an obligation to tell and inform all EU citizens of our voting rights. They didn'...
DAVID BALL
How can the prime minister continue to hang on [after this kind of verbal attack]? He should have re...
CHAMLONG SRIMUANG
Glory is fleeting. Freedom is not free. They depend on efforts of citizens like you and me,
HAROLD JOHNSON
Moreover, as we live in an era of the ascendancy of democracy and human rights, we must see that Tai...
NICK LAMPSON
I used to work for an NGO called Transitions Online, and I was their Director of New Media. I was a ...
EVGENY MOROZOV
Some of our best and biggest allies in this struggle and fight against radical Islamic terror are Mu...
PAUL RYAN
[In Pakistan, the nation's interior minister said investigators] know the names ... the strongest po...
DANIEL PEARL
The exhibit examines the relationship between the state and the citizens. It shows how Jews were fir...
JUDIT MOLNAR
Ignorance is an evil weed, which dictators may cultivate among their dupes, but which no democracy c...
WILLIAM BEVERIDGE
Modern life means democracy, democracy means freeing intelligence for independent effectivenessthe e...
JOHN DEWEY
What I don't want to do is restrict law-abiding citizens from their Second Amendment rights, whi...
JIM JORDAN
The harassment of those who seek to protect the environment contrasts strongly with pre-election pro...
MALTA NGOS
I understand also that the Minister of the Interior, at the highest level, instructed that they shou...
JOHN REID
Both democracy and human rights are relative concepts and not absolute and general,
JIANG ZEMIN
The charges of high treason and genocide are extremely grave as regards the journalists. We call on ...
REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS
We must take proactive steps to promote democracy and human rights abroad.
SAM BROWNBACK
We can tell the citizens we will fight for their rights and we can say that this is going to be the ...
ZORAN DJINDJIC
We know that freedom has a price. Democracy has a price. But maybe we paid a price that is higher th...
WENDY PEARLMAN
Our rights are interconnected and inseparable. When freedom of expression is threatened, the rights ...
NAZANIN BONIADI
It is not natural or inevitable that half the world goes hungry; that the freedom of markets trumps ...
FRANCES O'GRADY
Our leaders pay lip service to the freedoms that democracy provides while actually supporting an eco...
JACQUE FRESCO
No senior official -- neither the interior minister, nor the defense or justice ministers, nor the p...
LIONEL JOSPIN
This law will embody the principles that find general consensus among the Iraqi people ... respect f...
AHMED CHALABI
The minister is safe. He had already left the airport by helicopter when the attack happened.
ZAHIR AZIMI
America's greatest contribution to the world is its concept of democracy, its concept of freedom...
BENAZIR BHUTTO
The E.U. is more than just a trade organization or a common market; it is a guarantee of democracy, ...
JOHN BRUTON
Voting on things is democratic, yes - but not on deciding on whether or not people should be equal o...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
The Arab Spring showed that people are not going to wait for an American president to make good on h...
PANKAJ MISHRA
It is our responsibility to recover the dignity of the republic, re-establish democracy ... full res...
JAVIER PEREZ DE CUELLAR
There is little freedom in the Kurdish-populated areas, while Iranians and especially Kurd, see demo...
BAHAEDDIN ADAB
I see this for what it is. It is not a victims' rights issue. It is not a victims' services issue. T...
JAMES PAPILLO
Israel is a beacon of freedom and democracy in the Middle East.
PAUL GOURLEY
Liberals have this pathetic little habit of dealing with people as members of groups, rather than as...
NEAL BOORTZ
It's not just immigrant rights that are at stake anymore, it's all citizens' rights that are at stak...
ALI NOORANI
Human rights commissions, as they are evolving, are an attack on our fundamental freedoms and the ba...
STEPHEN HARPER
It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the w...
SUSAN B. ANTHONY
It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the w...
SUSAN B. ANTHONY
It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the w...
SUSAN ANTHONY
I think by printing those cartoons we raise an issue. The issue is very clear and talks to everyone ...
ARNAUD LEVY
I think by printing those cartoons we raise an issue. The issue is very clear and talks to everyone ...
ARNAUD LEVY
The EU will face problems similar to the US: an increasing gap between the citizens and decision mak...
DAVID KORTEN
Mr. President, you epitomize the long struggle for human rights and democracy in Taiwan.
TOM LANTOS
the message they we're fighting for freedom and human rights.
LECH WALESA
All the rights secured to the citizens under the Constitution are worth nothing, and a mere bubble, ...
ANDREW JACKSON
A final important equal opportunity issue in education is the current attack on civil rights in the ...
BOBBY SCOTT
[Calling the measure a] serious provocation, ... restricts Taiwan's freedom and democracy, and has a...
JOSEPH WU
Freedom of inquiry and of expression are what universities are all about, and freedom of speech is a...
DAVID MCCLAIN
The principle of democracy is all about delegation of power by the vast majority of citizens through...
N. R. NARAYANA MURTHY
I have discussed the issue with the interior minister. She clearly is in a dangerous situation, but ...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD
Immigration laws allow expulsions. I am the interior minister and I will apply the law...All those w...
NICOLAS SARKOZY
The law of the Creator, which invests every human being with an inalienable title to freedom, cannot...
SALMON P. CHASE
I promise: I will be a prime minister to everyone. For right and left, for settlers, Haredim, Druze,...
ISAAC HERZOG
We are concerned that for the United States, the key issue is oil; second, the war on terrorism; and...
BULAT ABILOV
We are profoundly disappointed that Zimbabwe's parliament has passed this law, which represents a fu...
CHRIS PATTEN
The Chinese Constitution guarantees freedom of religion for Chinese citizens.
KONG QUAN
The greatest blessing of our democracy is freedom. But in the last analysis, our only freedom is the...
BERNARD BARUCH
The greatest blessing of our democracy is freedom. But in the last analysis, our only freedom is the...
BERNARD M. BARUCH
despite the intention of the terrorists ... and deliver Iraq's message of peace, democracy and human...
AHMAD CHALABI
encouraged and pleased to see that the countries of Latin America stood up for human rights and demo...
RICHARD BOUCHER

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It is an interesting concept which is worth thinking about.
INTERIOR MINISTER
So far, the (rescue) operations continue. God Willing, there will be more survivors rescued.
INTERIOR MINISTER
You ain't no punk, you punk
You wanna talk about the real junk?
LUX INTERIOR
The H5 bird flu virus has been found in a heron near the border with Moldova.
AGRICULTURE MINISTER GHEORGHE FLUTUR
We hope it's a low intensity virus. We are continuing measures to isolate the affected area.
AGRICULTURE MINISTER GHEORGHE FLUTUR
It is as if (the Syrian protests) were a lesson to some in Lebanon to do the same.
PRIME MINISTER FUAD SANIORA
All these would be done in accordance with international laws and regulations prevailing in both cou...
BROADCASTING MINISTER PRIYARANJAN DASMUNSI
I don't think the political spectrum is very useful. So many issues overlap.
ENVIRONMENT MINISTER MARTIN BURSíK
A good society is about building together and investing in the future
PRIME MINISTER GORDON BROWN
I have not received any summons. I just read the papers and saw my picture, but nevertheless I'm rea...
ENERGY MINISTER KIRAITU MURUNGI
This virus has no borders.
AGRICULTURE MINISTER GHEORGHE FLUTUR
Macedonia will win this battle without giving up a single foot of our territory. And after the victo...
PRIME MINISTER LJUBCO GEORGIEVSKI
The two biggest problems the country is facing at the moment are the inflow of refugees from Kosovo ...
PRIME MINISTER LJUBCO GEORGIEVSKI
We can't get on with any serious work because of daily squabbles.
PRIME MINISTER LJUBCO GEORGIEVSKI
A person accomplice of wrong doing and decides to come clean and uncover the whole affair would be e...
PRIME MINISTER LAWRENCE GONZI
People used to think the Greens are just a party that wants to protect frogs and trees. But like Gre...
ENVIRONMENT MINISTER MARTIN BURSíK
I think we could get as much as 10 percent of the vote. In the past, people would have voted for us,...
ENVIRONMENT MINISTER MARTIN BURSíK
The African Union has formed a standby force aimed at ensuring quick intervention in conflicts arisi...
DEFENSE MINISTER NJENGA KARUME
The government has dispatched a search and rescue team to support operations that are in progress. W...
DEFENSE MINISTER NJENGA KARUME
Kenya is an example of peace in the region and is committed to supporting regional conflict resoluti...
DEFENSE MINISTER NJENGA KARUME
He just wondered why a bomb was put in front his house.
DEFENCE MINISTER THAMMARAK ISARANGURA
This ceremony is a way to boost morale among government employees working and risking their lives in...
DEFENCE MINISTER THAMMARAK ISARANGURA
Authorities have clear evidence that three men in the village cruelly killed the hostages.
DEFENCE MINISTER THAMMARAK ISARANGURA
It is a misunderstanding by the villagers. It was a coincidence that the two marines came when the s...
DEFENCE MINISTER THAMMARAK ISARANGURA
We have a massive loss of human resources in South Africa because the post-school opportunities are ...
EDUCATION MINISTER NALEDI PANDOR
The issue of small rural schools must also be resolved, as must the urgent matter of the 178 schools...
EDUCATION MINISTER NALEDI PANDOR
The situation in the country could become really worrying if we agree with such contract review.
ENERGY MINISTER RUMEN OVCHAROV
The demanded change in the gas transit contract is unacceptable for Bulgaria.
ENERGY MINISTER RUMEN OVCHAROV
I want to make one thing very clear: I have not been involved in corruption. Many things have been s...
ENERGY MINISTER KIRAITU MURUNGI
I have not been involved in any corruption. The media has made me the most vilified and hunted perso...
ENERGY MINISTER KIRAITU MURUNGI
This will boost out trade with Chile in particular and Latin America in general.
BROADCASTING MINISTER PRIYARANJAN DASMUNSI
The strike is not an issue with the cabinet.
BROADCASTING MINISTER PRIYARANJAN DASMUNSI
I can confirm that we have been discussing with the chairman of Tata himself over the setting up of ...
FINANCE MINISTER NGANDU MAGANDE
We need to ensure that the growth process benefits more of our people by integrating them in economi...
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FINANCE MINISTER NGANDU MAGANDE
I wish to assure the French government and people that their taxpayers' funds will be used in a dili...
FINANCE MINISTER NGANDU MAGANDE
This is a major boost to our economy.
FINANCE MINISTER NGANDU MAGANDE
It is in this context that I understand that the achievement of the completion date will be challeng...
FORESTRY MINISTER BUYELWA SONJICA
But this does not in any way mean that Ethiopia or the rest of the international community has accep...
FOREIGN MINISTER SEYOUM MESFIN
We want to develop partnership, friendly and neighborly relations with Russia, but we will never acc...
FOREIGN MINISTER BORYS TARASIUK
I believe that this will take place this year.
FOREIGN MINISTER BORYS TARASIUK
The matter is, obviously, not about the figures and amounts ... but about the approaches shown by ou...
FOREIGN MINISTER BORYS TARASIUK
That is an excellent success rate.
HEALTH MINISTER ULLA SCHMIDT
You will not only be richer but healthier too.
HEALTH MINISTER ULLA SCHMIDT
It (the volume of subsidized fertilizer) will not change.
INDUSTRY MINISTER FAHMI IDRIS
If the funds must come from the state budget, the buy-back cannot be realized this year because ther...
INDUSTRY MINISTER FAHMI IDRIS
The figures on Chinese textile imports that we have from Customs and Excise and the Central Statisti...
INDUSTRY MINISTER FAHMI IDRIS
The decision on the tariff increase must be transparent, managerially accountable and rational.
INDUSTRY MINISTER FAHMI IDRIS
The total production of the four plants will be small as they are just pilot projects, but we expect...
INDUSTRY MINISTER FAHMI IDRIS
Therefore, the government will launch an operation to enforce the law against the practice.
INDUSTRY MINISTER FAHMI IDRIS
Don't make the planned tariff hike a scapegoat for the companies managerial problems. They said they...
INDUSTRY MINISTER FAHMI IDRIS
This is my own opinion but I have raised it a limited cabinet minister's meeting. The energy and min...
INDUSTRY MINISTER FAHMI IDRIS
There are opinions, no way that our natural gas industry do not support the growth and development o...
INDUSTRY MINISTER FAHMI IDRIS
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INDUSTRY MINISTER FAHMI IDRIS
We can't have such an excess.
PRIME MINISTER YURY YEKHANUROV
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TRANSPORTATION MINISTER HATTA RADJASA
In a given situation, maybe everything isn´t as it seems.
NORWEGIAN PRIME MINISTER TORBJORN JAGLAND
I haven´t said it before, but I am happy to repeat it.
NORWEGIAN PRIME MINISTER TORBJORN JAGLAND
Over the past few days, I have had a sense that I´ve had to keep up to several thoughts in my mind ...
NORWEGIAN PRIME MINISTER KJELL MAGNE BONDEVIK
Everything is connected with everything!
NORWEGIAN PRIME MINISTER GRO HARLEM BRUNDTLAND
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NORWEGIAN PRIME MINISTER KJELL MAGNE BONDEVIK
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BRITISH DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER NICK CLEGG
Death is a confirmation of the believer's creed. For the skeptic it is discovery, immense and late.
CALVIN MILLER (CHRISTIAN MINISTER AND WRITER)
I have said it a thousand times before, and now I say it the third and the last time.
NORWEGIAN PRIME MINISTER KJELL MAGNE BONDEVIK
I am far more democratic, than anyone suspects.
NORWEGIAN PRIME MINISTER GRO HARLEM BRUNDTLAND