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I have been pressing for wide-ranging structural reforms in areas such as finance, taxation, regulation and expenditure, in order to revive and move forward our country since I took office,


Junichiro Koizumi

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JOHN LEWIS Intervention can be effective in the short term, but it doesn't do much to arrest the bigger issues....
BOB LYNCH But our country has too many sectors thirsty for financial input, such as the development of rural a...
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CAROL BRUCE The coalition government ventured for such an ill move when people of the whole country are engaged ...
ABDUL JALIL There haven't been significant structural reforms that suggest the productivity will improve in the ...
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ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER No structural reforms, no economic recovery.
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JO MAJOR I have been aware all the time that my peoples, spread far and wide throughout every continent and o...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II Most importantly, I am thankful to Prime Minister Koizumi, ... As I said openly during my court-mart...
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