Eduard Shevardnadze/minister of Foreign Affairs Soviet Union 1985-1991

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    Even the pyramids might one day disappear, but not the Palestinians longing for their homeland.
    Eduard Shevardnadze (b. 1927)

    But, my dear, you cannot live in isolation from the human race, you know.
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    If the dignity as well as the prestige and influence of the United States are not to be wholly sacrificed, we must protect those who, in foreign ports, display the flag or wear the colors of this Government against insult, brutality, and death, inflicted in resentment of the acts of their Government, and not for any fault of their own.
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    I repeat that in this sense the most splendid court in Christendom is provincial, having authority to consult about Transalpine interests only, and not the affairs of Rome. A prætor or proconsul would suffice to settle the questions which absorb the attention of the English Parliament and the American Congress.
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    Today he plays jazz; tomorrow he betrays his country.
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    We hope the day will soon come when every girl will be a member of a great Union of Unmarried Women, pledged to refuse an offer of marriage from any man who is not an advocate of their emancipation.
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