“Change is a process which has to be managed. If it's managed and managed well in the interest of the nation and the people, the likelihood is that it will end well.”
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“My own advice to people who would be in office for two or three terms is that they must accept democratic rotation. Ideally not put themselves up for re-election and allow the system to work.”
“The drafters of the [Refugee Convention ] had the Cold War in mind and mainly sought to protect a few thousand dissidents from the Communist bloc. They did not envision the mass displacements of people we are seeing today.”
“I urge the Iraqi leadership for sake of its own people... to seize this opportunity and thereby begin to end the isolation and suffering of the Iraqi people.”
“It's not that easy to quit. When you look back in the American system it is very rare that people quit on issues of principle.”
“Normally when people resign they will organise their champagne farewell parties... and then they resurface somewhere.”
“You have made people listen. You have made people care, and you have taught us that whether we are poor or prosperous, we have only one world to share. You have taught young people that they do have the power to change the world.”
“We at the U.N. have to take some of the blame, because we have not lowered expectations creating the impression we are here to save people, even when we have very limited resources.”
“It is tragic that so few young people in Western democracies vote. They have forgotten that their ancestors fought for the right to choose and change their leaders. They don't realise that their votes are more important than their tweets or Facebook posts.”
“It's catastrophies which turn wise and strong people into philosophers.”
“In family life people almost always adjust themselves to misfortune. They make a bed of it and hope makes them accept that bed, however hard it is.”
“What moralist can deny that well-bred and vicious people are much more agreeable than their virtuous counterparts? Having crimes to atone for, they provisionally solicit indulgence by showing leniency toward the defects of their judges. Thus they pass for excellent folk.”
“For certain people, misfortune is a beacon that lights up the dark and baser sides of social life.”
“The monotony of provincial life attracts the attention of people to the kitchen. You do not dine as luxuriously in the provinces as in Paris, but you dine better, because the dishes serve you are the result of mediation and study.”
“For young people always begin by loving exaggeration, that infirmity of noble minds.”
“It is always assumed by the empty-headed, who chatter about themselves for want of something better, that people who do not discuss their affairs openly must have something to hide.”
“And he, like many jaded people, had few pleasures left in life save good food and drink.”
“I think that's something that Oprah [Winfrey] and Ava [ DuVernay] do seamlessly. They know how to connect to people and they know how to share our stories. To be a part of that is a blessing.”
“I think that's really the allure of acting for me. I really want to connect with people.”
“Bloggers are people too you rappers!”