OpenLLM-France/wikimedia huggingface dataset:
# Josep Borrell

Josep Borrell Fontelles (born 24 April 1947) is a Spanish politician serving as High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy since 1 December 2019. A member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), he served as President of the European Parliament from 2004 to 2007 and as Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation in the Government of Spain from 2018 to 2019.

## Quotes

* Europe is a garden. We have built a garden... The rest of the world… is not exactly a garden. Most of the rest of the world is a jungle. The jungle could invade the garden. The gardeners should take care of it... [...] The jungle has a strong growth capacity… walls will never be high enough in order to protect the garden. The gardeners have to go to the jungle, Europeans have to be much more engaged with the rest of the world. Otherwise, the rest of the world will invade us, by different ways and means.
** Quoted in EU’s Borrell calls Europe ‘garden,’ rest of world a ‘jungle’, 18 October 2022.
* Russia is a great country, it is a great nation, it is used to fighting to the end, and it is used to almost losing and then recovering. It did it with Napoleon, it did it with Hitler. It would be absurd to think that Russia has lost the war or that its military is incompetent.
** Speech during the Ceremonia de Entrega del Premio Nueva Economía Fórum, 20 January 2023.
* We cannot afford Russia to win this war. Otherwise the US and European interests will be very damaged. It is not a matter of generosity alone, It is not a matter of supporting Ukrainian people because we love Ukrainian people. It is in our own interest, and it is also in the interest of the US as a global player, someone who has to be perceived as a reliable partner, a security provider to the allies.
** Speech, 'Europeans have to take more responsibility for our defense,' says EU foreign policy chief, 25 March 2024.
# Bocchit Edmond

Bocchit Edmond is a Haitian politician. He was the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2018-2020.

## Quotes

* It is with this in mind that the Republic of Haiti wishes greater consideration to be given to the repeated demands of the Republic of China for participation in the activities of the United Nations system.
** Bocchit Edmond (2019) cited in: "11 of Taiwan's allies speak up at UN debate: MOFA" in Focus Taiwan, 29 September 2019.
** Statement made during the General Debate of the 74th general assembly of the United Nations, 28 September 2019.

## External links

* Biographie de Monsieur Bocchit Edmond, Ministre Des Affaires Etrangeres et Des Cultes
# Tanja Fajon

Tanja Fajon (born 9 May 1971) is a Slovenian politician. She is currently the Minister of Foreign Affairs since 1 June 2022.

## Quotes

* I am pleased to see positive trends in all segments, in trade, investment, tourism and services (between Slovenia and Serbia). The current circumstances due to the energy crisis also open up new opportunities for investment in the renewables and energy.
** Tanja Fajon (2022) cited in "Minister Fajon's first official visit to Serbia" on GOV.SI Portal, 20 December 2022.
# Mohammad Ali Foroughi

Mohammad Ali Foroughi Zoka-ol-Molk (1 January 1877 – 26 November 1942) (Persian: محمدعلی فروغی ذكاءالملک‎‎) was a teacher, diplomat, writer, politician and thrice Prime Minister of Iran.

## Quotes
### Radio broadcast (October 1941)

Radio broadcast by Mohammad Ali Foroughi, Prime Minister of Iran, October 1941, translated by Homa Katouzian. Persian original in Makki, Tarikh-e Bistsaleh-ye Iran vol. 8, pp. 179-185. Quoted in Katouzian (2009). The Persians: Ancient, Mediaeval, and Modern Iran, Yale University Press, London
* I hope that you will have learned from the pain and suffering which you have endured in the past few decades, and have realized how to cherish the blessings of liberty. You will therefore know that freedom does not mean that the people should be licentious and behave in an arbitrary fashion, but that it also involves certain limits, since if there are no constraints no one will be free, and the strong will enslave the weak.
* The limits set to arbitrary behavior are none other than those defined by law, so everyone will know his own rights and will not go beyond them. It follows that in a country where there is no law, or the law is not observed, the people will not be free and will not enjoy security ... Therefore, the first thing … which I would suggest to you is to note that a free people is one whose affairs are based in law, so that whoever ignores or violates the law is an enemy of freedom ...
* I suspect that some of you would say ‘A civilized nation is one that has railways, modern industry, organized army, tank, aircraft, etc., and an uncivilized nation is one that does not possess such things.’ Or you would say that a civilized nation is one whose cities ... have wide and paved streets, with multi-storey buildings, and so on.’ Civilized nations, of course, do have such things, but I submit that these are products of civilization, not its essence. The essence of civilization is that people are mature, and the clearest sign of their maturity is that they observe the law.
# Marc Garneau

Marc Garneau (born 23 February 1949) is a Canadian politician and astronaut. He served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2021 and Ministry of Transport in 2015–2021.

## Quotes

* It has been an honor and a privilege to serve my country in the roles of Minister of Transport and Minister of Foreign Affairs. I wish to thank my caucus and cabinet colleagues, as well as the many public servants and staff who have made my work possible over these past six years (2015–2021).
** Marc Garneau (2021) cited in "Is Justin Trudeau going to send ousted cabinet minister Marc Garneau to Paris?" on The Suburban, 28 October 2021.
# Franco Frattini

Franco Frattini (14 March 1957 – 24 December 2022) was an Italian politician. He was Italy's Foreign Minister, 2008–11, and before that was European Commissioner for Justice, Freedom and Security.

## Sourced

* The free circulation of citizens, which is sacrosanct, cannot become the free circulation of criminals.
** Interview by La Stampa, (23 April 2008)
* [for indicted foreigners] simple expulsion is not enough (...) they must be arrested immediately, tried using a fast-track procedure, and then expelled to serve their sentences in the countries they came from, (...) it isn’t right that foreign criminals are being housed in our [Italian] jails.
** Interview by Il Giornale (28 April 2008)
* Italy as you know is the closest neighbour of both Tunisia and Libya so we are extremely concerned about the repercussions on the migratory situation in the southern Mediterranean.
** EU Observer (21 February 2011)
# Roman Leshchenko

Roman Leshchenko (Ukrainian: Лещенко Роман Миколайович; born 23 November 1988) is a Ukrainian politician who currently serves as the 14th and current Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine since 17 December 2020.

## Quotes

* We have no choice but to go and sow. In general, we are working on the following mechanism: where we can sow, where the situation allows, we go out and work. We have sown wheat, barley; we have winter crops; we are not giving up, as it is a matter of food. I want to tell you that farmers' mood is so that we will achieve territorial integrity. We are in full coordination and have a clear understanding that the country's food security depends on what we will have in fields.
** Roman Leshchenko (2022) cited in "Minister Leshchenko: Sowing campaign to start wherever possible" on Ukrinform, 8 March 2022.
# D. F. Malan

Daniel François Malan (22 May 1874 – 7 February 1959), more commonly known as D. F. Malan, was a South African politician who served as Prime Minister of South Africa from 1948-54. The National Party implemented the system of apartheid, which enforced racial segregation laws. The foundations of apartheid were firmly laid down during his tenure as Prime Minister.

## Quotes

* Here at Blood River you stand on holy ground. Here was made the great decision about the future of South Africa, about Christian civilization in our land, and about the continued existence and responsible power of the White race … You stand here upon the boundary of two centuries. Behind you, you rest your eyes on the year 1838, … Before you, upon the yet untrodden path of South Africa, lies the year 2038 … Behind you lie the traces of the Voortrekker wagons … Your Blood River lies in the city … [The new trek] is not away from the centres of civilization … but a trek back – back from the country to the city. Today Black and White jostle together in the same labour market … Their [i.e. the Voortrekkers] freedom was, above all, the freedom to preserve themselves as a White race. As you could never otherwise have realized, you realize today their task to make South Africa a White man's land is ten times more your task.
** Malan at the Blood River centennial celebrations of 16 December 1938, as quoted by Michael Prior in The Bible and Colonialism: A Moral Critique, pp. 93-94, A&C Black, 1997. c.f. Moodie 1975, pp. 198-200.
# Marise Payne

Marise Payne (born 29 July 1964) is an Australian politician who currently serves as the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Women of Australia since 28 August 2018 and 29 May 2019 respectively. She previously served as the Minister for Defence in 2015–2018 and Minister for Human Services in 2013–2015.

## Quotes

* Australia remains committed to our one China policy.
** Marise Payne (2022) cited in: "Australia, Lithuania unite to counter China pressure" in Taipei Times', 10 February 2022.
# Edi Rama

Edi Rama (born Edvin Kristaq Rama; 4 July 1964) is an Albanian politician, artist, writer and former basketball player, who is serving as the 33rd Prime Minister of Albania and the Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2013 and January 2019, respectively. Rama has also been Chairman of the Socialist Party of Albania since 2005.

## Quotes

* Kodra, dopo aver lasciato l'Albania in dissidio con il regime, tornò una volta a Tirana e venne a casa da mio padre, anch'egli artista. Alla parete c'era appeso un mio disegno astratto. Lo notò subito e disse "continua su questa strada". Portava un basco, un maglione, una sciarpa, si smarcava dall'uniformità che qui vigeva, la barba era proibita come pure i capelli lunghi.
** Kodra, after leaving Albania in disagreement with the regime, once returned to Tirana and came home to my father, also an artist. An abstract drawing of mine hung on the wall. He noticed it immediately and said "continue on this road". He wore a beret, a sweater, a scarf, strayed from the uniformity that existed here, the beard was forbidden as well as long hair.
** Dall'intervista di Francesca Pini, Dal regime comunista all'arte astratta «E oggi disegno durante le riunioni, Corriere.it, February 19, 2017.
* Turkey is a big and powerful country. We are a small and weak country. But whenever Turkey needs, we will be there. Albanian people will never forget Turkey's help,
** Turkey's aid will never be forgotten: Albanian PM (November 28, 2019)
* First they came for Georgia I did not speak out Then they came for Crimea It was not my country So I did not speak out Then they came for the whole Ukraine But I was not Ukrainian And I did not speak out And then they came for me But there was no one left to help and defend me
** Edi Rama paraphrases Martin Niemöller in the UNSC Open Session (September 20, 2023) on YouTube
# Lars Løkke Rasmussen

Lars Løkke Rasmussen (born 15 May 1964) served as Prime Minister of Denmark between 2009 and 2011 and between 2015 and 2019. He was the centre-right Liberal party, Venstre, and later founded the Moderates. He currently is serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs under Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen.

## Quotes

* Global Warming knows no border. It does not discriminate. It affects us all. And we are here today, because we are all committed to take action.
** From his opening address at United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen December 7, 2009.
* Growth and prosperity. These are the blocks with which we must build our welfare society.
** From the Opening Address to the Folketing (The Danish Parliament) on Tuesday 6 October 2009.
* It is my ambition that parents can send their children to school with the prospects that they are as interested and excited to learn on their last day of school as they were on the very first.
** From his New Year Address (1 January 2010).
* I know that some people in the U.S. associate the Nordic model with some sort of socialism... Therefore, I would like to make one thing clear. Denmark is far from a socialist planned economy. Denmark is a market economy... The Nordic model is an expanded welfare state which provides a high level of security to its citizens, but it is also a successful market economy with much freedom to pursue your dreams and live your life as you wish.
** "Nordic Solutions and Challenges: A Danish Perspective" (October 2015), speech to Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.

## External links

* Official website
* Statsministeriet's official website in english
# Carlos P. Romulo

Carlos Peña Rómulo, QSC, PLH (14 January 1899 – 15 December 1985) was a Filipino diplomat, statesman, soldier, journalist and author. He was a reporter at 16, a newspaper editor by the age of 20, and a publisher at 32. He was a co-founder of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines, a general in the US Army and the Philippine Army, university president, President of the UN General Assembly, and recipient of many honors and honorary degrees.

## Quotes

* I am a Filipino born of freedom and I shall not rest until freedom shall have been added unto my inheritance - for myself and my children's children - forever
** as quoted from "I am a Filipino" at library.thinkquest.org
* To appreciate Christmas to the full, one must know how it feels to be deprived of its blessings
** as quoted in the "Carlos P Romulo Speech 1949 President UN Assembly, Filipino" on mannaandquail.com
# Paavo Väyrynen

Paavo Matti Väyrynen (born 2 September 1946) is a Finnish veteran politician and a member of the Finnish Parliament, representing the Seven Star Movement and formerly the Citizens' Party and Centre Party. Väyrynen has been a member of the Finnish Parliament previously from 1970 to 1995 and again from 2007 to 2011 and has held many ministerial portfolios. He has also been a Member of the European Parliament from 1995 to 2007, and again from 2014 to 2018.
Väyrynen has been the Centre Party candidate for Finnish president three times – finishing second in 1988, third in 1994 and third in 2012. In 2018 he ran as an independent candidate finishing fourth.
Väyrynen is known for his egoistic statements.

## Quotes

* I'm God's choice to lead the people of Finland.
* I can't remember the last time I was wrong.
* Can you die of being pissed off?
** After Väyrynen and the Center Party had lost the Finland's parliamentary election 1987.
* I lost because of the "mediagame".
** After Väyrynen lost the Presidential elections in 1994.
* Everyone has their own strengths. It just happens to be that in me, all these strengths are combined.
** Center Party's leader's election 2010
* Well, there must be the man in the house - and a mistress, too.
** Presidential Election Campaign 2012
* They call me old, but I'm only 65-years old young man.
** Presidential Election Campaign 2012
* I can not avoid my responsibility.
** Presidential Election Campaign 2012
* I'm younger than Donald Trump.
** Presidential Election Campaign 2018
* Three reasons why young people don't have to worry about their future: education, politics and me.
** Presidential Election Campaign 2012
* I'm in opposition against to both the government and the opposition.
** When he returned to Parliament 2018 and left from the Center Party.
# María Isabel Celaá Diéguez

María Isabel Celaá Diéguez (23 May 1949 –) is a Spanish politician.

## Quotes

* Spain was the champion of the Catholic world, the safeguard of the Catholic world. The Counter-Reformation against Lutheranism. And Europe had left this task in the hands of Spain.
** The Embassy of Spain to the Holy See celebrates its 400th anniversary in Rome (9 June 2016) Rome Reports
# Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Shivraj Singh Chouhan (born 5 March 1959) is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is the 17th and current Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, having been elected to the same position 3 times in the past, and a Member of Legislative Assembly in Madhya Pradesh from Budhni. He previously served as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, between 2005 and 2018, and holds the record as the state's longest serving Chief Minister. He was also former National Vice-president, member of the Parliamentary Board and a member of the Central Election Committee of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

## Quotes

* CM Chouhan made the announcement in response to a request made by Vivek Agnihotri, filmmaker of the film ‘The Kashmir Files,’ he said, “Today Vivek Ji has given the idea to build Genocide Museum. The state government will give you all kinds of cooperation including land. I respect your sentiments.”
** quoted in
# Florence Bore

Florence Chepngetich Koskey Bore is a Kenyan politician from the Jubilee Party who has served as Minister of Labor and Social Protection since 2022.

## Quotes

* Yes, I moved out at night because I was at work during the day. I searched for another house and within an hour, I had a new home .
** Florence Bore said, (The Business Daily, June 26, 2023)
* “You say you are bored; you have nothing to do; you cannot be interested in people just because they are people, but only try it! Do things without being interested, and perhaps the interest will grow.”
# Judith Collins

Judith Anne Collins (born 24 February 1959) is a New Zealand politician serving as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the New Zealand National Party since 2020. She is the second woman to lead the National Party, after Jenny Shipley. Collins has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Papakura since 2008 and was MP for Clevedon from 2002 to 2008.

## Quotes

* Is @jacindaardern willing to denounce this legislation of child sexual abuse?
** Citing a fake news article from Your News Wire about a French law on sexual violence. 5 August 2018 tweet, quoted in Did France Pass a Law Saying That ‘Children Can Consent to Sex with Adults’? by Dan MacGuill, 6 August 2018, Snopes
# Irwin Cotler

Irwin Cotler, PC, OC, OQ (born May 8, 1940) is a retired Canadian politician, Emeritus Professor of Law, and Founder and Chair of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights. He was the Member of Parliament for Mount Royal from 1999 to 2015. He served as the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada from 2003 until the Liberal government of Paul Martin lost power following the 2006 federal election. He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in a by-election in November 1999, winning 92% of votes cast. He is noted for his defence of Nelson Mandela.

## Quotes

* As somebody who understands the pervasive evil of apartheid, to say 'Israel is an apartheid state' is not only false and prejudicial to Israel, but it undermines the real struggle against apartheid and the integrity of that movement.
** As quoted in The Jewish Chronicle (27 November 2015), p. 34
# Kirsty Coventry

Kirsty Leigh Coventry Seward (born 16 September 1983) is the current Minister of Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation in the Cabinet of Zimbabwe as of September 2018. She is a Zimbabwean politician, former Olympic swimmer and world record holder, and the most decorated Olympian from Africa. She is a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and in early 2018, was elected the w:Chairperson of the IOC Athletes' Commission, the body that represents all Olympic athletes worldwide.

## Quotes

* "I take any opportunity I can to raise our country's flag really high and get some shining positive light on things over there."
** Website
* "People have to remain positive and believe in those dreams."
** https://quotesgram.com/kirsty-coventry-quotes/
* “Everyone at home is so supportive. People recognise me, say how proud they are of me. It's awesome to hear, it's amazing to know I can touch so many people in a positive way.”
* “in athletics, older runners tend to go for longer races, but it's the opposite in swimming because your body can't handle the endurance.”
* “is much harder to retain your position at the top than to get to the top.”
* “There are younger, stronger swimmers coming up and they are hungry. I can't influence what they do, I only know what I can do and I know how greedy I am to defend my title.”
* “I have always stayed out of politics, I don't believe it would be appropriate to talk about it.”
* “Everyone there including President Mugabe knows something needs to change because so many people are hurting.”

## Quotes about Kirsty Coventry

* The most successful African Olympian in history!
** The Chronicle 10 August 2021
# Fazia Dahleb

Fazia Dahleb (born 25 January 1967) is the Algerian Minister of Environment and Renewable Energy, appointed on 16 March 2023.

## Quotes

* African disaster adaptation management and response capacity mechanism is the best way to ensure our continent’s resilience in the face of various challenges, while seeking solutions that can reduce the impact of climate-induced risks.
** Welcome Address at the African forum on Environmental Protection and the fight against global warming
* Olympic committees need to leverage the mobilisation capacities and resources of sport to improve outcomes in the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
** Welcome Address at the African forum on Environmental Protection and the fight against global warming
# Mikael Damberg

Lars Mikael Damberg (born 13 October 1971) is a Swedish politician of the Social Democratic Party. He is the Minister of Finance since November 2021. He previously served as Minister for Enterprise from October 2014 to January 2019 and as Minister of the Interior from January 2019 to November 2021.

## Quotes

* Many of the big NATO countries are also interested in Sweden and Finland joining, because it's not only about our security, it's also about NATO security.
** Sweden to spend 2% of GDP on defense by 2028: finance minister (May 27, 2022 18:48 JST ‘Interview)

## External links

* On GPS: What's next for Finland, Sweden and NATO? video interview (May 29, 2022)
# Rkia Derham

Rkia Derham (born in 1978) is a Moroccan politician who served as Secretary of State for Foreign Trade between April 2017 and October 2019.

## Quotes

* We should draw lessons from the death of a citizen from a mobile phone charger in order to understand that protecting our lives is more important than saving money.
** Rkia Derham responding to a question during an interview
* New mechanisms must be put in place to ensure the monitoring of the implementation of these agreements and to evaluate their results on an ongoing basis, while continuing efforts and collaboration with the countries concerned to remove non-customs barriers and technical obstacles to the exports of Moroccan companies.
** Rkia Derham response to a question asked by the constitutional rally group on the free trade agreement
* The government has carried out several studies on free trade agreements, while concluding that these agreements, alone, are not sufficient to develop the national economy and that it is necessary to establish a comprehensive and coherent vision to promote foreign trade by adopting integrated sectoral policies in order to develop and diversify the supply of exports and improve the added value of Moroccan products.
** Rhia Derham response on free trade agreements
* Free trade agreements have helped improve the business climate in Morocco and have given new impetus to foreign investments, which have seen a qualitative evolution in recent years.
** Rkia Derham throws more light on free trade agreements
* This meeting is in particular an opportunity to assess the situation of female entrepreneurship in Morocco and the challenges to be met to strengthen the motivation and ambitions of women.
** Rkia Derham speaking about women