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# Georges Danton

Georges Jacques Danton (October 26 1759 – April 5 1794) was a French lawyer and a leading figure in the French Revolution. He became a deputy to the Paris Commune, presided in the Cordeliers district, and visited the Jacobin club. In August 1792 he became French Minister of Justice and was responsible for inciting the September Massacres. In Spring 1793 he supported the foundation of a Revolutionary Tribunal and became the first president of the Committee of Public Safety. After the Insurrection of 31 May - 2 June 1793 he changed his mind on the use of force and lost his seat in the committee; Danton and Robespierre became rivals. In early October, 1793, he left politics but was urged to return to Paris to plead, as a moderate, for an end to the Terror. Danton's continual criticism of the Committee of Public Safety provoked further counter-attacks and he was guillotined by the advocates of revolutionary terror after accusations of conspiracy, venality and leniency toward the enemies of the Revolution.

## Quotes

* Il est satisfaisant, pour les ministres du peuple libre, d'avoir à lui annoncer que la patrie va être sauvée.
** It is satisfying, for ministers of a free people, to be able to announce to them that the fatherland is going be saved.
** Speech, Assemblée legislative, Paris (1792-09-02), reported in Le Moniteur (1792-09-04)
* Après le pain, l'éducation est le premier besoin du peuple.
** After bread, education is the first need of the people.
** Speech, Assemblée législative, Paris (1793-08-13), reported in Le Moniteur (1793-08-15)
* De l'audace, encore de l'audace, toujours de l'audace et la Patrie sera sauvée!
** Audacity, then again audacity, always audacity and the Fatherland will be saved!
** Speech, Assemblée legislative, Paris (1792-09-02), reported in Le Moniteur (1792-09-04)

## External links

* Works by Georges Danton at Project Gutenberg
# Joseph Foullon de Doué

Joseph-François Foullon de Doué (25 June 1715 – 22 July 1789) was a French politician and a Controller-General of Finances under Louis XVI. A deeply unpopular figure, he has the ignominious distinction of being the first recorded person to have been lynched à la lanterne.

## Quotes

* Que le peuple était trop heureux de pouvoir brouter l’herbe.
** The people should be too happy if they had only grass to eat.
** Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History, vol. 1, bk. 3, ch. 9

## About

* A la lanterne!
** To the lamp-post with him!
** Lynch-law cry of the French Revolution, first heard at the summary execution of the detested minister Foulon (Bureau des Conseillers d’Etat) on 22 July 1789, at the Place de la Gréve. The street-lamps then hung from a stout horizontal stanchion in the wall, like a sign-board, thus suggesting a ready-made gibbet (rope and all) for stringing up an offender. "Pendu," the infuriated mob shouted, "Pendu sur-le-champ!" and hanged he was, and his head promenaded afterwards on a pike with a symbolical bunch of hay stuffed into the mouth. Next day (23 July) Barnave, defending the assassination in the National Assembly, asked "Le sang qui vient de se répandre était-il done si pur?" ("Was it quite innocent, then, the blood that has just been shed?")—a remark which was remembered against the speaker, and risposted to his face at his own guillotinement four years later (29 November 1793).
** N. J. Hugou, Mémoires Historiques de la Révolution, vol. 4 (Paris, 1790), pp. 24–40; Edouard Fournier, L'Esprit dans l'histoire, 5th ed. (1883), pp. 367–8; R. Alexandre, Musée de la Conversation, 3rd ed. (1897), pp. 466–7; S. B. N. Chamfort, Œuvres Choisies, in the Bibliotheque Nationale Series, vol. 3 (Paris, 1890), pp. 147–9; W. F. H. King, Classical and Foreign Quotations, 3rd ed. (1904), no. 72
* Does everybody here recall old Foulon, who told the famished people that they might eat grass, and who died, and went to Hell?
** Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities (1859), bk. 2, ch. 22
# Greg Hertz

Gregory J. Hertz (born December 30, 1957) is an American businessman and politician from Montana. Hertz is a Republican member of the Montana House of Representatives for District 12, which represents the Polson area.

## Quotes

* As Speaker of the House, it was my goal to uphold the integrity of the House. As a leader in my caucus it was my goal to foster unity not conformity. We can be united behind the primary ideals of our party without losing individuality. It has been an honor to be selected by my peers to fill this roll.
** Hertz says his goal as House speaker was to foster unity not conformity (2 May 2019)

## External links

* Official website
# Manuel Valls

Manuel Carlos Valls Galfetti (French: [ma.nɥɛl vals], Catalan: [mənuˈɛl ˈβaʎs], Spanish: [maˈnwel ˈβals]; born 13 August 1962) is a French and Spanish politician who was Prime Minister of France from 31 March 2014 to 6 December 2016. He was the Minister of the Interior from 2012 to 2014. He was a member of the Socialist Party until 2017. Since June 2019 he has been serving as a member of the Barcelona City Council.

## Quotes

* Nous avons changé d’époque, la France doit vivre avec le terrorisme, mais nous ne céderons pas à la menace terroriste, nous devons faire bloc, être solidaires. La France a été une nouvelle fois frappée dans sa chair
** We live in a different time, France must live with terrorism, but we will not give in to the terrorist threat, we must unite, be united. France was once again struck in the flesh
** Statement regarding Nice attacks, Russia Today, 15 July 2016. Also and
* Salafism, which has destroyed and perverted a part of the Muslim world, is a threat for Muslims, and also a danger for France.
* There is no definition of cults in law. on the other hand, these organizations know perfectly evade justice by hiding their true nature, since you are aware that freedom of conscience in France is a fundamental freedom enshrined in all our principles and our texts.
* I say also: watch (…) to any signs that would suggest that there a disempowerment. That those who plunge into Salafism are somehow victims of a great handling as regards sects. No, there is also that part of personal will that you should never rule out.
** Valls: French Muslims to conduct “all over” the fight against Salafism, Archyxx. (July 20, 2016)
# Olivier Véran

Olivier Véran (born 22 April 1980) is a French neurologist and politician who has been serving as Minister of Solidarity and Health in the governments of successive Prime Ministers Édouard Philippe and Jean Castex since 2020. A member of La République En Marche! (REM), he previously was the member of the National Assembly for the first constituency of the Isère department from 2017 until 2020.

## Quotes

* We will not paralyse the economic and social life of the country. When the epidemic is here, it is above all a question of organising the emergency and care systems, and ensuring the continuity of state services, without preventing citizens from living.
** About the COVID-19 pandemic in France, as quoted in 'We won't paralyse the country': What are France's plans to deal with coronavirus?, 6 March 2020, The Local

## External links

* Authority control: WorldCat search
# Pekka Haavisto

Pekka Haavisto (born 23 March 1958 in Helsinki) is a Finnish politician representing the Green League. He is Member of Parliament (2007-) and was a candidate in Finnish presidential election, 2012.
According to Ulkopolitiika Magazine (“Foreign Policy”) Haavisto was the 5th most influential Finnish Politicians in the Foreign Policy in 2009. Haavisto has done international assignment for 12 years.

## Quotes

* In the new environment and markets it is not enough to only promote the export of Finland. We need the political view where the countries are developing and political abilities to contribute the direction of development, e.g. in the human rights and security issues.

## References

* ↑ Suomalaiset vaikuttajat maailmalla Ulkopolitiikka 2/2009
* ↑ Pekka Haavisto: Moninapaista arvokeskustelua Ulkopolitiikka 4/2011” ”Uusissa toimintaympäristöissä ja uusilla markkinoilla ei riitä, että edistetään Suomen vientiä. Pitää olla myös poliittinen näkemys siitä, mihin maat ja alueet ovat kehittymässä, sekä poliittisia valmiuksia vaikuttaa kehityksen suuntaan, esimerkiksi ihmisoikeus- ja turvallisuuskysymyksiin.”

## External links

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

Toshio Shiratori (June 8, 1887 – June 3, 1949) was the Japanese ambassador to Italy from 1938 to 1940 and advisor to the Japanese foreign minister in 1940. He was an advocate of military expansionism, counseling an alliance between Nazi Germany, Italy and Japan to facilitate world domination. The International Military Tribunal for the Far East found him guilty of war crimes. He was sentenced to life imprisonment and he died in prison. He was one of the fourteen Class-A war criminals enshrined at Yasukuni Shrine in 1978.

## Sourced

* The west has always shown a sympathetic, although patronizing, appreciation of the old Japan. Many a foreign observer would remark with a sigh: 'What a pity that things of the past, of beauty and joy forever, should be so mercilessly sacrificed on the altar of modernism!'
** Quoted in "Behind the Face of Japan"- Page 265 - by Upton Close, Josef Washington Hall - 1942.
* We are not imitating Hitler and Mussolini. They are imitating us. They have just discovered what we knew for centuries: that a corporate, collectivist system pays.
** Quoted in "The American Mercury" - Page 157 - edited by Henry Louis Mencken - 1942.
* The most serious menace to Japan comes from the Soviet Union. Numerous European countries will eventually embrace Communism. So will China and India if we just watch them with folded arms.
** Letter to Hachiro Arita, November 1935. Quoted in "Beacon Across Asia: Biography of Subhas Chandra Bose" - Page 122 - by Subhas Chandra Bose, Sisir Kumar Bose, Narayan Gopal Jog - 1998.
* The greatest reason for Japan's participation in the Triple Alliance lies in the fact that the three signatory powers, at this time of great change in the world situation, have the same position, the same interest, and entertain the same political views. China is not Japan's real enemy in the present incident. In reality Japan is fighting Britain and America. The first thing we are now required to do is to carry out our southward advance.
** Quoted in "World order in historical perspective" - Page 308 - by Hans Kohn - 1942.
* The war has now moved from China to South Eastern Asia, and is about to enter the stage of the war for all Asia.
** Quoted in "Why We Lost Singapore" - Page 61 - by Dorothy Crisp - 1944.
* ...the three Powers, discarding the ideologies of individualism and democracy, have adopted the principle of dealing with human society from the totalitarian point of view.
** Quoted in "Honorable Enemy" - Page 258 - by Ernest O. Hauser - 1941.
* Japan's true aim was to drive the white man out of Asia.
** Quoted in "Race War" - Page 82 - by Gerald Horne.
# Kōki Hirota

Kōki Hirota (February 14, 1878 – December 23, 1948) was a Japanese diplomat and politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1936 to 1937. In terms of foreign policy, the Anti-Comintern Pact with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy was signed during his premiership. This treaty was the predecessor to the Tripartite Pact of 1940. He was executed for war crimes committed during the Second Sino-Japanese War at the Tokyo Trials.

## Quotes

* If you want to maintain the superiority of your state at the present time, you must quickly enter into a coalition with Germany and Italy and thus restrain Europe and create a firm foundation for imperial policy in the Far East.
** Quoted in "Japan at the Crossroads" - Page 64 - by Walter Smith - 1936.
* As you can see, I'm in good health. I have no message; just tell them, please, that I went to my death quietly and in good health.
** Quoted in "War Criminal: The Life and Death of Hirota Koki" - Page 296 - by Saburō Shiroyama - 1977.
* I am having a very difficult time. Things happen unexpectedly.
** Quoted in "The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire" - Page 49 - by John Toland - History - 2003.
* Japan cannot remain indifferent to anyone's taking action, under any pretext, which is prejudicial to the maintenance of law and order in st Asia for which she, if only in view of her geographic position, has the most vital concern.
** Quoted in "Modern Japan: A Brief History" - Page 135 - by Arthur E. Tiedemann - 1962.
* Other powers will continue to enjoy an equal right to trade in and develop the natural resources of the occupied territory, for the economic development of which the investment of foreign capital is very desirable.
** Quoted in "British Relations with China" - Page 138 - by Irving Sigmund Friedman - History - 1940.
* We have successfully built up our national strength and prestige, accepting and adding to our civilization the art and science of the West. Now, I believe, the time has come for us to carry our art and culture to other countries.
** To the Japanese Parliament on January 21, 1936. Quoted in "The Virginia quarterly review: A National Journal of Literature and Discussion" - Page 164 - by University of Virginia - 1936.
* I investigated reported Japanese atrocities committed by the Japanese Army in Nanking and elsewhere. Verbal accounts of reliable eyewitnesses and letters from individuals whose credibility is beyond question afford convincing proof that the Japanese Army behaved and is continuing to behave in a fashion reminiscent of Attila and his Huns. Not less than 300,000 Chinese civilians were slaughtered, many in cold blood.
** Quoted in "Nanking 1937: Memory and Healing" - Page 56 - by Robert Sabella, Fei Fei Li, David Liu - History - 2002.
# Yoshirō Mori

Yoshirō Mori (born 14 July 1937) is a Japanese politician who served as the 85th and 86th Prime Minister of Japan between 5 April 2000 and 26 April 2001. He is currently President of the Japan Rugby Football Union as well as the Japan-Korea Parliamentarians' Union. In 2014, he was appointed to head the organizing committee for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

## Quotes

* When I was greeting farmers from my car, they all went into their homes. I felt like I had AIDS.
** As quoted in "Profile: Yoshiro Mori" (20 November 2000), BBC News, United Kingdom: British Broadcasting Corporation.
* A nation of deities with the Emperor at its center.
** As quoted in "Japanese PM sparks holy row" (16 May 2000), BBC News, United Kingdom: British Broadcasting Corporation.
* Ensure Japan's security and defend the kokutai.
** As quoted in "Mori's Remarks Again Draw Criticism" (5 June 2000), Associated Press.
* Why does everybody not sing a national anthem all together? The player who cannot sing a national anthem is not a Japanese representative.
** As quoted in 森氏「どうして国歌歌わない」五輪壮行会で苦言 (in Japanese) (3 July 2016),Kyodo news.

## see also

* Shinzō Abe
# Wim Kok

Wim Kok (September 29, 1938 – October 20, 2018) was a Dutch politician who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1994 to 2002. He belonged to the Labour Party (PvdA).

## Quotes

* Nederland is een verdraagzaam land met respect voor elkaars mening. Die mag je bestrijden met woorden, niet met kogels.
** Translation: The Netherlands is a sociable land where people respect each other. We fight each other with words, not with bullets.
** RTV Rijnmond De moord op Pim Fortuyn, Biografie Pim Fortuyn auf Google Sites
# Dries van Agt

Andreas Antonius Maria "Dries" van Agt (2 February 1931 – 5 February 2024) was a jurist and Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA). He served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 19 December 1977 until 4 November 1982.

## Quotes

* I am only an Aryan.
** In 1972, while serving as justice minister.
* There’s a war criminal coming to this country. ... The occupation and expansion … building of settlements, of occupied territory, this is according to the Rome Statute, which is… the setup… the statute on which the international criminal court is based, in so many words, a war crime. ... So why should we receive someone who continues with such things, we could have sent him right away to the international criminal court, that would have been better
** About Benjamin Netanyahu during a television interview. (September 6, 2016)

## External links
### Official

* Mr. A.A.M. (Dries) van Agt Parlement & Politiek
* Kabinet-Van Agt I Rijksoverheid
* Kabinet-Van Agt II Rijksoverheid
* Kabinet-Van Agt III Rijksoverheid
# Piet de Jong

Petrus Josef Sietse "Piet" de Jong (April 3, 1915 – July 27, 2016) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Catholic People's Party (KVP) now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA). He served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from April 5, 1967 until July 6, 1971.

## Quotes

* 'Majesty, there you see a how a person comes down in the world.'
** When he was sworn in as State Secretary, he told Queen Juliana, for whom he had served as aide-de-camp.
*** P.J.S. (Piet) de Jong (Parlement & Politiek)
* 'As far as I know, pornography is the only working medicine against seasickness.'
** In response to a delicate question of a radio reporter, when asked what his thoughts on pornography were.
*** P.J.S. (Piet) de Jong (Parlement & Politiek)
* 'Well, the Belgians aren't a seafaring people, are they?'
** In a reaction when a Belgian minister spoke negatively about the libertarian ideas of the Dutch on pornography, following the above quotation.
*** P.J.S. (Piet) de Jong (Parlement & Politiek)
* 'Yes I am a lucky guy'
** When a tv interviewer told him he was pretty lucky for surviving World War II in a submarine.
*** Piet de Jong (KRO)

## External links

* P.J.S. (Piet) de Jong (Parlement & Politiek)
# Marina Silva

Marina Silva (born February 8, 1958, in Acre) is a Brazilian environmentalist and politician.

## About Marina Silva

* I hope the next minister is not as radical as Marina. She was an obstacle to economic development in Brazil.
** Rui Prado, head of the agriculture federation of Mato Grosso, on Silva's resignation; quoted in " Brazil's Amazon minister resigns," BBC News (2008-05-14)
* The acute threat of the climate crisis, which has brought record heat to many South American countries, meant the summit had to be more than a show of unity; it needed to produce concrete and continuous results to ensure the Amazon did not reach a point where it starts to dry up and die off, which scientists have warned is drawing closer.
** Amazon deforestation falls over 60% compared with last July, says Brazilian minister The Guardian (2 August 2013)
* The main reason is the decision of Lula to aim for zero deforestation. Since then, we have created new conservation units and indigenous territories that have produced some results … Now we need to move towards a new model of prosperity that is less predatory, less damaging to local people and the forest.
** Amazon deforestation falls over 60% compared with last July, says Brazilian minister The Guardian (2 August 2013)
* It’s different now. The problem is more serious and more complex, but we have more experience and we know how to do it,”
** Amazon deforestation falls over 60% compared with last July, says Brazilian minister The Guardian (2 August 2013)
* Recognises the role of tropical forest conservention for biodiversity, carbon sequestion and cooling, as well as its importance for social and economic development"
** COP28: Brazil launches $250bn global fund to safeguard forests across 80 nations Feed Navigator (5 December 2023)
# Domingo Cavallo

Domingo Felipe "Mingo" Cavallo (born July 21, 1946) is an Argentine economist and politician.

## Quotes about Cavallo

* In the early years of the twentieth century, Argentina was one of the richest countries in the world. Then came many years of failed policies, and Argentina retreated to the status of a middle-income country. […] Things changed in 1991 when Domingo Cavallo (an economics Ph.D. from Harvard) took over as economy minister. Argentina implemented an array of promarket economic reforms, including a currency-board type of monetary system.
** Robert Barro, Nothing Is Sacred (2002), Ch. 1 : Thoughts on Friends and Other Noteworthy Persons
# Malcolm Turnbull

Malcolm Bligh Turnbull (born 24 October 1954) is an Australian former politician and businessman who served as the 29th prime minister of Australia from 2015 to 2018. He held office as leader of the Liberal Party of Australia.

## Quotes

* Well the laws of Australia prevail in Australia, I can assure you of that. The laws of mathematics are very commendable, but the only law that applies in Australia is the law of Australia."
** Prime Minister claims laws of mathematics 'do not apply' in Australia: Malcolm Turnbull makes 'Orwellian' comments when challenged on problem of encryption (July, 2017)

## Quotes about Turnbull

* Right after the inauguration, President Trump made introductory phone calls to foreign heads of state. His conversation with Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull, a close US ally, was a sign of what was to come. The prime minister pressed the president on whether he would follow through on a deal on refugees previously negotiated between the two countries. "This deal would make me look terrible," he reportedly told Turnbull. "I think it is a horrible deal, a disgusting deal that I would have never made." Despite the prime minister's attempts to reason with him, Trump shut down the conversation. "I have had it. I have been making these calls all day, and this is the most unpleasant call all day." Then he hung up.
** Anonymous, A Warning (2019), p. 174
# Nadia Labidi

Nadia Labidi (née Cherabi, Arabic: نادية لعبيدي) was born on July 18, 1954, in Aïn Madhi. She studied sociology at the University of Algiers and earned a Ph.D. in Cinematography from the Sorbonne in 1987. Labidi is an Algerian film producer, director, and politician. She served as Minister of Culture from May 5, 2014, to May 2015. Her filmmaking is primarily "French-based and French-funded." Her first documentary, "Fatima Amaria", was released in 1993, and her debut feature film, "The Other Side of the Mirror", came out in 2007.

## Quotes

* Due to the situation in parts of the Near and Middle East, some states "will not be present," while others will participate through delegations. However, several non-Arab countries, including Spain, Portugal, India, China, and France, have expressed a strong desire to be represented.
** Nadia Labidi's comments on non-Arab contributions
* There have been no major delays in completing the infrastructure for this event, "except for the Great Library," where work has slowed due to the discovery of historical artifacts on-site that are currently being identified.
** Nadia Labidi Talk about the festival
* Starting from Constantine, a tour will travel through various cities across the country, organizing meetings between different wilayas to promote twinning and foster relationships across diverse sectors.
* There will also be an effervescence of shows intended to show the country's rich heritage, along with spectacular light shows, Andalusian music festivals, parades, and a grand historical tableau brought to life by 400 young dancers.
* The theme was selected by the Arab Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ALESCO).
** Nadia Labidi was asked, "Why wasn’t this event titled "Constantine: Capital of Arab and Amazigh Culture"?
* I do not, in any way, exclude the Amazigh and Muslim heritage and expression of Algeria," emphasizing the goal "to showcase the diverse facets of our culture."
** Nadia Labidi's remarks on Amazigh and Muslim heritage.
* The objective is to carry out retrospective evaluations to ascertain how the money was spent.
** Nadia Labidi shares her thoughts mega festival
* This has been a remarkable occasion. The orchestra performed some of the greatest symphonies in classical music, and it was a delightful surprise to hear an Algerian composition. I am very pleased with the performance. Events like this foster collaboration between French and Algerian musicians.
** Nadia Labidi expresses her joy about the festival

## External Links

* Nadia Labidi as Minister of Culture
* Nadia Labidi as Minister of Culture from 5 May 2014 to May 2015