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# Isatou Njie-Saidy

Isatou Njie-Saidy (also spelt Aisatu N'Jie-Saidy; born 5 March 1952) is a Gambian politician. She was Vice President of the Gambia, as well as Secretary of State for Women's Affairs, from 20 March 1997 to 18 January 2017. She is the first Gambian woman to have held the position of Vice President and one of the first women in West African politics to reach this senior position.

## Quotes

* Although there have been occasional doubts about the United Nations' continued relevance, its reputation as the most effective platform for addressing global issues has never been contested.
* They give me an update on the situation, but I can't recall the decisions made because it's been so long. Due to the emergency, we do not keep minutes. An army could be sent out by Babucarr Jatta without my knowing.
# Jacques Attali

Jacques Attali (born 1 November 1943) is a Jewish economist and scholar. He was an advisor to French President François Mitterand.

## Quotes

* What is called music today is all too often only a disguise for the monologue of power. However, and this is the supreme irony of it all, never before have musicians tried so hard to communicate with their audience, and never before has that communication been so deceiving. Music now seems hardly more than a somewhat clumsy excuse for the self-glorification of musicians and the growth of a new industrial sector.
** Quoted in Classic Essays on Twentieth-Century Music, ed. Richard Kostelanetz and Joseph Darby (Wadsworth, 1996, ISBN 0-028-64581-2)

## Quotes about Jacques Attali

* The depopulation plan behind Covid goes back at least to the 1970’s when Jacques Attali, still today a key adviser to the French government, said in a public interview, “Useless eaters are good for the slaughter-house.” Hence the dangerous and deadly “vaccinations.”
** Bishop Williamson, as quoted in Downfall of Europe
# Tupeni Baba

Tupeni Baba (14 June 1942 – 14 July 2024) was a Fijian academic and a former Deputy Prime Minister of his country.

## Quotes

* It's really a therapeutic experience for me to begin to write about the coup because I was involved in the 1987 coup and in particular the 2000 coup. For someone who was involved in all the coups it has been difficult for me to open up and write. The fact that I am able to write marks a turning point for me.
** Interview, 19 May 2005, about his book, Speight of Violence (coauthored with two others).
# Timoci Bavadra

Timoci Uluivuda Bavadra (September 22, 1934 – November 3, 1989) was Prime Minister of Fiji from 14 April to 19 May 1987, when he was formally dismissed following his overthrow on the 13th by Lt. Colonel Sitiveni Rabuka.

## Radio broadcast, 24 April 1987 (excerpts)

* "Let me assure you all that Government is fully, committed to ensuring your peace and security. We are firmly committed to ensuring the rule of law prevails in our beloved country. As I have said before our Constitution provides for freedom of expression and assembly but these freedoms must be exercised within the law and with due regard for the rights and freedom of others."
* "Like you, our love of the land is deep. Like you, our pride in the sacred traditions of our culture is immense. Like you, our desire for the economic advancement of our people is solid and enduring. And like you, we are committed to a better future for our children."
* "We are united in our commitment to strive for the advancement of our people - especially the women, the poor, the weak, the powerless, the youth, and the unemployed."
* "As leader of our nation, it is my sacred responsibility to defend democracy and the nation's interests. Let me assure you all that in my responsibility, I will not fail. My commitment, and that of my government, to the welfare, safety and security of the people is unshakable. Our nation has great potential, and already we have begun to realize our dream of a better and fairer Fiji. Let us not deny ourselves this golden opportunity of moving towards a better and brighter tomorrow."
# Earl Blumenauer

Earl Blumenauer (born August 16, 1948) is an American lawyer, author, and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Oregon's 3rd congressional district since 1996. The district includes most of Portland east of the Willamette River. A member of the Democratic Party, Blumenauer previously spent over 20 years as a public official in Portland, including serving on the Portland City Council from 1987 to 1996.

## Quotes

* One of the most important things the United States did in the aftermath of World War II was to help returning veterans with housing. In 1945, in my home state of Oregon, we established the Veterans Home Loan Program, which for over 60 years has provided more than 300,000 loans. This has changed the lives of Oregon veterans and revitalized communities.
** Earl Blumenauer (December 18, 2007), "House Restores Oregon Veterans Provisions Cut by Senate". Press Release. Congressman Earl Blumenauer's Website, Representing the 3rd Congressional District of Oregon. United States House of Representatives.
# Pierre Vergniaud

Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud (May 31, 1753 – October 31, 1793) was a leader in the French Revolution and one of its most celebrated orators.

## Quotes

* Citoyens, il est à craindre que la révolution, comme Saturne, ne dévore successivement tous ses enfants et n’engendre enfin le despotisme avec les calamités qui l’accompagnent.
** Citizens, we have reason to fear that the Revolution, like Saturn, will successively devour all its children, and finally produce despotism, with the calamities that accompany it.
** Quoted by F.A.M. Mignet, Histoire de la révolution française (1824), ch. 7 [original French and English translation]
# Stamford Raffles

Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, FRS (6 July 1781 – 5 July 1826) was a British statesman, Lieutenant-Governor of British Java (1811–1815) and Governor-General of Bencoolen (1817–1822), best known for his founding of Singapore. He was also heavily involved in the conquest of the Indonesian island of Java from Dutch and French military forces during the Napoleonic Wars and contributed to the expansion of the British Empire. He was also an amateur writer and wrote a book titled The History of Java (1817).

## Quotes

* The Dutch Company, actuated solely by the spirit of gain, and viewing their [Javan] subjects, with less regard or consideration than a West India planter formerly viewed a gang upon his estate, because the latter had paid the purchase money of human property, which the other had not, employed all the existing machinery of despotism to squeeze from the people their utmost mite of contribution, the last dregs of their labor, and thus aggravated the evils of a capricious and semi-barbarous Government, by working it with all the practised ingenuity of politicians, and all the monopolizing selfishness of traders.
** T.S. Raffles, The History of Java (London 1871), book 1, pg. 168. Here as quoted in the New-York Daily Tribune, June 25, 1853 by Karl Marx .
# Aleksandar Stamboliyski

Aleksandar Stamboliyski (March 1, 1879 – June 14, 1923) was the prime minister of Bulgaria from 1919 until 1923. He was a member of the Agrarian Union, an agrarian peasant movement which was not allied to the monarchy, and edited their newspaper. Opposed to the country's participation in World War I and its support for the Central Powers, he was court-martialed and sentenced to life in prison in 1915. He was a supporter of the idea of a Balkan federation and identified not as a Bulgarian, but as a South Slav.

## Quotes

* I am neither a Serb nor a Bulgarian, I am a South Slav.
** Stavrianos, L. (1942) "The Balkan Federation Movement: A Neglected Aspect" in American Historical Review. Vol. 48.
# Josaia Waqabaca

Josaia Waqabaca is a former political activist in Fiji, who was imprisoned in 2001 for offences related to the Fiji coup of 2000. He has since professed a change of heart.

## Quotes
### Interview, 11 January 2006

Source, Fiji Sun, 11 January 2006.
* Commander Bainimarama is clean and fighting for the truth. The stand he is taking is going to save the Fijian race.
** On the opposition of Bainimarama, the Military commander, to many of the policies pursued by the present government.
* Today, in the streets ordinary Fijians are talking about the truth and cleanliness, which is hard to find in this government. This is because all these years ordinary Fijians like me have been used by elite Fijians and foreigners who provide money to carry out their illegal activities.
* The brains behind the 2000 political crisis should be brought to justice but they are protected by networks existing within the Government.
* My fear is that if it is not resolved then it will be Fijians shooting Fijians.
# Yuan Shao

Yuan Shao (Traditional Chinese: 袁紹) (died June 28, 202) was a Chinese military leader and dictator.

## Quotes

* 天下健者，豈唯董公？
** Translation: "Lord Dong is not the only man of power in the empire."
** Response in 189 to threats by Dong Zhuo. After this, Yuan Shao left the capital and began organising a coalition against Dong. This confrontation marked the end of the uneasy peace between the two. Source: "Xiandi Chunqiu" (獻帝春秋), page 190 of Sanguo Zhi (三國志).
* 大丈夫當陳前死，而入牆閒，豈可得活乎？
** Translation: "A real man should die in front of the ranks, not hide behind a wall!"
** Statement in 191 at Battle of Jieqiao. Yuan Shao and his halberdsmen, surrounded by enemy cavalry, refuses to take refuge. He is said to have thrown off his helmet as he said this. Source: "Yingxiong Ji" (英雄記), page 193-194 of Sanguo Zhi.
# Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (born April 5, 1947) is a Filipino politician who served as the 14th President of the Philippines from 2001 until 2010, as the 12th Vice President of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001, and as member of the House of Representatives represented the 2nd District of Pampanga in the Philippines from 2010 to 2019. She was the country's second female president (after Corazon Aquino), and the daughter of former President Diosdado Macapagal.

## Quotes

* Inspired by the great plebeian, my father, President Diosdado Macapagal, promulgated the Land Reform Law to emancipate the peasant from a feudal bondage to the soil.
** 2001 State of The Nation Address, Philippines
* In 1986 Filipinos peacefully reclaimed their civil liberties in the people power revolution. Under the leadership of Corazon Aquino, we reaffirmed our commitment to freedom and democracy on a mere stretch of highway — with hardly a drop of blood shed or a shot fired in anger.
** 2001 State of The Nation Address, Philippines
* Less Than Two Months After The State Of The Nation Address, On 9/11/2001, The World Changed. To the Basic Desires of Work, Food on Every Table, Home, and Education, We Add Peace.
** 2003 State of The Nation Address, Philippines
* I am sorry.
** Response to the allegations that she cheated in the 2004 presidential elections, as implied from the "Hello Garci" tape.
* We have been fighting the longest running communist insurgency in history. We have been coming to grips with fundamentalist terrorism long before 9/11.
** 2004 State of The Nation Address, Philippines
* The people want government that works for them at every level. They want good government that begins at their doorstep in the barangay, and does not end before the closed door of a bureaucrat in Metro Manila.
** 2005 State of the Nation Address (July 25, 2005)
* On top of peace and investment, progress also demands good governance. I congratulate Donkoy Emano for the drop in reports of corruption for public contracts in Cagayan de Oro from 65% of firms last year to 38 this year. Also Rudy Duterte and the other leaders of Metro Davao led by Majority Leader Boy Nograles for a similar drop, 57% last year to 49 now. Things are coming together for Mindanao, a prelude to their readiness for eventual federalism.
** 2006 State of The Nation Address, Philippines
* A president can be as strong as she wants to be.
** 2007 State of The Nation Address, Philippines
* From Bonifacio at Balintawak to Cory Aquino at EDSA and up to today, we have struggled to bring power to the people, and this country to the eminence it deserves.
** 2009 State of The Nation Address, Philippines

## External links

* Office of the President of the Philippines
* Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo official website
* gloria-arroyo.com fansite
# Paddy Ashdown

Jeremy John Durham Ashdown, Baron Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon, GCMG, CH, KBE, PC (born 27 February 1941 –22 December 2018), commonly known as Paddy Ashdown, was a British politician and former Royal Marine. He is a former Leader of the UK Liberal Democrat party and former High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2002 to 2006.

## Quotes

* There can be no place in a 21st-century parliament for people with 15th-century titles upholding 19th-century prejudices.
** Quoted in the Independent (25 November 1998)
* Bosnia is under my skin. It's the place you cannot leave behind. I was obsessed by the nightmare of it all; there was this sense of guilt, and an anger that has become something much deeper over these last years.
** As quoted in "Farewell, Sarajevo" (1 November 2005), The Guardian
* I don't think Bosnia is ready for reconciliation, but I do think it is ready for truth.
** As quoted in "Farewell, Sarajevo" (1 November 2005), The Guardian
* My second job has been to try to use my power to create institutions of a modern state that could enter the European Union, and there was very little time. The door was closing, and I wanted to get Bosnia through before it shut.
** As quoted in "Farewell, Sarajevo" (1 November 2005), The Guardian
* History teaches us these lessons for the interveners: leave your prejudices at home, keep your ambitions low, have enough resources to do the job, do not lose the golden hour, make security your first priority, involve the neighbours.
** Radio series for the BBC (2007)

## Quotes about

* I agree with Paddy Ashdown when he said everybody in Britain should have the chance to be a somebody. But only one family can provide the head of state. We Liberal Democrats believe in opportunity for all. We believe in fairness, common sense. We believe in referenda on major constitutional issues. We do not believe that people should be born to rule, or that they should put up and shut up about decisions that affect their everyday lives.
** Liz Truss, "Liz Truss speech at 1994 Liberal Democrat conference". 20 September 1994. Retrieved on 21 July 2022.
# Simeón Oyono Esono Angüe

Simeón Oyono Esono Angüe (born 18 February 1967) is an Equatoguinean politician who currently serves as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation since 2018.

## Quotes

* Equatorial Guinea will not accept interference in the internal affairs of the country, which violates the principle of international law.
** Simeón Oyono Esono Angüe (2021) cited in: "Equatorial Guinea to close London embassy over sanctions on president's son" in DW, 26 July 2021.
# Hulusi Akar

Hulusi Akar (born 12 March 1952) is the current Turkish Minister of Defense and a former four-star Turkish Armed Forces general who served as the 29th Chief of the Turkish General Staff. Akar also served as a brigade commander in various NATO engagements including the International Security Assistance Force against the Taliban insurgency, Operation Deliberate Force during the Bosnian War, the Kosovo Force during the Kosovo War, as well as overseeing much of the Turkish involvement in the Syrian Civil War.

## Quotes

* There are conflicts and troubles in many parts of the world, but the places where people have come together for talks and to find political solutions are now much safer and more prosperous,
** 'Armenia should take hand of peace extended by Azerbaijan, Turkey'(November 09, 2021)
* Turkey's goal is to contribute to the formation of a Libya that has ensured its territorial integrity and political unity, and lives in peace, tranquility and stability,
** Turkish, Libyan defense chiefs talk Libya developments (November 14, 2020)
* Turkey's hydrocarbon-related activities in east Mediterranean are completely based on her legitimate rights and international law. Energy projects in the east Mediterranean that exclude Turkey from the energy equation are doomed to fail. We strongly believe peace and stability in the region can be achieved through dialogue,
** EastMed energy projects will fail without Turkey: Akar (July 28, 2020)
# Aziz Akhannouch

Aziz Akhannouch (Arabic: عزيز أخنوش; born December 31st, 1961) is a Moroccan politician and businesspeople, serving since 7 October 2021 as the Prime Minister of Morocco.

## Quotes

* I am sincerely grateful for the warm reception accorded to the Moroccan delegation, and I congratulate the United Arab Emirates for their wonderful organization of this World Expo. Our presence at Expo 2020 Dubai allows us to introduce our ancient heritage, plus our tourism, cultural and scientific achievements to the world. Morocco's participation in Expo 2020 Dubai showcases the Kingdom's commitment to actively contribute to an enriching dialogue at both regional and international levels for a safer and more stable future for all, while our pavilion is a platform to announce our new identity, 'Morocco Now', highlighting Morocco's investment and industrial opportunities, particularly for foreign investment.
** Aziz Akhannouch (2021) cited in: "Morocco marks National Day at Expo 2020 Dubai" in Gulf Today, 28 December 2021.
# Mohammad-Taqi Akbar-Nejad

Mohammad-Taqi Akbar-Nejad (Persian: محمدتقی اکبرنژاد, born 31 December 1979) is an Iranian Shia cleric and reformist. He was a professor at Oom Seminary, but was arrested by the Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on 17 February 2024 for criticizing the Islamic Republic of Iran regime and insulting the Supreme Leader of Iran and was taken to an unknown location.

## Quotes

* Both the Islamic Revolution and the Islamic Republic are dead.
** Unmasking the Decline of Iran's Islamic Republic.
* Khamenei is not our leader but the leader of the Yemenis and the Palestinians... He has not said that our people are a red line; our people must not confront such a crisis and the prices should not rise... I am not a priority for Khamenei. His priority is Yemen and Palestine.
** IRGC Media Urges Measures that Encourage Iranians to Participate in 2024 Elections.
* Oh, isn't there anything for the benefit of our nation in Quran the Great, in the Nahj al-Balaghah, in the movement of Imam Hussein, in the peace of Imam Hassan, in the 250-year history of the Ahl al-Bayt? And anything that has no benefit for the people, even Islam, I am a disbeliever in it!
** یوتیوب - اکبرنژاد: من کافرم به دینی که به نفع ملتش نباشد!
* You (Iranian authorities) are not garrison (commanders), (but) you are responsible for the livelihood of a country of 80 million people.
* Iranian Revolution is the symbol of the denial of freedom and republic.
* Gaza has become the priority of the state... the government does not want to solve the domestic problems... with this order, the downfall of the regime will be certain... Iranian's priority is not shawls and scarves but corruption and poverty.
** اکبرنژاد: غزه به اولویت اول کشور تبدیل شده است/ حاکمیت نمی‌خواهد مشکلات را حل کند/ با این دست فرمان، سقوط نظام قطعی خواهد بود.
# Abdulla Aripov

Abdulla Aripov (born 24 May 1961) is an Uzbek politician who currently serves as the 4th Prime Minister of Uzbekistan since 14 December 2016. He previously served as the Deputy Prime Minister in 2002–2012 and 2016.

## Quotes

* Thanks to the regular and trusting contacts between Shavkat Miromonovich and you, the positive dynamics of the multifaceted Kazakh-Uzbek cooperation are being successfully formed. You both have set the task of bringing the volume of mutual trade to $10 billion in the coming years. The governments of our countries are firmly committed to achieving these milestones.
** Abdulla Aripov (2021) cited in: "Uzbek Prime Minister Visits Kazakhstan" in The Astana Times, 3 June 2021.
# Bertrand Barère de Vieuzac

Bertrand Barère de Vieuzac (September 10, 1755 – January 13, 1841) was a French politician and journalist, one of the most notorious members of the National Convention during the French Revolution.

## Quotes

Barère published in 1843 his memoirs posthumously (edited by Hippolyte Carnot), reviewed in the Edinburgh Review by Thomas Babington Macaulay (April, 1844.) Macaulay condemned Barère thoroughly as a political renegade and chronic liar, lying in his memoir even about speeches published in the official record. In particular, Macaulay accused him of inventing the quotation
* L'arbre de la liberté ne croit qu'arrosé par le sang des tyrans.
** [Translated]: The tree of liberty only grows when watered by the blood of tyrants.
** Speech in the Convention Nationale, 1792.
Macaulay's English version was: "The tree of Liberty, as an ancient author remarks, flourishes when it is watered with the blood of all classes of tyrants," viz. Barère ascribed the sentiment to a classical author. But there is no such quotation in classical literature, writes Macaulay, himself widely read in Latin and Greek, but perhaps not in Americana. The sentiment has been ascribed to Thomas Jefferson earlier than the French Revolution (in a letter of 13 November 1787) so might have been coined by him. By 1919 it appeared in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.
* II n'ya que les morts qui ne reviennent pas.
** [Translated]: It is only the dead who do not return.
** Speech, 1794, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
# Eli Bebout

Eli Daniel Bebout (born October 14, 1946) is a Wyoming politician and a member of the Wyoming State Senate. He represents District 26 from Riverton, in Fremont County in the central portion of the state. A Republican, Bebout is a former member of the Wyoming House of Representatives, Speaker of the House, and his party's nominee for governor in the 2002 general election.

## Quotes

* A tax increase is still a tax increase, no matter what you call it.
** As quoted in Casper Star-Tribune (March 27, 1994)
* My opponent is maybe facing a short, negative political career, and he can't build himself up, so he's hoping to tear me down.
** As quoted in Casper Star-Tribune (August 16, 2002)
*** Attacking Bill Sniffin who was one of his gubernatorial primary opponents
# Sandy Berger

Samuel Richard "Sandy" Berger (October 28, 1945 – December 2, 2015) served as the 19th United States National Security Advisor under President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001.

## Quotes

* Berger's Rules for White House Work Sandy Berger, President Clinton’s new national security adviser, was about to address his staff last month, so he grabbed an envelope and scribbled down "Berger's Rules" for serving in the White House. This week he shared them with a reporter.
* Never forget where you work – the White House – and for whom – the President. If you lose your sense of awe about that, it’s time to think about moving on.
* Don’t let it fester. Get it off your chest, and then move on.
* Think big and write short
* Wear your beeper.
* Take responsibility. Give credit.
* Be honest – with yourself, with your colleagues and with me – although you don’t have to be brutal about it.
* Set your goals high and then go home at night and think about three things you’ve accomplished, not the seven you didn’t.
* If you don't want to read about it in the Washington Post, don't do it because you probably will.
* This can be a tough place to work; watch out for one another.
* Be proud of what you’re doing for our country.
   * Washington Post July 1998
* He [Saddam Hussein] will use those weapons of mass destruction again, as he has ten times since 1983.
** (18 February 1998); Quoted on U S News, October 25, 2011