Quotes with secretary-general

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  • Marquis de Sade Nature, who for the perfect maintenance of the laws of her general equilibrium, has sometimes need of vices and sometimes of virtues, inspires now this impulse, now that one, in accordance with what she requires.
    Marquis de Sade
    French aristocrat, writer, politician and philosopher (1740 - 1814)
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  • Barbara W. Tuchman Nothing so comforts the military mind as the maxim of a great but dead general.
    Barbara W. Tuchman
    American historian (1912 - 1989)
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  • Machiavelli Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain.
    Machiavelli
    Florentine state philosopher (1469 - 1527)
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  • George Eliot Of what use, however, is a general certainty that an insect will not walk with his head hindmost, when what you need to know is the play of inward stimulus that sends him hither and thither in a network of possible paths?
    George Eliot
    English writer and poet (1819 - 1880)
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  • Frank Herbert One of the best things to come out of the home computer revolution could be the general and widespread understanding of how severely limited logic really is.
    Frank Herbert
    American science fiction writer (1920 - 1986)
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  • Ban Ki-moon One of the main lessons I have learned during my five years as Secretary-General is that broad partnerships are the key to solving broad challenges. When governments, the United Nations, businesses, philanthropies and civil society work hand-in-hand, we can achieve great things.
    Ban Ki-moon
    South Korean politician and diplomat (1944 - )
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  • Novalis Only as far as a man is happily married to himself is he fit for married life and family life in general.
    Novalis
    German poet and writer (ps. van Georg van Hardenberg) (1772 - 1801)
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  • Socrates Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.
    Socrates
    Greek philosopher (469 - 399)
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  • Richard Buckminster Fuller Out of my general world-pattern-trend studies there now comes strong evidence that nothing is going to be quite so surprising and abrupt in the future history of man as the forward evolution in the educational process.
    Richard Buckminster Fuller
    American poet, philosopher and inventor (1895 - 1983)
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  • Samuel Butler People in general are equally horrified at hearing the Christian religion doubted, and at seeing it practiced.
    Samuel Butler
    English poet (1835 - 1902)
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  • Bernard Williams People who express themselves in paradoxes are in a strong position; and the more outrageous the paradox, in general the stronger the position.
    Bernard Williams
    English philosopher (1929 - 2003)
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  • Campbell Brown Perhaps there is no greater evidence that the teachers' union has swung too far out of the mainstream that they both have been a target of near-constant criticism from Secretary of Education Arne Duncan.
    Campbell Brown
    American journalist (1968 - )
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  • Lord Chesterfield Pleasure is a necessary reciprocal. No one feels, who does not at the same time give it. To be pleased, one must please. What pleases you in others, will in general please them in you.
    Lord Chesterfield
    English statesman, diplomat and writer (Philip Dormer Stanhope) (1694 - 1773)
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  • Callie Khouri Political stories in general are tough. They just don't appeal to as wide an audience.
    Callie Khouri
    American film and television (1957 - )
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  • Burning Spear Reggae music don't really focus on one thing, you know. If reggae music is speaking about the struggle of people, and the suffering, it don't mean black people. It mean people in general.
    Burning Spear
    Jamaican reggae singer-songwriter, vocalist and musician (1945 - )
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  • Bob Schaffer Salazar's record is one of weakness; he hasn't been a good attorney general.
    Bob Schaffer
    American politician (1962 - )
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  • Thomas Carlyle Sarcasm I now see to be, in general, the language of the devil; for which reason I have long since as good as renounced it.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Arthur Capper Several amendments should be made to the primary and general election laws to improve them, but such changes must in no way interfere with a full and free expression of the people's choice in naming the candidates to be voted on at general elections.
    Arthur Capper
    American politician (1865 - 1951)
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  • Barry Humphries Sex is the most beautiful thing that can take place between a happily married man and his secretary.
    Barry Humphries
    Australian comedian, actor, artist, and author (1934 - 2023)
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  • Benjamin Franklin Singularity in the right hath ruined many; happy those who are convinced of the general opinion.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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