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The United States, for a French citizen, is a friend, an ally, to whom we owe, along with most Europeans, our freedom. ↗

— Jean-Pierre Raffarin

#along #citizen #europeans #freedom #french

We believe that the European Union is facing a truly historic choice. ↗

— Jean-Pierre Raffarin

#choice #european #european union #facing #historic

We must stress that the euro has been beneficial to the European Union because, otherwise, in this context of international turmoil, every country would have to devalue their currencies. ↗

— Jean-Pierre Raffarin

#been #beneficial #context #country #currencies

What's very important is that we build a space that matters in the world, one that operates according to democratic rules, and that small and large countries enjoy a good relationship. ↗

— Jean-Pierre Raffarin

#build #countries #democratic #enjoy #good

When I see the cultural diversity that exists today, I feel that we must defend it, and we need Europe, because otherwise we are going to live in a society with a single model, the Anglo-American model. ↗

— Jean-Pierre Raffarin

#cultural #cultural diversity #defend #diversity #europe

I believe the main solution is to gain the trust of Europe and America and to remove their concerns over the peaceful nature of our nuclear industry and to assure them that there will never be a diversion to military use. ↗

— Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

#assure #believe #concerns #diversion #europe

Both of them were the children of the United States. They sacrificed their children for the benefit of the others. But they were not very devoted children of the United States. ↗

— Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

#both #children #devoted #others #sacrificed

Condi Rice talks tough but she cannot be tough herself. ↗

— Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

#herself #rice #she #talks #tough

When I talk about the assets, that was at the beginning of the talks. I was president then. I'm not president now. When I said it, this would be a sign of goodwill to begin the talks. ↗

— Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

#assets #begin #beginning #goodwill #i

I think the elections have gone well, although there is so much insecurity in Iraq. So far during the counting of ballots, there has not been a significant complaint. We have to wait to see what the outcome of the counting is. ↗

— Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

#ballots #been #complaint #counting #during