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Or region has suffered more than its share of wars. ↗

— Saud al-Faisal

#region #share #suffered #than #wars

I can say, and I am responsible for what I am saying, that they have started to commit suicide under the walls of Baghdad. We will encourage them to commit more suicides quickly. ↗

— Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

#baghdad #commit #encourage #i #i am

The fact is that as soon as they reach Baghdad gates, we will besiege them and slaughter them. Until now they have refused to do battle with us. They are just going places. One can describe them as a boa: when it feels threatened, it runs to somewhere else. ↗

— Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

#battle #boa #describe #else #fact

When Turkey buys Iranian oil, we pay for it in Turkish lira... However, it is not possible for Iran to take that money as dollars into its own country due to international restrictions, the U.S.A.'s sanctions. Therefore, when Iran cannot take this money back as currency, they withdraw Turkish lira and buy gold from our market. ↗

— Ali Babacan

#buy #buys #cannot #country #currency

Anything that isn't opposed by about 40 percent of humanity is either an evil business or so unimportant that it simply doesn't matter. ↗

— Russell Baker

#anything #business #either #evil #humanity

Even now, we make no apologies for the choice we made. The sacrifices we made were selfless. The options we offered were patriotic while the paths we chose were well thought out. ↗

— Ibrahim Babangida

#chose #even #even now #made #make

The great function of poetry is to give back to us the situations of our dreams. ↗

— Gaston Bachelard

#dreams #function #give #great #our

The average Nigerian person has come to reconcile himself with the fact that his or her social progress remain essentially in his or her hands in collaboration with other fellow Nigerians and not merely relying on what government alone could provide for him or her. ↗

— Ibrahim Babangida

#average #collaboration #come #could #essentially

Each one of us, and, indeed, all those who aspire to national leadership must bring their own visions, views and styles to the business of reforming Nigeria, and the search for solutions. ↗

— Ibrahim Babangida

#bring #business #each #indeed #leadership

To meet the expectations of the majority of our people, and to open up new vistas of economic opportunity so that the aspirations of Nigerians can stand a fair chance of being fulfilled in a lifetime, there must be a truly committed leadership in a democratic Nigeria. ↗

— Ibrahim Babangida

#being #chance #committed #democratic #economic