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We are comfortable with the fact that we cannot know personally what happened in the world before we were born, yet we are uncomfortable with… — John Barton
The stark and inescapable fact is that today we cannot defend our society by war since total war is total destruction, and if war is… — Lester B. Pearson
For as long as our people are held hostage by controllable socio-economic forces, we cannot afford to be indifferent to the ravages of poverty in… — Ibrahim Babangida
Which is why we cannot say of the purloined letter that, like other objects, it must be or not be in a particular place but… — Jacques Lacan
The Palestinian situation is different. We can have military cooperation with other factions in the Palestinian territories. But we cannot have this with Hizbullah in… — Ahmed Yassin
Privatization of the state-owned economy is not yet on the agenda. We cannot do it immediately; my colleagues would not agree to it. But we… — Vaclav Klaus
The fact is that it is reasonable for us to say that there is going to be an emergency that happens in this country that… — Allyson Schwartz
And so, in case we have contingencies and things that we cannot accomplish within the duration of the space walk, we have a buffer, I… — Umberto Guidoni
There have been many times when we have not run stories because we cannot get it verified. — Mary Hart
We cannot really communicate with our fans. — Hunter Tylo
When the government is handed over to the Iraqi Council on 30 June, many have declared, oh, the Americans must never leave because civil unrest… — Howard Coble
We cannot undo the past in this misguided war in Iraq. — Xavier Becerra
I mean simply to say that I want my characters to suggest the background in themselves, even when it is not visible. I want them… — Michelangelo Antonioni
We cannot sacrifice innocent human life now for vague and exaggerated promises of medical treatments thirty of forty years from now. There are ways to… — Ernest Istook
As I watch what is happening in the Middle East and the carnage that comes over our television screens every evening, I cannot help but… — Marcy Kaptur
If the massive invasion is not stopped, we are going to be flooded to the extent that we will drift into third world status. For… — Virgil Goode
We can no longer stand for the Security Council passing resolutions and then in effect heaving alongside and taking a vacation. We cannot leave it… — Alex Morrison
Now we maintain that we cannot be afford to be concerned about 6 percent of the children in this country, black children, who you allow… — Stokely Carmichael
To keep that absolute freedom we cannot be obliged to anyone. — Christo
We cannot, with good conscience, expect the British to set up an orderly schedule for the liberation of India before we have decided for ourselves… — Wendell Willkie

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