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Since I know that about a million people have been killed by the government of Iraq, I do not need much those weapons of mass destruction.

— Martti Ahtisaari

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You have to be rather straightforward with your clients. You can't tell the parties only nice things. This is not an entertainment show; it's not reality television either.

I think it's a disgrace for the international community that we have allowed so many conflicts to become frozen, and we are not making a serious effort to solve them.

It's very important to be able to act properly. You need financing, and you never have enough.

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The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.

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There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.

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