(73 quotes found)
“If the risk is a return to repression and the terror of the Taliban, and there is a chance of success then we should not be afraid of this mission, even if it will be difficult.”
Wouter Bos
“We knew we could not raise our son, John, under this repressive regime. So it was just a question of when we were going to leave Cuba. And we couldn't tell anyone because that would expose others to danger. So we left through Mexico in 1964, arriving in the United States soon after. Right before we left, however, there were terrible scenes with Margarita's family and our colleagues in the dance world, who saw us as traitors. It was an incredibly difficult time for us.”
John White
“The British government fully supports the unequivocal message to Saddam Hussein that repression of innocent civilians and reckless acts of brutality are unacceptable,”
John Major
“The more equipment is acquired and produced by a repressive regime, the more important anonymity is.”
Julien Pain
“The government wants to block the independence of the judiciary. Judges are speaking out against arbitrary laws and repression of individuals, and so the authorities feel they must stop them.”
Nasser Amin
“a very strong endorsement... of the basic objectives established (by the 19-nation NATO alliance) ... to stop the repression in Kosovo.”
Madeleine Albright
“One has to bear in mind that during my childhood and adolescence, I suffered the repression of the Somoza dictatorship in every way: economically, socially, as well as at the hands of the police -- because if we went out on the street to play baseball, for example, the police would come and beat us up and put us in prison.”
Daniel Ortega
“The Serb population is suffering a repression that is much smaller but just as brutal and repugnant as that suffered previously by Albanians,”
Lamberto Dini
“We need to act at the same time on prevention, repression, education, housing, jobs ... and not play the cowboy.”
Laurent Fabius
“The British tried to repress it.”
Leo Mohan
