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The Soviet Union represents a threat in terms of might. It is a joke in terms of its economy and what it has to offer the Third World - a laughingstock to countries that are looking for an economic-development model. ↗

— Jack Kemp

#economy #joke #looking #might #model

There are many who criticise the United Nations. And those of us who know this institution well know that it is not immune from criticism. But those who argue against the United Nations advance no credible argument as to what should replace it. Whatever its imperfections, the United Nations represents a necessary democracy of states. ↗

— Kevin Rudd

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Like other important immigrant communities, the Jewish experience in the United States represents the ideal of freedom and the promise and opportunity of America. ↗

— Jan Schakowsky

#communities #experience #freedom #ideal #immigrant

I have a very big family and a lot of friends, and buying presents is one of my favorite things to do. ↗

— L'Wren Scott

#big family #buying #family #favorite #favorite things

Northern Uganda presents a situation of extraordinary violation of the rights of children. ↗

— Carol Bellamy

#extraordinary #northern #presents #rights #situation

Presents don't really mean much to me. I don't want to sound mawkish, but - it was the realization that I have a great many people in my life who really love me, and who I really love. ↗

— Gabriel Byrne

#great #i #life #love #love me

America traditionally represents the greatest possibility of someone's going from nothing to something. Why? In theory, if not practice, the government stays out of the way and lets individuals take risks and reap rewards or accept the consequences of failure. We call this capitalism - or, at least, we used to. ↗

— Larry Elder

#america #call #capitalism #consequences #failure

I don't know if it's how I speak or what it is about me that presents that sort of label, but I don't know how many times I have to be out in public with a girlfriend to stop that from being said. ↗

— Jeff Garcia

#being #girlfriend #how #i #know

Stonehenge was built possibly by the Minoans. It presents one of man's first attempts to order his view of the outside world. ↗

— Stephen Gardiner

#attempts #built #first #his #man

The trade union movement represents the organized economic power of the workers... It is in reality the most potent and the most direct social insurance the workers can establish. ↗

— Samuel Gompers

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