Villepin Quotes

#1. The educational system should be a sieve, through which all the children of a country are passed. It is highly desirable that no child escape inspection.

Paul Popenoe

#2. The principal achievement of Europe is peace, which we often forget about as it has become so taken for granted by Europeans.

Dominique De Villepin

#3. Accusations are useless.

Dominique De Villepin

#4. In a multipolar world, there must be more powers capable of taking responsibility, the U.S. and Europe must be able to unite to achieve peace in the Middle East.

Dominique De Villepin

#5. Everything that could produce a clash between the Arab world and the West seemed dangerous to me.

Dominique De Villepin

#6. I would like to tell our American, British and Spanish friends that the Iraqi crisis is not a problem between the United States and France, but between those who want to move forward in the logic of war and the international community.

Dominique De Villepin

#7. China protects the Chinese, America protects the Americans, I don't see why Europe should not protect the Europeans.

Dominique De Villepin

#8. I don't think lyrics need to be deep - just write whatever comes out of you. You don't need to find intense meaning in everything.

Bethany Cosentino

#9. Nobody can deny there is a rise of Islamic fundamentalism.

Dominique De Villepin

#10. When pressure builds up, don't panic. Pray! Prayer is a tremendous stress reliever. It can be your safety valve.

Rick Warren

#11. We are watching industries crumble, Wall Street firms disappear, unemployment spike, and unprecedented government intervention. And our designated opinion leaders want to know: Is Obama up this week? Is he down? And is his leadership style more like Bill Clinton's, or Abraham Lincoln's?

Thomas Frank

#12. I grew up in the United States.

Dominique De Villepin

#13. Women are used to worrying over trifles.

Susan Glaspell

#14. Participating in the newest communications technologies becomes compulsory if you want to remain part of the culture.

David Porush

#15. It is not through any combinations of politicians that the outcome of an electoral campaign is decided.

Dominique De Villepin

#16. The life of inner peace, being harmonious and without stress, is the easiest type of existence.

Norman Vincent Peale

#17. The vast Pacific ocean would always remain the islanders' great solace, escape and nourishment, the amniotic fluid that would keep them hedonistic and aloof, guarded, gentle and mysterious.

Francine Du Plessix Gray

#18. Using the right of veto would be shooting the Americans in the back.

Dominique De Villepin

#19. I think that economic patriotism is the very foundation of a European vision.

Dominique De Villepin

#20. Between an uncontrolled escalation and passivity, there is a demanding road of responsibility that we must follow.

Dominique De Villepin

#21. Going through different places, I stopped through Dubai and stayed there overnight. There I had an ultra-culture shock.

Tequan Richmond

#22. It was probably not an appropriate term, but we support the war effort and believe we should be supporting our troops and our allies and be there with them doing everything necessary to win.

Stephen Harper

#23. I always interrupt work with other work, either in a small way or big way, so that's normal.

Lydia Davis

#24. Everything that is dead quivers. Not only the things of poetry, stars, moon, wood, flowers, but even a white trouser button glittering out of a puddle in the street ... Everything has a secret soul, which is silent more often than it speaks.

Wassily Kandinsky

#25. In the last few days, I have been the victim of a campaign of slander and shameful lies, a campaign which has deeply shocked and hurt me. Enough is enough.

Dominique De Villepin

#26. The female view that one strengthens oneself by strengthening others is finding greater acceptance, and female values of inclusion and connection are emerging as valuable leadership qualities.

Sally Helgesen

#27. In a world where the threat is asymmetrical, where the weak defy the strong, the power of conviction, the capacity to convince, the ability to sway opinion count as much as the number of military divisions.

Dominique De Villepin