Bram van Velde (1895–1981) Dutch painter
1970's, Conversations with Samuel Beckett and Bram van Velde (1970 - 1972)
On the refugee crisis, quoted on Express.co.uk, 'Don't come to Europe' Austria takes out ADVERTS begging Afghan migrants to stay at home http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/648941/Refugee-crisis-Europe-Austria-ADVERTS-begging-Afghan-migrants-stay-home, March 14, 2016.
Bram van Velde (1895–1981) Dutch painter
1970's, Conversations with Samuel Beckett and Bram van Velde (1970 - 1972)
Angela Merkel (1954) Chancellor of Germany
Merkel during a press conference on September 15, 2015 "Dan ist das nicht mein Land https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9BSD7anl6s,, September 15, 2015. <br class="br">Original: (de) Wenn wir uns jetzt noch entschuldigen müssen dafür, dass wir in Notsituationen ein freundliches Gesicht zeigen, dann ist das nicht mein Land.
“Every country has its own mafia. In Russia, the mafia has its own country.”
Garry Kasparov (1963) former chess world champion
2000s
Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer
Original: Nella vita, trovare ogni volta la soluzione ad un problema mantiene l’attività intellettuale in piena vitalità.
Source: prevale.net
Greta Thunberg (2003) Swedish climate change activist
2018, "You are stealing our future" (December 2018)
“I believe it will take time to find a solution to the problem. Thus we must have patience.”
Boutros Boutros-Ghali (1922–2016) 6th Secretary-General of the United Nations
On the Bosnian War, as quoted in Welcome to Sarajevo (1997)
1990s
Désinord Jean (1967)
In Haiti, bishops call on government for urgent action to quell ‘fratricidal warfare’ https://www.churchinneed.org/in-haiti-bishops-call-on-government-for-urgent-action-to-quell-fratricidal-warfare/ (10 October 2019)
Rajiv Gandhi (1944–1991) sixth Prime Minister of India
In his address to the party workers on 12 November 1984 to spoil the machinations of terrorist, when he was elected to the post of the President of the Congress Party, Meena Agrawal in “Rajiv Gandhi”, P.74
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Gordon Brown (1951) British Labour Party politician
Press Conference http://web.archive.org/20081012105620/www.number10.gov.uk/Page17114, 8 October 2008, announcing the policy of buying shares in banks in order to prevent the spread of the financial crisis. <br class="br">Prime Minister
“Every outcome has its cause, and every predicament has its solution.”
Anthony Doerr book All the Light We Cannot See
Source: All the Light We Cannot See