Politician Quotes

There was expectations that the fights there, the operation there might be extended for several months, even for several years. But within a few weeks it ended, because obviously the Taliban wasn't a real force.

The armies, the difference of all of those armies that had been fighting each other and the Taliban took advantage of that to rule over the whole country.

So we are fulfilling our task in preventing serious armament stocks in Iraq within our possibilities.

No, I believe in the good will of the United States' administration.

I suggested that we had experience in helping other countries build their military forces, and we would be willing and happy to do the same for Afghanistan, together with the United States.

But thanks to the efforts, the initiative of the United States and of the several countries from the world, from Europe, including Turkey, it ended within a few weeks.

But if we leave them alone, just satisfying ourselves with social work, economic work and the building up of a national army, it can make progress, hopefully within a short time.

But if too many countries, as has been the case, interfere too much in the internal affairs, the political situation of Afghanistan, then of course we can't hope satisfactory results.

But apart from the military measures, security measures, of course, Afghanistan needs great help for building up its social life, its economic life. It has become a very poor country, neglected for many years.

Ataturk sent several Turkish staff officers to Afghanistan, helped them build their own army.

And the separatist terrorist organization, PKK, had easy access to Turkey to, inside Turkey.

And it is essential that in fighting terrorism, sacrifices should not be made on democracy.

Although we dealt decisively with all terrorist organizations, we at the same time not only maintained, preserved our democracy, but kept improving it.

After all, we paid great prices because of the virtual partitioning of Iraq.

It can be rebuilt if other countries with selfish interests will not meddle, as has been done in the past.

Without democracy there is no freedom. Violence, no matter who is using it, is always reactionary.

Thus we have at least a national song that unites all Germans, and is the symbol of our sixty-million nation.

Freedom and Justice are twin sisters.

Well, the very best operas are the ones written by the very best composers.

Well, opera began with an intent to resuscitate Greek drama, that is, modern opera as we know it.

Well, let me, first of all, say, that as a microtonal composer, I've never been much of a theorist.

We need to open up the future. We also need to keep everything valuable from the past.

We need to have as broad a range as possible, because life itself has that kind of range.

We need it to capture the energy of contemporary life.

The way that I got involved with microtonal music was, frankly, through jazz.

It's not important to me to found a school; it's not important to me to have disciples.

In other words, I think that if an audience listens to something as an experience of how in tune it is or something of that kind, that the whole point is somehow being missed, and the music has failed.

If you look at the timing of many of the Greek dramas from the theatrical point of view, it's all off, and I think the reason for that is that music played a very important part.

I've just simply used what I've used because of the great, great expressive potential of it.

I'm thinking in terms of a point of departure, a field of action for performers to express an expressive need of mine which hopefully the context of music would convey.