Quote ... Unquote.`There can be no security, no freedom, no effficiency without the acceptance of great discipline under the guidance of a strong state and with the enthusiastic support of a people rallied in unity." Former French President Charles de Gaulle"The time of absolute sovereignty ... has passed; its theory was never matched by reality." Former UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali Boutros Boutros-Ghali (Arabic: بطرس بطرس غالي Coptic: BOYTPOC BOYTPOC ΓΑΛΗ) (born November 14, 1922) is an Egyptian diplomat who was the sixth Secretary-General of the United Nations from `Traditional nation-states are losing sovereignty, either to the general forces of the global marketplace or to the specific rules imposed upon member states by the new economic groups--the European Community European Community: see European Union. European Community (EC) Organization formed in 1967 with the merger of the European Economic Community, European Coal and Steel Community, and European Atomic Energy Community. , the North American Free Trade Agreement North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), accord establishing a free-trade zone in North America; it was signed in 1992 by Canada, Mexico, and the United States and took effect on Jan. 1, 1994. ." Richard Gwyn
Born in Bury St. , Toronto Star The Toronto Star is Canada's highest-circulation newspaper, though its print edition is distributed almost entirely within Ontario. It is owned by Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd., a division of Star Media Group, a subsidiary of Torstar Corporation. columnist, 1989 "Sovereignty is the expression and defence of our shared values, our history, our culture, our traditions, and our institutions ..." John Godfrey, Member of Parliament, 2002 "Canadians might (say), and not without reason, that nobody cares about Parliament anyway. But where else in our system can genuine, focussed debate occur among elected representatives? ... The disdain for Parliament shown by the government feeds on itself, because if the government doesn't believe Parliament is important, who will?" Jeffrey Simpson, Globe and Mail columnist, 2001 "Our interpretation of sovereignty is that one nation is sovereign; the other nation is sovereign; the tree is sovereign; the ocean is sovereign; the mountains are sovereign, and all work together to hero each other and we form one earth, one unit." Andrew Delisle, Mohawk Indian, 1991 ... Unquote un·quote n. Used by a speaker to indicate the end of a quotation. unquote interj an expression used to indicate the end of a quotation that was introduced with the word `quote' |
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