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"There is nothing more painful to me at this stage of my life than to walk down the street and hear footsteps and start thinking about robbery - then look around and see somebody white and feel relieved." (The Rev. Jesse Jackson, speaking at the PUSH convention in 1993.)

"When I get on the plane, I got to tell you, if I see people who are in Muslim garb and I think, you know, they are identifying themselves first and foremost as Muslims, I get worried. I get nervous." (Juan Williams, on Bill O'Reilly's show, Fox News, 10/16/2010 - National Public Radio (NPR) fired Juan Williams for expressing his feeling, and said that he should have kept his feeling about Muslims between himself and "his psychiatrist or his publicist".)

"Anybody can become angry--that is easy; but to be angry with the right person, and to the right degree, and at the right time, and for the right purpose, and in the right way--that is not within everybody's power and is not easy." (Aristotle)

"I have no enemies, and no hatred. I firmly believe that China's political progress will never stop, and I'm full of optimistic expectations of freedom coming to China in the future. Because no force can block the human desire for freedom, China will eventually become a country of the rule of law, in which human rights are supreme." (Liu Xiaobo's "final statement", written two days before he was sentenced to 11 years last December (2009) for "inciting subversion". - He was awarded the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize.)

"And we need to recognize that the only way that America can lose the war on terror is if we defeat ourselves." (President George Bush's Speech at the U.S. Air Force Academy Graduation, 5/28/2008)

"I tried to walk a line between acting lawfully and testifying falsely, but I now realize that I did not fully accomplish that goal." (Bill Clinton, 1998)

"The only thing they (the English) have ever done for European agriculture is mad cow disease." (French President Jacques Chirac)

"France is doing everything it can, but the problem is that it is impossible to stop Bush from pursuing his logic of war to the end." (French President Jacques Chirac)

"Many African leaders refuse to send their troops on peace keeping missions abroad because they probably need their armies to intimidate their own populations." (Kofi Annan)

"There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires." (Nelson Mandela)

"History will absolve me" (Fidel Castro)

"I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together." (Martin Luther King's Speech "I Have a Dream" - Address at March on Washington, August 28, 1963. Washington, D.C.)

"Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first." (Ronald Reagan, 1982).

"Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedies." (Julius Henry (Groucho) Marx).

"Any man who is under 30, and is not a liberal, has not heart; and any man who is over 30, and is not a conservative, has no brains." (Winston Churchill)

"The economic anarchy of capitalist society as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of evil. (Albert Einstein, 1949)

What Do People Think About These Leaders?

What Will People Remember About Their Leaders?

Abraham Lincoln - The 16th U.S. President successfully led the country through its greatest internal crisis, the American Civil War, preserving the Union, ending slavery, and rededicating the nation to nationalism, equal rights, liberty, and democracy.

Bill Clinton - The 42nd U.S. President is remembered for more than just his presidential skills. Clinton presided over the continuation of an economic expansion that would later become the longest period of peace-time economic expansion in American history. He left office with the highest end-of-office approval rating of any U.S. president since World War II.

Fidel Castro - Cuban leader and Communism supporter held power longer than any national leader other than Queen Elizabeth. His personal control over a Communist revolution made him perhaps the most important leader in Latin America since its 19th century wars of independence.

Jacques Chirac - The second-longest serving President of France (1995 to 2007), is nicknamed 'Le Worm' by the British Sun newspaper and mocked remorselessly for his opinions and alleged corruptness. He is remembered as the president who successfully made well-known policies, including lower tax rates, the removal of price controls, strong punishment for crime and terrorism, and business privatization in France.

Kofi Annan - A Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1 January 1997 to 31 December 2006. Annan and the United Nations were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize for his founding the Global AIDS and Health Fund to support developing countries in their struggle to care for their people.

Tony Blair - The United Kingdom Labour Party's longest-serving Prime Minister (5/1997 - 6/2007) will be remembered as the PM who strongly supported United States foreign policy, notably by participating in the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan and 2003 invasion of Iraq. Blair raised taxes, introduced significant constitutional reforms, promoted new rights for gay people, and signed treaties integrating Britain more closely with the EU.

Margaret Thatcher - The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990. She is remembered as the PM with political philosophy and economic policies emphasized deregulation, particularly of the financial sector, flexible labor markets, and the selling off and closing down of state owned companies and withdrawing subsidy to others.

Nelson Mandela - A famous global figure and African leader who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. Before his presidency, Mandela was an anti-apartheid activist and served 27 years in prison. He has received more than 250 awards over four decades, including the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize.

Women in Politics

Female Lawmakers (2010) (Source: Inter-Parliamentary Union)
Rank	Country	Lower or single House			Upper House or Senate
Rank	Country	Seats	Women	Percentage	Seats	Women	Percentage
1	Rwanda	80	45	56.3%	26	9	34.6%
2	Sweden	349	162	46.4%	---	---	---
3	South Africa	400	178	44.5%	54	16	29.6%
4	Cuba	614	265	43.2%	---	---	---
5	Iceland	63	27	42.9%	---	---	---
6	Netherlands	150	63	42.0%	75	26	34.7%
7	Finland	200	80	40.0%	---	---	---
8	Norway	169	67	39.6%	---	---	---
9	Mozambique	250	98	39.2%	---	---	---
10	Angola	220	85	38.6%	---	---	---
11	Argentina	257	99	38.5%	71	25	35.2%
12	Belgium	150	57	38.0%	71	29	40.8%
12	Denmark	179	68	38.0%	---	---	---
14	Costa Rica	57	21	36.8%	---	---	---
15	Spain	350	128	36.6%	263	81	30.8%
16	Andorra	28	10	35.7%	---	---	---
17	New Zealand	122	41	33.6%	---	---	---
18	Nepal	594	197	33.2%	---	---	---
19	Germany	622	204	32.8%	69	15	21.7%
20	Macedonia	120	39	32.5%	---	---	---
21	Ecuador	124	40	32.3%	---	---	---
22	Belarus	110	35	31.8%	58	19	32.8%
23	Uganda	324	102	31.5%	---	---	---
24	Burundi	118	37	31.4%	49	16	32.7%
25	Tanzania	323	99	30.7%	---	---	---
26	Guyana	70	21	30.0%	---	---	---
27	Timor-Leste	65	19	29.2%	---	---	---
28	Switzerland	200	58	29.0%	46	10	21.7%
29	Austria	183	51	27.9%	61	18	29.5%
30	Mexico	500	138	27.6%	128	25	19.5%
30	Tunisia	214	59	27.6%	112	17	15.2%
32	Peru	120	33	27.5%	---	---	---
33	Portugal	230	63	27.4%	---	---	---
34	Afghanistan	249	68	27.3%	102	23	22.5%
34	Australia	150	41	27.3%	76	27	35.5%
36	Namibia	78	21	26.9%	26	7	26.9%
37	Trinidad and Tobago	41	11	26.8%	31	13	41.9%
38	Monaco	23	6	26.1%	---	---	---
39	Viet Nam	493	127	25.8%	---	---	---
40	Kyrgyzstan	90	23	25.6%	---	---	---
41	Iraq	275	70	25.5%	---	---	---
41	Suriname	51	13	25.5%	---	---	---
43	Laos	115	29	25.2%	---	---	---
44	Lesotho	120	29	24.2%	33	6	18.2%
45	Liechtenstein	25	6	24.0%	---	---	---
46	Moldova	101	24	23.8%	---	---	---
47	Croatia	153	36	23.5%	---	---	---
47	Seychelles	34	8	23.5%	---	---	---
49	Singapore	94	22	23.4%	---	---	---
50	Estonia	101	23	22.8%	---	---	---
51	Senegal	150	34	22.7%	100	40	40.0%
52	United Arab Emirates	40	9	22.5%	---	---	---
53	Bolivia	130	29	22.3%	36	15	41.7%
54	Pakistan	342	76	22.2%	100	17	17.0%
55	Canada	308	68	22.1%	93	32	34.4%
55	Mauritania	95	21	22.1%	56	8	14.3%
56	Eritrea	150	33	22.0%	---	---	---
56	Latvia	100	22	22.0%	---	---	---
56	Uzbekistan	150	33	22.0%	100	15	15.0%
59	Ethiopia	529	116	21.9%	112	21	18.8%
60	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	23	5	21.7%	---	---	---
61	Serbia	250	54	21.6%	---	---	---
62	China	2987	637	21.3%	---	---	---
62	Italy	630	134	21.3%	322	59	18.3%
63	Cambodia	123	26	21.1%	61	9	14.8%
64	Philippines	267	56	21.0%	23	4	17.4%
65	Bulgaria	240	50	20.8%	---	---	---
65	Malawi	192	40	20.8%	---	---	---
67	Nicaragua	92	19	20.7%	---	---	---
68	Luxembourg	60	12	20.0%	---	---	---
68	Poland	460	92	20.0%	100	8	8.0%
70	Dominican Republic	178	35	19.7%	32	1	3.1%
71	United Kingdom	646	126	19.5%	735	147	20.0%
72	Israel	120	23	19.2%	---	---	---
73	Lithuania	141	27	19.1%	---	---	---
74	Bosnia and Herzegovina	42	8	19.0%	15	2	13.3%
74	El Salvador	84	16	19.0%	---	---	---
76	France	577	109	18.9%	343	75	21.9%
76	Sudan	444	84	18.9%	50	3	6.0%
78	Bangladesh	345	64	18.6%	---	---	---
79	Cape Verde	72	13	18.1%	---	---	---
80	Honduras	128	23	18.0%	---	---	---
80	Indonesia	560	101	18.0%	---	---	---
80	Slovakia	150	27	18.0%	---	---	---
83	Kazakhstan	107	19	17.8%	47	2	4.3%
84	Tajikistan	63	11	17.5%	34	8	23.5%
84	Venezuela	166	29	17.5%	---	---	---
86	Greece	300	52	17.3%	---	---	---
87	Mauritius	70	12	17.1%	---	---	---
88	Turkmenistan	125	21	16.8%	---	---	---
88	United States of America	435	73	16.8%	98	15	15.3%
90	San Marino	60	10	16.7%	---	---	---
91	Albania	140	23	16.4%	---	---	---
92	North Korea	687	107	15.6%	---	---	---
93	Czech Republic	200	31	15.5%	81	14	17.3%
94	Burkina Faso	111	17	15.3%	---	---	---
95	Zimbabwe	214	32	15.0%	99	24	24.2%
96	Gabon	116	17	14.7%	102	18	17.6%
96	South Korea	299	44	14.7%	---	---	---
98	Slovenia	90	13	14.4%	40	1	2.5%
99	Dominica	28	4	14.3%	---	---	---
100	Chile	120	17	14.2%	38	5	13.2%
101	Uruguay	99	14	14.1%	30	4	13.3%
102	Russian Federation	450	63	14.0%	169	8	4.7%
102	Zambia	157	22	14.0%	---	---	---
104	Cameroon	180	25	13.9%	---	---	---
104	Ireland	165	23	13.9%	59	13	22.0%
105	Djibouti	65	9	13.8%	---	---	---
107	Swaziland	66	9	13.6%	30	12	40.0%
108	Grenada	15	2	13.3%	13	4	30.8%
108	Jamaica	60	8	13.3%	21	3	14.3%
108	Thailand	473	63	13.3%	150	24	16.0%
111	Sierra Leone	121	16	13.2%	---	---	---
112	Cyprus	56	7	12.5%	---	---	---
112	Liberia	64	8	12.5%	30	5	16.7%
112	Paraguay	80	10	12.5%	45	7	15.6%
115	Syria	250	31	12.4%	---	---	---
116	Bahamas	41	5	12.2%	15	5	33.3%
117	Guatemala	158	19	12.0%	---	---	---
118	Azerbaijan	123	14	11.4%	---	---	---
118	Romania	334	38	11.4%	137	8	5.8%
120	Japan	480	54	11.3%	242	42	17.4%
121	Hungary	386	43	11.1%	---	---	---
121	Montenegro	81	9	11.1%	---	---	---
121	Saint Lucia	18	2	11.1%	11	4	36.4%
121	Togo	81	9	11.1%	---	---	---
125	Benin	83	9	10.8%	---	---	---
125	India	545	59	10.8%	233	21	9.0%
127	Antigua and Barbuda	19	2	10.5%	17	5	29.4%
127	Morocco	325	34	10.5%	270	6	2.2%
129	Mali	147	15	10.2%	---	---	---
130	Barbados	30	3	10.0%	21	7	33.3%
130	Equatorial Guinea	100	10	10.0%	---	---	---
130	Guinea-Bissau	100	10	10.0%	---	---	---
133	Malaysia	222	22	9.9%	64	18	28.1%
134	Kenya	224	22	9.8%	---	---	---
135	Niger	113	11	9.7%	---	---	---
136	Central African Republic	104	10	9.6%	---	---	---
137	Armenia	131	12	9.2%	---	---	---
138	Turkey	549	50	9.1%	---	---	---
139	Cote d'Ivoire	203	18	8.9%	---	---	---
140	Brazil	513	45	8.8%	81	10	12.3%
141	Malta	69	6	8.7%	---	---	---
142	Bhutan	47	4	8.5%	25	6	24.0%
142	Panama	71	6	8.5%	---	---	---
144	Colombia	166	14	8.4%	102	12	11.8%
144	Congo (DR)	500	42	8.4%	108	5	4.6%
146	Ghana	230	19	8.3%	---	---	---
147	Samoa	49	4	8.2%	---	---	---
148	Ukraine	450	36	8.0%	---	---	---
149	Botswana	63	5	7.9%	---	---	---
150	Algeria	389	30	7.7%	136	7	5.1%
150	Kuwait	65	5	7.7%	---	---	---
150	Libya	468	36	7.7%	---	---	---
153	Gambia	53	4	7.5%	---	---	---
154	Congo	137	10	7.3%	70	9	12.9%
154	Sao Tome and Principe	55	4	7.3%	---	---	---
156	Nigeria	358	25	7.0%	109	9	8.3%
157	Somalia	539	37	6.9%	---	---	---
158	Maldives	77	5	6.5%	---	---	---
159	Jordan	110	7	6.4%	55	7	12.7%
160	Sri Lanka	225	13	5.8%	---	---	---
161	Chad	155	8	5.2%	---	---	---
162	Georgia	137	7	5.1%	---	---	---
163	Kiribati	46	2	4.3%	---	---	---
164	Haiti	98	4	4.1%	29	2	6.9%
165	Mongolia	76	3	3.9%	---	---	---
166	Vanuatu	52	2	3.8%	---	---	---
167	Lebanon	128	4	3.1%	---	---	---
167	Tonga	32	1	3.1%	---	---	---
169	Marshall Islands	33	1	3.0%	---	---	---
170	Iran	290	8	2.8%	---	---	---
171	Bahrain	40	1	2.5%	40	10	25.0%
172	Egypt	454	8	1.8%	264	18	6.8%
173	Papua New Guinea	109	1	0.9%	---	---	---
174	Yemen	301	1	0.3%	111	2	1.8%
175	Belize	32	0	0.0%	13	5	38.5%
175	Comoros	33	0	0.0%	---	---	---
175	Micronesia	14	0	0.0%	---	---	---
175	Nauru	18	0	0.0%	---	---	---
175	Oman	84	0	0.0%	72	14	19.4%
175	Palau	16	0	0.0%	13	2	15.4%
175	Qatar	35	0	0.0%	---	---	---
175	Saudi Arabia	150	0	0.0%	---	---	---
175	Solomon Islands	50	0	0.0%	---	---	---
175	Tuvalu	15	0	0.0%	---	---	---
175	Saint Kitts and Nevis	15	0	0.0%	---	---	---