Blocs Quotes

Only Israeli political initiative will retain our strong grasp of the large settlement blocs and security areas. - Ariel Sharon

Koizumi is being seen as more of a reformist, which plays well with the urban voting blocs... But regional factional support seems to be with Hashimoto, and also there's an issue with him on the fiscal reform and debt-restructuring front. - Richard Gibbs

It would change the way we all live and play if we let these large interior blocs go. - Ron Nargang

It has become increasingly difficult ... for the very few big powers or blocs of big powers to monopolize international affairs and control the fate of other countries. - Jiang Zemin

Israel will have to define, by itself, its final borders, and that will involve the consolidation of smaller settlements into settlement blocs. - Avi Dichter

Irrespective of today's judgment and the price we had to pay in this generation, we were able to close an epoch of divisions, different blocs and borders, opening the way for an era of globalization. - Lech Walesa

I spoke to the heads of all the political blocs and I sensed a true intent from all to push the political process forward. From now until the 17th of this month, we believe there will be an agreement on some of the problems. - Adnan Pachachi

I have not asked anybody so far to form the government but we are leading towards contacts and consultations with all the blocs in parliament. Of course, I am going to ask the majority party to form the government. - Mahmud Abbas

I believed it would succeed. It was Polish Solidarity and its victory that put an end to the old era when what mattered were borders and rival blocs. - Lech Walesa