An optimist, I'm anything but that.

Well, I'm not an optimist, neither am I a pessimist.

And that is, I understand that optimists greatly outlive pessimists.

I may be an optimist, but I believe diplomats should be optimists rather than pessimists.

You banished pessimism.

You're an optimist.

Naturally, neither the humanitarian agencies nor the Rapporteur share this view.

Today, for many African nations, global optimism coexists with local pessimism.

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We must mobilize the political will to change negative trends, in order to prevent polarization and pessimism.

That's a utilitarian moral framework.

You're an optimist.

See? You are a pessimist.

Mr. Lubbers (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) said that he recognized the importance of the link between humanitarian operations and development activities, and of the concept of human security.

(ii) Changes in society, which mean that established values are yielding other values, including a money centred materialism which sometimes tends to treat religion rather like a product

Terrorism sought to attack and weaken the values on which the doctrine of human rights was based and undermine the institutional bases of democracy and the rule of law.

We must mobilize political will to change negative trends and to prevent polarization and pessimism.

We take note in particular of the statement made by Prime Minister Blair on the need for a political response to terrorism that includes looking at the symptoms and causes of terrorism and countering not only terrorist methods but also terrorist views.

Mr. Kanu (Sierra Leone) said that his country condemned terrorism in all its forms and manifestations and shared the view that terrorism constituted a threat to all that humanity stood for.

One reviewer for a Roman Catholic newspaper called it totalitarian.

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The numbers are impressive and significant, and we are hopeful.

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He agreed with Mr. Jeffrey Sachs that the roots of terrorism were complex and could not be solved by the use of force.

Merely a vivid subjective image.

65. The observer for the Democratic People apos s Republic of Korea made a statement.

It strikes me as practically libertarian.

It did help by promoting observation and experiment.

We are not pessimists we are revolutionaries.

Facing a new array of challenges, this session should point the way towards a brighter future and a renewed sense of optimism.

Colonialism was attempting to appear appealing at the micro level .

Russia also delivers significant humanitarian assistance.

Of course there is nothing wrong with Utopianism.

So my feminism is very indebted to my mom's, but it looks very different.

The President of Venezuela had often reiterated the view that terrorism could not be fought with terrorism.

By examining terrorists' attitudes and the meaning of terrorism, we should be able to define terrorism.

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The Special Rapporteur considered that to return to the house would serve no useful purpose.

Such a view does not, as is sometimes claimed, imply any distraction of our attention from the immediate threat of global terrorism it is the only proper approach to the elimination of global terrorism, which has become a real danger for everyone.

(b) A body on neo fascism, neo Nazism and ethno nationalism should be established to study such phenomena in close cooperation with the Special Rapporteur.

Perhaps we should say the same thing about optimism.