John Danforth

John Danforth
John Claggett Danforthis a retired American politician who began his career in 1968 as the Attorney General of Missouri and served three terms as United States Senator from Missouri. In 2004 he served briefly as United States Ambassador to the United Nations. Danforth is an ordained Episcopal priest...
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It's a vindication that innovations matter, that innovations can be reasonably compensated and that companies can be built around innovations.
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We were all set to get a U.S. government plane, ... fly Bashir and Garang to Washington for the State of the Union and claim the success of the Naivasha peace talks -- that was nine months ago, there is no reason why this is dragging on.
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I really want to be in private life, not public life, ... That was the reason for coming back here. That remains my view. These have been the best six years of my life.
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We do not look at this as an escalation, but an important step toward resolving these cases as swiftly as possible out of court.
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At the end of the day, we believe that the FTC process, either at the administrative level or on appeal, will conclude that our actions were entirely appropriate and lawful,
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We are very pleased with today's results and very thankful to the considered attention of the jury and the court in this lengthy trial.
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We're also saying that the investigation is critically important, that there is a cloud over the United Nations, there's no doubt about it, that the only way to dispel the cloud is to let the sunlight in, and that means a thorough investigation.
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We can use the conclusion of the north-south peace process as a springboard to end the suffering in Darfur.
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I was to Japanese visitors to Washington what the Mona Lisa is to Americans visiting Paris.
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I think people are putting this whole thing together, and they are getting very excited.
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We continue to hold out an olive branch to resolve these matters short of full-scale trials.
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While we prefer to resolve issues outside of the courtroom, we believe we have a strong patent position, including patents that issued in the past four years that must be defended appropriately.
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We are not suggesting the resignation or pushing for the resignation of the secretary-general,
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We are expressing confidence in the Secretary General and in his continuing in office,'