They say, I have to give one up?

We will not abandon the land of our fathers and grandfathers.

We shall not yield nor shall we surrender the revolution.

And I don't think that we should give up on beauty.

We cannot now simply walk away from those commitments and obligations.

If we don't do it, we're abandoning hope, we're abandoning our essential humanity, and I know that's not a place we want to be, and we don't have to be there.

Indeed, we need to abandon the idea that there is a holistic or global Islamist movement.

We cannot give up on anybody.

To do otherwise is to surrender not only our freedom, but our hopes for better lives.

So what, then, needs doing? The first thing to do is to drop the metaphor of a war on terrorism.

Mendes was the key that opened the door for the remainder of the fight and it would be unfair to abandon this cause.

In our counter terrorist endeavour, we should give up the practice of associating terrorism with any particular civilization or religion.

Our view is that, even though a goal may become elusive, we should neither change the target nor abandon our vision.

But does that mean that should we give up on democracy if Islamist parties have a chance of winning elections?

Therefore, they have sought to have us abandon the original meaning of the term terrorism so that the term will be applied mainly to retail terrorism.

And I hope that one day armies can be disbanded and humans will find a way of living together without violence and oppression.

That said, the fact that one cannot prove conclusively how green growth would work does not mean that we should give up on the idea.

That would be a huge step in the right direction, but we should not give up the dream of a universal digital public library.

Many argue that we must abandon our obsession with Gross Domestic Product and develop a new green accounting standard to replace it.

Does that mean we should abandon the market economy? No, because, simply put, political liberty cannot be separated from economic liberty.

When you can get rid of all of those because somebody doesn't use any of them really, you find that you can actually cut transportation emissions as much as 90 percent.

Concerning the BTWC, we should not lose hope or abandon efforts to strengthen international cooperation to ensure compliance and verification.

We do not, under any circumstances, intend to waver in this renewed commitment of repositioning Africa for peace, security, stability, growth, sustainable development and enduring democracy.

Therefore, we should not give up our efforts in increasing the effectiveness of the machinery which is at our disposal, by bringing certain bodies back to work on substantive issues.

The need to open ourselves as Europeans to the Asian mind, and even to some different societal models, does not imply, however, that we should relinquish our values.

It is impossible to advance toward political union while seeming to abandon Europe s citizens along the way, which is the impression that unremitting austerity has created.

Reliance on financial institutions internal models, the major focus of the Basel II agreement on banking regulation, should be discarded.

It promises to be one of the most difficult issues to resolve, but we should nevertheless not abandon our efforts to reach a feasible accord by the end of this year.

Experience has spoken we have to abandon today the dream of federal Europe as a counterpoint to the United States the majority of Europeans don't want this.

Even China is expected to slow down. Why not give up growth and enjoy what we have?

Five years ago we decided to break with the previous pattern of dependence and aid and instead establish a new international partnership for development, based on responsibility and solidarity.

This achievement should not be dismissed because of one crisis, no matter how prolonged, and the economic model that produced today s living standards should not be cast aside without careful consideration.

NAIROBI With unemployment soaring, bankruptcies climbing, and stock markets in free fall, it may at first glance seem sensible to ditch the fight against climate change and put environmental investments on hold.

Down through the years, I have seen despair and frustration evolve into optimism and progress and, even now, we need not give up hope for permanent peace for Israelis and freedom and justice for Palestinians if three basic premises are honored

We must give up the hope of liberty within an ordered society and market and resign ourselves to that interminable war of all against all of which Hobbes spoke.

Let us have no illusions no conditions imposed from outside will bring about the China we deserve in the way, after World War II, we got the Germany we deserved through a process of integration and reconciliation.

Likewise, in his second inaugural address, US President Barack Obama discussed climate change more than any other issue, saying, We cannot cede to other nations the technology that will power new jobs and new industries.

We also must abandon the idea of a one size fits all model for expanding access to health care and adjust our approaches to ensure the best fit with local health priorities and customs.

That would be a huge step in the right direction, but we should not give up the dream of a universal digital public library. After all, books still in print are likely to be the ones that contain the most up to date information, and the ones that people most want to read.