'Le CIO et les Jeux olympiques ne peuvent imposer des changements à des nations souveraines ou régler tous les maux du monde.'
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'The International Olympic Committee and the Olympic Games can neither force sovereign nations to change nor settle all the world's problems.'
-- IOC President Jacques Rogge, in a LeMonde interview. Rogge, who represented Belgium in the 1968, 1972, and 1976 Olympics, insists that the Olympics' primary purpose is to improve sports, yet added that the just-concluded Beijing Games promoted better understanding between China and the rest of the world.
