"The main thing that endears the United Nations to member governments, and so enables it to survive, is its proven capacity to fail, and to be seen to fail."

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"The main thing that endears the United Nations to member governments, and so enables it to survive, is its proven capacity to fail, and to be seen to fail."

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"The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself."

Franklin D. Roosevelt, American President

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"So without that Canadian invention we were grounded. And so that was a really important and key part of the mission and Canadians should take real pride in it."

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"And now for Return to Flight, I'm chief of robotics working in the astronaut office in Houston, as a Canadian."

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"The problems of our country are very fast to recognize."

Peter Bichsel, Swiss Writer

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"You know, having been an election monitor in countries across the world, I can tell you that we would never certify another country's election if it had as many flaws in place as we had in Florida."

Corrine Brown, American Politician

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"The way we're going to win elections in this country is not to become Republican lite. The way we're going to win elections in this country is to stand up for what we believe in."

Howard Dean, American Politician

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"A wise traveler never despises his own country."

William Hazlitt, English Critic

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"My country has been very good to me; I must be good to my country."

Walter Annenberg, American Businessman

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"Japan is an important ally of ours. Japan and the United States of the Western industrialized capacity, 60 percent of the GNP, two countries. That's a statement in and of itself."

Dan Quayle, American Vice President

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"I'm Chinese-American, of course, and so it's very interesting to see China actually launch their own astronauts, becoming the third nation, following the United States and Russia, to do so."

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