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Townsend Harris

"Since the invention of steamships distant countries have become like those that are near at hand."

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Amber Hurdle

"It's the only sport that's played in every country in the world. It's played and watched all over the world, it's the most popular sport in probably 90% of the countries, and then with the World Cup, you have the most viewed tournament of any sport in the world."

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Amber Hurdle

"The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself."

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Amber Hurdle

"Show me the country that has no strikes and I'll show you the country in which there is no liberty."

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Amber Hurdle

"However, in recent years our nation has seen a sizable influx of illegal immigration that at best highlights some alarming inadequacies and at worst indicates a broken system."

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Amber Hurdle

"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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Amber Hurdle

"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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Amber Hurdle

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

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Amber Hurdle

"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."

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Amber Hurdle

"September 11 is one of our worst days but it brought out the best in us. It unified us as a country and showed our charitable instincts and reminded us of what we stood for and stand for."

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Amber Hurdle

"It is hard to cement any relations with any country based on promises that may not be deliverable."

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Townsend Harris
"Since the invention of steamships distant countries have become like those that are near at hand."

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Townsend Harris
"The President wishes the Japanese to be very prudent about the introduction of opium, and if a treaty is made, he wishes that opium may be strictly prohibited."

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Townsend Harris
"It appears that the English think the Japanese... are fond of opium, and they want to bring it here also."

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Townsend Harris
"The President of the United States thinks that for the Japanese opium is more dangerous than war."

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Townsend Harris
"As the treaty made with the United States was the first treaty entered into by your country with other countries, therefore the President regards Japan with peculiar friendliness."

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Townsend Harris
"The expense of a war could be paid in time; but the expense of opium, when once the habit is formed, will only increase with time."

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Townsend Harris
"When the ambassadors of other foreign countries come to Japan to make treaties, they can be told that such and such a treaty has been made with the ambassador of the United States, and they will rest satisfied with this."

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"Japan and China are isolated and without intercourse with other countries; hence the President directed me to attend to or watch the state of affairs in China also."

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"We do not wish to open your ports to foreign trade all at once."

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"If Japan had been near to either England or France, war would have broken out long ago."

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