"I see Canada as a country torn between a very northern, rather extraordinary, mystical spirit which it fears and its desire to present itself to the world as a Scotch banker."

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"I see Canada as a country torn between a very northern, rather extraordinary, mystical spirit which it fears and its desire to present itself to the world as a Scotch banker."

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Harry S. Truman, American President

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"If the rabble were lopped off at one end and the aristocrats at the other, all would be well with the country."

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"May I make a suggestion, hoping it is not an impertinence? Write it down: write down what you feel. It is sometimes a wonderful help in misery."

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"Afraid no, I wasn't afraid but it was an unusual thing, it was an unusual feeling. It was an unusual atmosphere for me having grown up in this country and, and, and never seeing anything like that."

"I do not believe there is a problem in this country or the world today which could not be settled if approached through the teaching of the Sermon on the Mount."

"A wise traveler never despises his own country."

"The nation can no longer afford to continue policies that hasten the flight of persons to the distant suburbs."

"The security of our country is not just a top priority, it's the top priority."

"Official dignity tends to increase in inverse ratio to the importance of the country in which the office is held."

"There is no country in the world where it's as easy to find venture capital in the stock market as the United States."

"As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole world."

"If the rabble were lopped off at one end and the aristocrats at the other, all would be well with the country."

"President Bush in his inaugural address talked about bringing freedom to countries that don't have it. He didn't specify how."

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"Do not suppose, however, that I intend to urge a diet of classics on anybody. I have seen such diets at work. I have known people who have actually read all, or almost all, the guaranteed Hundred Best Books. God save us from reading nothing but the best."

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"Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt."

"Only a fool expects to be happy all the time."

"No people in the world can make you feel so small as the English."

"A happy childhood has spoiled many a promising life."

"May I make a suggestion, hoping it is not an impertinence? Write it down: write down what you feel. It is sometimes a wonderful help in misery."

"I never heard of anyone who was really literate or who ever really loved books who wanted to suppress any of them."

"The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend."

"A Librettist is a mere drudge in the world of opera."