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"Hungary is very similar to Bulgaria. I know they're different countries."

"Nitrogen fertilizer is used on all crops produced in this country, but it is a key plant nutrient to produce corn a critical crop to Illinois farmers."

"There's no bigger task than protecting the homeland of our country."

"I'd come back after having served as ambassador to New Zealand and found that I had real concerns about the direction in which this country was headed."

"If more politicians in this country were thinking about the next generation instead of the next election, it might be better for the United States and the world."

"This debt crisis coming to our country. The wall and tidal wave of debt that is befalling our nation. Medicare and Social Security go bankrupt within ten years, we have a debt that is looming so high that in the last year of President Obama's budget just the interest payments on our debt is $916 billion dollars."

"In my judgment, if we had pursued this course, the zones would have been of short duration. England would have been compelled to take her mines out of the North Sea in order to get any supplies from our country."

"Egypt has suffered more ordeals than the other countries to get where it is."

"Pope John Paul II not only visited Nigeria twice but stood by the country in its fight against dictatorship and injustice."

"There's a clear example of resolve in this country to fight back."
Explore more quotes by Alan Greenspan

"An almost hysterical antagonism toward the gold standard is one issue which unites statists of all persuasions. They seem to sense... that gold and economic freedom are inseparable."

"I don't know where the stock market is going, but I will say this, that if it continues higher, this will do more to stimulate the economy than anything we've been talking about today or anything anybody else was talking about."

"The true measure of a career is to be able to be content, even proud, that you succeeded through your own endeavors without leaving a trail of casualties in your wake."

"History has not dealt kindly with the aftermath of protracted periods of low risk premiums."

"To succeed, you will soon learn, as I did, the importance of a solid foundation in the basics of education - literacy, both verbal and numerical, and communication skills."

"In the absence of the gold standard, there is no way to protect savings from confiscation through inflation. There is no safe store of value."

"I have found no greater satisfaction than achieving success through honest dealing and strict adherence to the view that, for you to gain, those you deal with should gain as well."
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