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Edward Livingston

"No nation ever yet found any inconvenience from too close an inspection into the conduct of its officers, but many have been brought to ruin and reduced to slavery by suffering gradual impositions and abuses."

Edward Livingston, American Judge
Nation, Ruin, Slavery, Suffering
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"No nation ever yet found any inconvenience from too close an inspection into the conduct of its officers, but many have been brought to ruin and reduced to slavery by suffering gradual impositions and abuses."

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"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."

Harry S. Truman, American President
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"California is like an artificial limb the rest of the country doesn't really need. You can quote me on that."

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"A wise traveler never despises his own country."

William Hazlitt, English Critic
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"I think we have to be fair in saying at this point that neither Roosevelt nor Lewis realized the peril to which they were exposing both the unions and the country."

John T. Flynn, American Critic
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"The country is provincial; it becomes ridiculous when it tries to ape Paris."

Honore de Balzac, French Novelist
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"There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare."

Sun Tzu, Chinese Philosopher
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"Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country."

Bertrand Russell, British Philosopher
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"In this country, when you finish second, no one knows your name."

Frank McGuire, American Coach
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