"New York, the nation's thyroid gland."

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

Aldous Huxley, English Novelist

Nation, Country, Dignity, Importance, Office

"What is a democrat? One who believes that the republicans have ruined the country. What is a republican? One who believes that the democrats would ruin the country."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

Nation, Country, Democrats, Republican, Republicans

"The whole basis of the United Nations is the right of all nations - great or small - to have weight, to have a vote, to be attended to, to be a part of the twentieth century."

Adlai E. Stevenson, American Politician

Nation, Nations, Right, United, Vote

"It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not what they ought to be, so are the rest of the nation."

Jane Austen, British Writer

Nation, Rest, Will

"Every nation ridicules other nations, and all are right."

Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher

Nation, Nations, Right

"No holidays, no country."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

Nation, Nationality, Truth, Life, Power

"I don't understand the Democrats' approach to Social Security in this country, and I'm not alone."

William Weld, American Politician

Nation, Country, Democrats, Security

"The country is provincial; it becomes ridiculous when it tries to ape Paris."

Honore de Balzac, French Novelist

Nation, Country, Paris

"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

Nation, Countries, States, United

"Switzerland is a country where very few things begin, but many things end."

F. Scott Fitzgerald, American Author

Nation, Country, End

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"Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to continually be part of unanimity."

Individuality, Day, Mind, Reading, Silly

"The courage of the poet is to keep ajar the door that leads into madness."

Courage, Madness

"We call a child's mind 'small' simply by habit; perhaps it is larger than ours is, for it can take in almost anything without effort."

Habit, Effort, Mind

"Life is a foreign language; all men mispronounce it."

Life, Men, Language

"Lots of times you have to pretend to join a parade in which you're not really interested in order to get where you're going."

Conformity, Order

"Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of a little water."

Emotional, Clouds, Sky, Water

"Only the sinner has the right to preach."

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

"What is a democrat? One who believes that the republicans have ruined the country. What is a republican? One who believes that the democrats would ruin the country."

"The whole basis of the United Nations is the right of all nations - great or small - to have weight, to have a vote, to be attended to, to be a part of the twentieth century."

"It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not what they ought to be, so are the rest of the nation."

"Every nation ridicules other nations, and all are right."

"No holidays, no country."

"I don't understand the Democrats' approach to Social Security in this country, and I'm not alone."

"The country is provincial; it becomes ridiculous when it tries to ape Paris."

"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."

"Switzerland is a country where very few things begin, but many things end."

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"We've had bad luck with our kids - they've all grown up."

"There is only one rule for being a good talker - learn to listen."

"The trouble with wedlock is that there's not enough wed and too much lock."

"Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to continually be part of unanimity."

"The courage of the poet is to keep ajar the door that leads into madness."

"We call a child's mind 'small' simply by habit; perhaps it is larger than ours is, for it can take in almost anything without effort."

"Life is a foreign language; all men mispronounce it."

"Lots of times you have to pretend to join a parade in which you're not really interested in order to get where you're going."

"Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of a little water."

"Only the sinner has the right to preach."