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Nation Quotes
"The problem is, the Republican Party hasn't done anything to make this country better and I speak as a Republican."
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"Canada has two emblems - the beaver and the maple."
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"I thank all of those who weren't born in this country for coming here and making a contribution to Australia. We are the least discriminatory country in the world, in my view."
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"This country is about, in my judgment, aggressive, open debate. There is an old saying: When everyone is thinking the same thing, no one is thinking very much."
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"There has been a strong tradition in this country that it is not the function of the military to educate the public on political issues."
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"I object to you using words like squander and pork. What is pork in one part of the country is an essential project in another part."
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"We are regarded as a Third World country with First World living conditions."
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"Our country - whether bounded by the St. John's and the Sabine, or however otherwise bounded or described, and be the measurements more or less; - still our country, to be cherished in all our hearts, and to be defended by all our hands."
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"Since the invention of steamships distant countries have become like those that are near at hand."
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"As I think through the issue of funding the rebuilding of Iraq, I think about the analogy of a bankruptcy proceeding. There is no doubt that Iraq as a country is bankrupt."
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"Swaziland is a small part of south-east Africa, the last country in the continent to gain its independence."
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"I don't consider myself qualified to do a movie about international intrigue - I seldom leave the country."
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"The day Dick Cheney is going to run for president, I'll kill myself. All we need is another liar... I think he'd like to run, but it would be a sad day for the country if he does."
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"It was one thing to contain the Soviet Union in Europe because Britain, France, and Germany were all willing to join in. But will Japan and other Asian countries be willing to join in the containment of China?"
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"The principles upon which a safety lamp might be constructed I stated to several persons long before Sir Humphrey Davy came into this part of the country."
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"Some of us claim that New York City is the capital of the country, indeed the capital of the world. Now, that may be a bit much for those who don't come from New York, but clearly we are an important city for reasons of our cultural advantages."
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"You carry your country with you, it's part of your baggage."
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"There are lots of nations in the world or national peoples who don't yet have states. They're inside someone else's state and they want a state of their own."
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"This country needs to get a backbone and stand up for its economic interest."
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"But if we have been willing to give our lives to this enterprise, which is for the honour of our country, I appeal to our countrymen to see that those who depend on us are properly cared for."
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"I respect a system that says we're going to put every bit of pressure on anybody we have to put it on to get to the drug dealer who is bringing his poison into the country."
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"Lots of times you can feel as an exile in a country that you were born in."
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"We need an energy revolution by breaking our dependence on fossil fuels, polluting fuels... I am very, very confident our small state will lead this. We will be noticed by the country and the world."
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"Tony Blair - good thing there are not parliamentary elections in this country."
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"We need to focus on green jobs: solar, wind, geothermal, biomass.There's so many opportunities. But other countries like China are getting ahead of the curve."
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"One good thing about California is we have quite a broad-based economy. We provide more fruits and vegetables and produce to the United States than any other state. So we have actually the single largest agricultural sector in the country."
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"Illinois corn farmers are the Nation's number two exporter of feed grains."
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"After the 1954 Geneva international conference, Vietnam was divided into two parts. On paper, North and South Vietnam were twin countries born at the same moment."
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"And most countries are now reducing the number of conscripts and increasing the professionals that are available because they're available on short notice."
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"Now if there is one thing that we do worse than any other nation, it is try and manage somebody else's affairs."
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"Saying the Washington Post is just a newspaper is like saying Rasputin was just a country priest."
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"Niger is not an isolated island of desperation. It lies within a sea of problems across Africa - particularly the 'forgotten emergencies' in poor countries or regions with little strategic or material appeal."
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"Let's start to have a grown up debate in this country about who we are and where we want to go and what kind of country we want to build."
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"Pope John Paul II not only visited Nigeria twice but stood by the country in its fight against dictatorship and injustice."
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