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Nation Quotes
"I actually defeated an incumbent Republican senator who was part of the Jesse Helm's political machine in North Carolina, the result of which is I'm now the senior senator from North Carolina instead of Jesse Helms, which is a very good thing for this country."
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"As a result of the asthma I was sent to school in the country, and only visited Sydney for brief, violently asthmatic sojourns on my way to a house we owned in the Blue Mountains."
40
"September 11 is one of our worst days but it brought out the best in us. It unified us as a country and showed our charitable instincts and reminded us of what we stood for and stand for."
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"Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country."
40
"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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"We send missionaries to China so the Chinese can get to heaven, but we won't let them into our country."
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"We were the first urban school system in the country to wire all of our schools for the Internet."
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"I am in favor of helping the prosperity of all countries because, when we are all prosperous, the trade with each becomes more valuable to the other."
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"No nation ever taxed itself into prosperity."
39
"Japan and China are isolated and without intercourse with other countries; hence the President directed me to attend to or watch the state of affairs in China also."
39
"I am depressed rather at the wave of brutality sweeping over the country."
39
"A demagogue is a person with whom we disagree as to which gang should mismanage the country."
39
"The ambiguous orientation of Japan drove the country into the position of an invader in Asia."
39
"We must honor our country's tradition of openness and continue to welcome new immigrants."
39
"In today's world, new infections and diseases can spread across the country and even across the world in a matter of days, or even hours, making early detection critical."
39
"This country is a better place because Fox News has succeeded."
39
"Also the fact that anything he does is seen and heard by the entire country, not just his actual audience or those who live in the region he happens to be in."
39
"Small businesses are the economic drivers of our country, providing the stimulus our communities need."
39
"Since the Pentagon underestimated the number of troops required after the end of hostilities, we were not prepared to prevent looting or to guard hundreds of weapons dumps spread throughout the country."
39
"The United States is historically a nation of immigrants."
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"Why, so soon as French Canadians, who are in a minority in this House and in the country, were to organise as a political party, they would compel the majority to organise as a political party, and the result must be disastrous to themselves."
39
"I think clearly the United States, as well as other western nations, should stand by their commitments to human rights and democracy and should try to influence other countries to move in that direction."
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"Moral cowardice that keeps us from speaking our minds is as dangerous to this country as irresponsible talk."
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"I have long felt that an investment by the Department of Energy of a million dollars a year for the next 30 years would pay a higher return than any other investment this country could ever make."
39
"I believe that Clinton is the most wicked and vile President that this nation has ever had."
39
"My country right or wrong; when right, to keep her right; when wrong, to put her right."
39
"We are regarded as a Third World country with First World living conditions."
39
"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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"We will learn together how to solve the problems of the country."
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"We're a nation of liars. But I mean that in the kindest sense."
39
"In this country you can say aloud or publish just about anything you like."
38
"We are the last remaining country to allow ourselves two breaks in the season. You just have to look at England, Italy and Spain, they play right through the season. We on the other hand take six weeks off in the winter until the end of January, and that is a luxury."
38
"There are a number of steps that we can take to reinvigorate and rebuild the economic and the physical infrastructure of our country and then to rebuild us, frankly, on a spiritual level."
38
"Israel is the only country in the Middle East where Arabs can be elected to the parliament in a democratic election."
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"It affords me sincere pleasure to be able to apprise you of the entire removal of the Cherokee Nation of Indians to their new homes west of the Mississippi."
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