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Nation Quotes
"Property that endangers the safety of a nation should not be suffered to remain in the hands of its citizens."
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"I come from a district where the veterans are not the richest in the country."
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"Although lynchings have steadily increased in number and barbarity during the last twenty years, there has been no single effort put forth by the many moral and philanthropic forces of the country to put a stop to this wholesale slaughter."
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"My colleagues, while it is good that the Nation is finally focused on the critical issue of securing our ports, our rhetoric and our passion about Dubai must be matched by the funding necessary to keep our ports and our citizens safe."
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"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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"I would die for my country but I could never let my country die for me."
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"But obviously, we can't afford to make some bad long-term decisions with regard to basic commitments our country has - trade those away for some short-term assistance that may or may not be there a month from now."
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"Even today with the problems that we face, who would you rather be? Which country would you trade places with?"
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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."
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"It's the only sport that's played in every country in the world. It's played and watched all over the world, it's the most popular sport in probably 90% of the countries, and then with the World Cup, you have the most viewed tournament of any sport in the world."
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"No longer should we rely on oil from countries that are not necessarily friendly or democratic."
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"We inhabit a language rather than a country."
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"I realized that in those nine seasons I started out at about 225 pounds and I felt, you know, full figured fabulous woman but in those seasons I gained 75 pounds up to over 300 pounds all in front of the nation."
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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."
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"Because Katrina put it out there, no one can play the pretend game anymore that there isn't poverty and inequality in this country. The Millions More Movement - Katrina gives it added significance."
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"There must be no worse punishment to a totalitarian nation than the withdrawal of capital."
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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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"Saying the Washington Post is just a newspaper is like saying Rasputin was just a country priest."
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"It appears from Mr. Smith's account that there is no scarcity of buffalo as he penetrated the country."
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"These poor wretches were stolen from their homes, carried to a strange country, and sold to servitude, from which they sought to escape on the first occasion which offered."
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"As the Republican platforms says, the welfare of the farmer is vital to that of the whole country."
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"Methamphetamine is a highly dangerous drug that is wreaking havoc on families and communities throughout this country. The drug's use is spreading across the United States."
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"A single tree in the tropical forest in the south of Mexico has more different species than some European countries."
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"The Democratic Party, all the candidates from Washington, they all know each other, they all move in the same circles, and what I'm doing is breaking into the country club."
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"What this country needs is more unemployed politicians."
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"We are a communicating nation which needs access to space, access to the seas."
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"But I am sure also that from a political point of view, and from a social point of view the federal link, without infringing the sovereignty of any of the nations which might take part in such as association, could be beneficial."
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"A nation that forgets its past can function no better than an individual with amnesia."
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"A demagogue is a person with whom we disagree as to which gang should mismanage the country."
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"In wartime we identify ourselves with the nation, and its interests are the interests of our primal selves."
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"The ambiguous orientation of Japan drove the country into the position of an invader in Asia."
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"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."
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"No nation now sets forth to despoil another upon the avowed ground that it desires the spoils."
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"I was right to back Muhammad Ali, but it caused me major enmity in many areas of this nation."
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"This country is a better place because Fox News has succeeded."
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"This nation is never finished. It has to be re-created in each generation."
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"Our country, right or wrong. When right, to be kept right; when wrong, to be put right."
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