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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."

"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

Nation, Country, Teaching, Today, World

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"For us Australians, Singapore also represents sacred soil. Almost 2000 Australians died here in the defense of your island country and our neighborhood."

"For us Australians, Singapore also represents sacred soil. Almost 2000 Australians died here in the defense of your island country and our neighborhood."

Michael Jeffery, Australian Politician

Nation, Country, Defense

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"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."

"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

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"A house in the country is not the same as a country house."

"A house in the country is not the same as a country house."

Gertrude Stein, American Author

Nation, Country

14

"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."

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

"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

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"Whoever serves his country well has no need of ancestors."

"Whoever serves his country well has no need of ancestors."

Voltaire, French Writer

Nation, Country

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

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

Honore de Balzac, French Novelist

Nation, Country, Paris

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"That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest number of noble and happy human beings."

"That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest number of noble and happy human beings."

John Ruskin, English Writer

Nation, Country

13

"A whole nation cannot rise above itself."

"A whole nation cannot rise above itself."

Alexis de Tocqueville, French Scientist

Nation, Limit, Reality, Identity

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"No holidays, no country."

"No holidays, no country."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

Nation, Nationality, Truth, Life, Power

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"A wise traveler never despises his own country."

"A wise traveler never despises his own country."

William Hazlitt, English Critic

Nation, Country

12

"Nation needs soldiers, politics needs civilians."

"Nation needs soldiers, politics needs civilians."

Amit Kalantri, Indian Author

Nation, Politics, War, People

12

"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."

"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

12

"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."

"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

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"The world, as a rule, does not live on beaches and in country clubs."

"The world, as a rule, does not live on beaches and in country clubs."

F. Scott Fitzgerald, American Author

Nation, Country, World

12

"There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our gusts and storms."

"There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our gusts and storms."

George Eliot, British Author

Nation, Country, Storms

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"A nation aimlessly drifting away from God is a nation for which prayer is a rudder and praise is a sail. And it is the man or woman on their knees that builds the former and gives wind to the latter."

"A nation aimlessly drifting away from God is a nation for which prayer is a rudder and praise is a sail. And it is the man or woman on their knees that builds the former and gives wind to the latter."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

Nation, Faith, Prayer, Truth, Power

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"At the dawn of the 19th century, the country was awakening to its enormous scope and variety."

"At the dawn of the 19th century, the country was awakening to its enormous scope and variety."

David Lavender, American Historian

Nation, Country, Dawn, Variety

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"As a South African I honestly cannot understand how people can't see South Africa as a unique nation, untied by ties of history, bonds of suffering, victory, struggles, hope - and in more ways than I ever before thought possible - blood."

"As a South African I honestly cannot understand how people can't see South Africa as a unique nation, untied by ties of history, bonds of suffering, victory, struggles, hope - and in more ways than I ever before thought possible - blood."

Christina Engela, South African Author

Nation, History, Suffering, Victory

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"The desired modernization and rationalisation of Turkey will never be realised till the day the Modern Turks of AtatA1?4rk come to power because only modern and rational minds can create a modern and a rational country!"

"The desired modernization and rationalisation of Turkey will never be realised till the day the Modern Turks of AtatA1?4rk come to power because only modern and rational minds can create a modern and a rational country!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

Nation, Truth, Wisdom, Power, Inspirational

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"Every nation must have prayerful men and women to intercede for the country's well-being."

"Every nation must have prayerful men and women to intercede for the country's well-being."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Nation, Prayerful, Intercede, Well-being

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

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

Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher

Nation, Nations, Right

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"America; a country that was discovered is now a discovery and making discoveries! America is America not because of the name America, but because of the great hands and minds who made the name America be America!"

"America; a country that was discovered is now a discovery and making discoveries! America is America not because of the name America, but because of the great hands and minds who made the name America be America!"

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah, Ghanaian Author

Nation, America, Country, Discovery, Greatness

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"Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country."

"Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country."

Bertrand Russell, British Philosopher

Nation, Country, Dying, Killing, Talk

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