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"The brave man inattentive to his duty, is worth little more to his country than the coward who deserts in the hour of danger."
Andrew Jackson
"The brave man inattentive to his duty, is worth little more to his country than the coward who deserts in the hour of danger."
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"The current total of countries in the world with First Amendments is one. You have guaranteed freedom of speech. Other countries don't have that."
Neil Gaiman
"The current total of countries in the world with First Amendments is one. You have guaranteed freedom of speech. Other countries don't have that."
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"Well, you know, I think in conversations with members of the Senate and others, they all recognize that the issue of immigration is important. It's important to our nation, it's important to our public safety, it's important to our security, it's important to our economic well-being moving forward. And it's not something that's going to go away."
Janet Napolitano
"Well, you know, I think in conversations with members of the Senate and others, they all recognize that the issue of immigration is important. It's important to our nation, it's important to our public safety, it's important to our security, it's important to our economic well-being moving forward. And it's not something that's going to go away."
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"Seems to me that the institutions that function in this country are clearly racist, and that they're built upon racism."
Stokely Carmichael
"Seems to me that the institutions that function in this country are clearly racist, and that they're built upon racism."
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"France was an occupied country, a country that surrendered and was left without the right to choose."
Jean-Marie Le Pen
"France was an occupied country, a country that surrendered and was left without the right to choose."
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"We were sent to this country by the President, who desires to promote the welfare of Japan, and are quite different from the ambassadors of other countries."
Townsend Harris
"We were sent to this country by the President, who desires to promote the welfare of Japan, and are quite different from the ambassadors of other countries."
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"And just as there was something of every Vietnamese in Ho Chi Minh so there is something of Ho Chi Minh in almost every present-day Vietnamese, so strong is his imprint on the Vietnamese nation."
Wilfred Burchett
"And just as there was something of every Vietnamese in Ho Chi Minh so there is something of Ho Chi Minh in almost every present-day Vietnamese, so strong is his imprint on the Vietnamese nation."
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"America, thou half-brother of the world; with something good and bad of every land."
Philip James Bailey
"America, thou half-brother of the world; with something good and bad of every land."
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"I would prefer to be a citizen of an independent country rather than Emperor of an enslaved one."
Bao Dai
"I would prefer to be a citizen of an independent country rather than Emperor of an enslaved one."
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"You cannot speak on behalf of a nation when you have no mandate to do so."
Jean-Marie Le Pen
"You cannot speak on behalf of a nation when you have no mandate to do so."
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"When I was 2, we moved into an imposing country mansion 8 miles west of Cardiff, Wales."
Roald Dahl
"When I was 2, we moved into an imposing country mansion 8 miles west of Cardiff, Wales."
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"So seven new countries, three of them formerly part of the Soviet Union, and the others part of the Warsaw Pact, will become full members of NATO next year."
Lord Robertson
"So seven new countries, three of them formerly part of the Soviet Union, and the others part of the Warsaw Pact, will become full members of NATO next year."
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"I'm doing it, I took responsibility in my country and I've done it with my bare hands."
Alexis Arguello
"I'm doing it, I took responsibility in my country and I've done it with my bare hands."
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"The nation can no longer afford to continue policies that hasten the flight of persons to the distant suburbs."
Jane Byrne
"The nation can no longer afford to continue policies that hasten the flight of persons to the distant suburbs."
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"Our nation's infrastructure needs are tremendous, and they're growing."
Bill Lipinski
"Our nation's infrastructure needs are tremendous, and they're growing."
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"We've worked with President Yeltsin. He is the President of the country. He's been a reformer. We've been able to accomplish a number of things together."
Warren Christopher
"We've worked with President Yeltsin. He is the President of the country. He's been a reformer. We've been able to accomplish a number of things together."
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"Our country is the most generous, open, tolerant, and democratic in the world."
Judy Biggert
"Our country is the most generous, open, tolerant, and democratic in the world."
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"Italy is a divided country without a center."
Christian Lacroix
"Italy is a divided country without a center."
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"Even if certain rogue countries do things we wish nobody did, it doesn't necessarily mean that their foolishness should justify our following suit."
Leon Kass
"Even if certain rogue countries do things we wish nobody did, it doesn't necessarily mean that their foolishness should justify our following suit."
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"We moved in to help the Vietnamese defend their country and confront the Viet Cong."
William Westmoreland
"We moved in to help the Vietnamese defend their country and confront the Viet Cong."
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"Can a nation be free if it oppresses other nations? It cannot."
Vladimir Lenin
"Can a nation be free if it oppresses other nations? It cannot."
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"Israel is a country that respects freedom - freedom of assembly, freedom of speech and freedom of worship."
George Pataki
"Israel is a country that respects freedom - freedom of assembly, freedom of speech and freedom of worship."
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"There is more than enough room in the world for Germany and Britain."
John Amery
"There is more than enough room in the world for Germany and Britain."
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"You could say that we are living in an internally globalized country."
Ulrich Beck
"You could say that we are living in an internally globalized country."
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"Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions."
Ulysses S. Grant
"Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions."
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"Our country is the world - our countrymen are all mankind."
William Lloyd Garrison
"Our country is the world - our countrymen are all mankind."
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"I remain attached to my nation."
Lionel Jospin
"I remain attached to my nation."
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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."
Olusegun Obasanjo
"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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"There's no bigger task than protecting the homeland of our country."
George W. Bush
"There's no bigger task than protecting the homeland of our country."
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"I think the economic logic behind dumping a load of toxic waste in the lowest wage country is impeccable and we should face up to it."
Lawrence Summers
"I think the economic logic behind dumping a load of toxic waste in the lowest wage country is impeccable and we should face up to it."
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"I think in every country that there is at least one executive who is scared of going crazy."
Joseph Heller
"I think in every country that there is at least one executive who is scared of going crazy."
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"I was six when we came to this country. When I was 14 or so, I still had a lot of trouble with it."
Joe Eszterhas
"I was six when we came to this country. When I was 14 or so, I still had a lot of trouble with it."
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"The gun dealer is not only paying these two police officers, but more importantly, the gun dealer has said he will never again sell more than one gun to a customer. This is exactly what we're trying to get the gun industry across the country to do."
Michael D. Barnes
"The gun dealer is not only paying these two police officers, but more importantly, the gun dealer has said he will never again sell more than one gun to a customer. This is exactly what we're trying to get the gun industry across the country to do."
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"If you think the system - not you - but if your viewers think that the current political system is working well and serving the interest of our country, then what we're doing will not be attractive."
Hamilton Jordan
"If you think the system - not you - but if your viewers think that the current political system is working well and serving the interest of our country, then what we're doing will not be attractive."
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"In the long winter evenings he talked to Ma about the Western country. In the West the land was level, and there were no trees. The grass grew thick and high."
Laura Ingalls Wilder
"In the long winter evenings he talked to Ma about the Western country. In the West the land was level, and there were no trees. The grass grew thick and high."
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"No I don't think it was a myth at all, anymore than what the recession that the whole country was experiencing was a myth, which obviously seems like it's going to get worse and worse."
Lester Bangs
"No I don't think it was a myth at all, anymore than what the recession that the whole country was experiencing was a myth, which obviously seems like it's going to get worse and worse."
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"They held it their duty to live but for their country."
William Godwin
"They held it their duty to live but for their country."
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"Show me the country that has no strikes and I'll show you the country in which there is no liberty."
Samuel Gompers
"Show me the country that has no strikes and I'll show you the country in which there is no liberty."
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"In many ways when Jerry Ford pardoned Nixon, in a certain way, he did speak for the country."
Morley Safer
"In many ways when Jerry Ford pardoned Nixon, in a certain way, he did speak for the country."
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"I also believe that member states of the United Nations should live up their obligations to pay their dues."
Alex Morrison
"I also believe that member states of the United Nations should live up their obligations to pay their dues."
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"It's very important to always put things in their historical contexts. It teaches important lessons about the country in question."
Warren Christopher
"It's very important to always put things in their historical contexts. It teaches important lessons about the country in question."
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"A good newspaper, I suppose, is a nation talking to itself."
Arthur Miller
"A good newspaper, I suppose, is a nation talking to itself."
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"Politicians in this country have always been for sale. That is nothing new."
Peter Schuyler
"Politicians in this country have always been for sale. That is nothing new."
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"I was trying to learn about Lyndon Johnson when he was young and creating his first political machine in the Texas hill country. I moved there for three years. You had to learn that world."
Robert Caro
"I was trying to learn about Lyndon Johnson when he was young and creating his first political machine in the Texas hill country. I moved there for three years. You had to learn that world."
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"Pa did not like a country so old and worn out that the hunting was poor. He wanted to go west. For two years he had wanted to go west and take a homestead, but Ma did not want to leave the settled country."
Laura Ingalls Wilder
"Pa did not like a country so old and worn out that the hunting was poor. He wanted to go west. For two years he had wanted to go west and take a homestead, but Ma did not want to leave the settled country."
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"There is no country in the world where it's as easy to find venture capital in the stock market as the United States."
Ron Chernow
"There is no country in the world where it's as easy to find venture capital in the stock market as the United States."
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"We are the biggest donor to the United Nations, contributing 22 percent of the regular operating budget and nearly 27 percent of the peacekeeping budget."
Cliff Stearns
"We are the biggest donor to the United Nations, contributing 22 percent of the regular operating budget and nearly 27 percent of the peacekeeping budget."
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"Taiwan is an independent sovereign country."
Chen Shui-bian
"Taiwan is an independent sovereign country."
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"Canada is not really a place where you are encouraged to have large spiritual adventures."
Robertson Davies
"Canada is not really a place where you are encouraged to have large spiritual adventures."
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"We would not have our country's vigour exhausted or her moral force abated, by everlasting meddling and muddling in every quarrel, great and small, which afflicts the world."
Henry Cabot Lodge
"We would not have our country's vigour exhausted or her moral force abated, by everlasting meddling and muddling in every quarrel, great and small, which afflicts the world."
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