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Nation Quotes
"I am not someone who believes we should build a fence around our country but I do believe there ought to be some fairness with respect to the rules of this globalization."
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"Hurricane Katrina exposed the harsh reality that we have been skating on thin ice when it comes to this country's energy concentrations on the Gulf Coast."
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"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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"It is important to remember that the Pacific Ocean covers a quarter of the world's surface and that each Pacific country has its own cultural, historical and ethnic identity."
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"Europe started out with six countries; three small countries and three large countries."
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"Every perfect traveler always creates the country where he travels."
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"These are the multinationals, like General Motors and Nestle; these are the big industrial groups that weigh, on the monetary scale, much more than big countries like Egypt."
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"We will liberate our country from the occupying forces and put an end to relations between Russia and the Chechen State, no matter how difficult the task may be."
48
"Let a nation's fervent thanks make some amends for the toils and sufferings of those who survive."
48
"Here's a little newsflash for those reporters and commentators: I'm not going to Washington to seek their good opinion. I'm going to Washington to serve this great country."
48
"The Republicans in the House and the Bush administration are bankrupting this country."
48
"Yes, the European model remains superior to that of America and Japan."
48
"The event of the landing of these brethren upon our shores is to be, not without its beneficial effect, as well to the colored population of this country, as it promises to be to ill-fated Africa."
48
"We're not trying to take back our country. We are our country."
48
"The achievements we forge in this place and in our nation will not be those of one person or one party."
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"The doom of a nation can be averted only by a storm of flowing passion, but only those who are passionate themselves can arouse passion in others."
48
"The National Flood Insurance Program is a valuable tool in addressing the losses incurred throughout this country due to floods. It assures that businesses and families have access to affordable flood insurance that would not be available on the open market."
48
"A nation is formed by the willingness of each of us to share in the responsibility for upholding the common good."
48
"I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth, and I am a citizen of the world."
48
"I always ask two questions: How many countries have military bases in the United States? And in how many countries does the United States not have military bases?"
48
"We need to address our Nation's mounting garbage problem by generating less garbage, particularly paper waste."
48
"By far the greatest part of those goods which are the objects of desire, are procured by labour; and they may be multiplied, not in one country alone, but in many, almost without any assignable limit, if we are disposed to bestow the labour necessary to obtain them."
47
"My big focus is China and OPEC and all of these countries that are just absolutely destroying the United States."
47
"We have a moral responsibility to save wild places like the arctic refuge for future generations, and that is why our country has remained committed to its protection for nearly 50 years."
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"The U.S. is, so far as I know, the only nation which places such extensive reliance on the polygraph. It has gotten us into a lot of trouble."
47
"U.S. corn exports to CAFTA countries will benefit from reduced tariffs and duty-free access for corn products."
47
"I envision someday a great, peaceful South Africa in which the world will take pride, a nation in which each of many different groups will be making its own creative contribution."
47
"The nation... doesn't simply need what we have. It needs what we are."
47
"Well we had nine top forensic pathologists from across the country, who operated as a panel, who looked at all the ballistic evidence and they came out saying that those bullets did exactly what the Warren Commission said they did."
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"It's a great country, where anybody can grow up to be president... except me."
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"And they will tell you unequivocally that if we have a chemical or biological attack or a nuclear attack anywhere in this country, they are unprepared to deal with it today, and that is of high urgency."
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"Following the devastation of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, $3 per gallon gasoline became common and our nation has come under considerable strain."
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