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Nation Quotes


"Unfortunately, my district like many others across the country has a problem with gangs, which is why I introduced this amendment."



"America is the sum of all our journeys as we search for our national community and our national culture."


"I'm doing it, I took responsibility in my country and I've done it with my bare hands."


"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?"


"The citizen who criticizes his country is paying it an implied tribute."


"Of course, I grew up in Communist Romania, but I am happy to say that now our country is democratic, and prospering, since the revolution in 1989."


"We need to address our Nation's mounting garbage problem by generating less garbage, particularly paper waste."


"When under attack, no country is obligated to collect permission slips from allies to strike back."


"When the ambassadors of other foreign countries come to Japan to make treaties, they can be told that such and such a treaty has been made with the ambassador of the United States, and they will rest satisfied with this."


"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."


"We are a communicating nation which needs access to space, access to the seas."


"We are a better Nation and the world is a safer place because of Ronald Reagan."


"My big focus is China and OPEC and all of these countries that are just absolutely destroying the United States."


"If our country is serious about reducing our dependency on foreign oil, we need to get serious about mobilizing the infrastructure necessary to distribute and dispense the next generation of fuels."



"They have some pretty tough gun laws in Japan, as they do in any other civilized country in the world, and they're not killing each other off with firearms. You have very violent films in Europe, yet it's not causing the mayhem we see in our streets routinely here."


"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."


"I very much regret, in appearing before you at your request, to address you on the present state of the country, and the prospect before us, that I can bring you no good tidings."


"In this country you can say aloud or publish just about anything you like."


"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."


"We are now physically, politically, and economically one world and nations so interdependent that the absolute national sovereignty of nations is no longer possible."


"We're like a Third World country when it comes to some of our election practices."


"I'm surprised that we've gotten to a point where we don't put our country first and put our party first."


"But if they want to really think about the fiscal future of this country, then think about how we have moved from hundreds of billions of surpluses to hundreds of billions of deficits."


"U.S. corn exports to CAFTA countries will benefit from reduced tariffs and duty-free access for corn products."


"You know, having been an election monitor in countries across the world, I can tell you that we would never certify another country's election if it had as many flaws in place as we had in Florida."


"Despite the negativity coming from the President's opponents, the United States remains fully committed to assisting the Iraqis in restoring security and rebuilding their nation."


"Horsemeat in many European and Asian countries is consumed as a delicacy."


"A nation that forgets its past can function no better than an individual with amnesia."


"We are the greatest country in the world but we are facing serious issues."


"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."


"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."


"All my roots are still in the prarie country of the Middle West."


"Israel is the only country in the Middle East where Arabs can be elected to the parliament in a democratic election."


"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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