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Nation Quotes


"We have record high temperatures and record high energy prices across the country, and we've seen the dangerous effects caused by extreme temperatures in the past."


"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."


"We must stress that the euro has been beneficial to the European Union because, otherwise, in this context of international turmoil, every country would have to devalue their currencies."


"I believe that Clinton is the most wicked and vile President that this nation has ever had."


"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."


"On my passage thither, I discovered nothing remarkable in the features of the country."


"I will stand up for what I believe and for what I have always believed: Every person has a right to be rich in this country and I want to help them get there."


"My country right or wrong; when right, to keep her right; when wrong, to put her right."


"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."


"Additionally, any Human Rights Council reform that allows countries with despicable human rights records to remain as members, such as China and Saudi Arabia, is not real reform."


"In this ever-changing world, it's more important than ever that our top-notch military continues to receive the resources needed to serve and protect our country."


"What this country needs is a really good five cent cigar."


"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."


"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."


"All countries, big or small, strong or weak, are equal members of the United Nations."


"The United Nations has a lot of capacity on the ground."


"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."


"The thing I can say about Japan is they were progressive for a country that is very male dominant."


"I am always the 'good guy,' and I take on the idiotic jerks of the nation."


"Our first Prime Minister saw a country that would be known for its generosity of spirit. And so it is."


"You're never able to please everybody, especially when you're transforming a country like Russia."


"Countries are well cultivated, not as they are fertile, but as they are free."


"It can be rebuilt if other countries with selfish interests will not meddle, as has been done in the past."


"How could this Y2K be a problem in a country where we have Intel and Microsoft?"


"Arizona now has one of the most innovative systems of financing school construction in the nation."


"If I write in my name to the agents of England and France residing in Asia and inform them that Japan is ready to make a commercial treaty with their countries, the number of steamers will be reduced from fifty to two or three."


"The country has undergone a profound social upheaval, the greatest the proletariat has ever known."


"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."


"As the Republican platforms says, the welfare of the farmer is vital to that of the whole country."


"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."


"The fact is that we cannot drill our way to independence. We cannot drill our way to freedom, and we cannot drill our way to create jobs in this country."


"A single tree in the tropical forest in the south of Mexico has more different species than some European countries."


"Many countries persecute their own citizens and intern them in prisons or concentration camps. Oppression is becoming more and more a part of the systems."
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