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"It is very nearly impossible... to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind."
James A. Baldwin
"It is very nearly impossible... to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind."
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"No nation is so great as to be able to afford, in the long run, to remain outside an increasingly universal League of Nations."
Hjalmar Branting
"No nation is so great as to be able to afford, in the long run, to remain outside an increasingly universal League of Nations."
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"It is clear our nation is reliant upon big foreign oil. More and more of our imports come from overseas."
George W. Bush
"It is clear our nation is reliant upon big foreign oil. More and more of our imports come from overseas."
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"Our country right or wrong."
Stephen Decatur
"Our country right or wrong."
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"But like the rest of the country, Maine has reached an impasse, for most of the mercury that fouls our skies, waters and land comes from outside our borders."
Tom Allen
"But like the rest of the country, Maine has reached an impasse, for most of the mercury that fouls our skies, waters and land comes from outside our borders."
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"I am hopeful about any future for whites in this country, but not entirely optimistic."
Helen Suzman
"I am hopeful about any future for whites in this country, but not entirely optimistic."
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"This is a racist country."
Charles Evers
"This is a racist country."
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"We're not necessarily the ski boat, we're the skier. There are countries like Japan and Korea and others who are the ski boat at this point, but we're getting pulled right behind them."
Steve Largent
"We're not necessarily the ski boat, we're the skier. There are countries like Japan and Korea and others who are the ski boat at this point, but we're getting pulled right behind them."
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"Tony Blair - good thing there are not parliamentary elections in this country."
Gwen Ifill
"Tony Blair - good thing there are not parliamentary elections in this country."
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"Every perfect traveler always creates the country where he travels."
Nikos Kazantzakis
"Every perfect traveler always creates the country where he travels."
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"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?"
Jose Saramago
"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?"
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"A nation without dregs and malcontents is orderly, peaceful and pleasant, but perhaps without the seed of things to come."
Eric Hoffer
"A nation without dregs and malcontents is orderly, peaceful and pleasant, but perhaps without the seed of things to come."
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"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."
Rick Larsen
"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."
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"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."
Nadia Comaneci
"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."
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"Their Internet usage is growing very rapidly, and even they can do the math: If everyone in China needed an IPv4 address - just one - this country would use up one third of the entire public IP address space."
Vinton Cerf
"Their Internet usage is growing very rapidly, and even they can do the math: If everyone in China needed an IPv4 address - just one - this country would use up one third of the entire public IP address space."
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"Let me share some facts with you about the law in most of our country. California is in many ways a little different from the rest of the world, and California has better gun laws than many states, although California's need to be improved."
Michael D. Barnes
"Let me share some facts with you about the law in most of our country. California is in many ways a little different from the rest of the world, and California has better gun laws than many states, although California's need to be improved."
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"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."
Chaka Fattah
"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."
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"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."
Corrine Brown
"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."
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"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."
Alan Paton
"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."
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"Yes, Socialists should defend their country in great historical crises."
Karl Liebknecht
"Yes, Socialists should defend their country in great historical crises."
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"The U.S. has the finest research scientists in the world, but we are falling far behind other countries, like South Korea and Singapore, that are moving forward with embryonic stem cell research."
Louise Slaughter
"The U.S. has the finest research scientists in the world, but we are falling far behind other countries, like South Korea and Singapore, that are moving forward with embryonic stem cell research."
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"I was born in 1940 in Minnesota and grew up in the country... dirt roads, swamps, lakes, woods."
Terry Gilliam
"I was born in 1940 in Minnesota and grew up in the country... dirt roads, swamps, lakes, woods."
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"The principal or highest part of the mountain having changed its direction to east and west, I ascended it in such manner as to leave its most elevated ranges to the south and travelled north west over a very rough and broken country generally covered with snow."
William Henry Ashley
"The principal or highest part of the mountain having changed its direction to east and west, I ascended it in such manner as to leave its most elevated ranges to the south and travelled north west over a very rough and broken country generally covered with snow."
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"The United Nations system is still the best instrument for making the world less fragile."
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
"The United Nations system is still the best instrument for making the world less fragile."
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"With options thus foreclosed, in order to protect and defend the nation and clear the obstacles that stood in its path, a decisive appeal to arms was made."
Hideki Tojo
"With options thus foreclosed, in order to protect and defend the nation and clear the obstacles that stood in its path, a decisive appeal to arms was made."
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"The right of a nation to kill a tyrant in case of necessity can no more be doubted than to hang a robber, or kill a flea."
John Adams
"The right of a nation to kill a tyrant in case of necessity can no more be doubted than to hang a robber, or kill a flea."
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"The President of the United States should strive to be always mindful of the fact that he serves his party best who serves his country best."
Rutherford B. Hayes
"The President of the United States should strive to be always mindful of the fact that he serves his party best who serves his country best."
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"The moon and other celestial bodies should be free for exploration and use by all countries. No country should be permitted to advance a claim of sovereignty."
Lyndon B. Johnson
"The moon and other celestial bodies should be free for exploration and use by all countries. No country should be permitted to advance a claim of sovereignty."
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"Do you know that charming part of our country which has been called the garden of France - that spot where, amid verdant plains watered by wide streams, one inhales the purest air of heaven?"
Alfred de Vigny
"Do you know that charming part of our country which has been called the garden of France - that spot where, amid verdant plains watered by wide streams, one inhales the purest air of heaven?"
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"Berlusconi is no longer fit to lead our country."
Romano Prodi
"Berlusconi is no longer fit to lead our country."
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"A great poet is the most precious jewel of a nation."
Ludwig van Beethoven
"A great poet is the most precious jewel of a nation."
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"It goes way, way back when we were under Sweden's rule. We always think they are better than us. We played against them so often for so many years. Every country has one opponent they want to beat and for us, it's Sweden."
Saku Koivu
"It goes way, way back when we were under Sweden's rule. We always think they are better than us. We played against them so often for so many years. Every country has one opponent they want to beat and for us, it's Sweden."
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"Our country is not the only thing to which we owe our allegiance. It is also owed to justice and to humanity."
James Bryce
"Our country is not the only thing to which we owe our allegiance. It is also owed to justice and to humanity."
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"Hurricane Katrina this past week was certainly the worst episode in what has become an all-too-familiar and tragic cycle, and our nation is now faced with a set of unprecedented challenges."
Jo Bonner
"Hurricane Katrina this past week was certainly the worst episode in what has become an all-too-familiar and tragic cycle, and our nation is now faced with a set of unprecedented challenges."
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"The achievements we forge in this place and in our nation will not be those of one person or one party."
Paul Martin
"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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"We inhabit a language rather than a country."
Emile M. Cioran
"We inhabit a language rather than a country."
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"I realized that in those nine seasons I started out at about 225 pounds and I felt, you know, full figured fabulous woman but in those seasons I gained 75 pounds up to over 300 pounds all in front of the nation."
Star Jones
"I realized that in those nine seasons I started out at about 225 pounds and I felt, you know, full figured fabulous woman but in those seasons I gained 75 pounds up to over 300 pounds all in front of the nation."
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"I think we have to be fair in saying at this point that neither Roosevelt nor Lewis realized the peril to which they were exposing both the unions and the country."
John T. Flynn
"I think we have to be fair in saying at this point that neither Roosevelt nor Lewis realized the peril to which they were exposing both the unions and the country."
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"As I think through the issue of funding the rebuilding of Iraq, I think about the analogy of a bankruptcy proceeding. There is no doubt that Iraq as a country is bankrupt."
Arlen Specter
"As I think through the issue of funding the rebuilding of Iraq, I think about the analogy of a bankruptcy proceeding. There is no doubt that Iraq as a country is bankrupt."
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"I cannot resign myself to the decline of Europe, and of France."
Jacques Delors
"I cannot resign myself to the decline of Europe, and of France."
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"It was one thing to contain the Soviet Union in Europe because Britain, France, and Germany were all willing to join in. But will Japan and other Asian countries be willing to join in the containment of China?"
Samuel P. Huntington
"It was one thing to contain the Soviet Union in Europe because Britain, France, and Germany were all willing to join in. But will Japan and other Asian countries be willing to join in the containment of China?"
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"Duty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be."
Douglas MacArthur
"Duty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be."
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"The United Nations has a lot of capacity on the ground."
Stephen Lewis
"The United Nations has a lot of capacity on the ground."
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"The thing I can say about Japan is they were progressive for a country that is very male dominant."
Brandi Chastain
"The thing I can say about Japan is they were progressive for a country that is very male dominant."
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"Our first Prime Minister saw a country that would be known for its generosity of spirit. And so it is."
Kim Campbell
"Our first Prime Minister saw a country that would be known for its generosity of spirit. And so it is."
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"If your kids attend school and grades are up that will make $1,000 contributions to some 10,000 kids across the country, are challenging kids to learn foreign languages or challenging kids to get summer jobs or seek summer enrichment opportunities?"
Harold Ford
"If your kids attend school and grades are up that will make $1,000 contributions to some 10,000 kids across the country, are challenging kids to learn foreign languages or challenging kids to get summer jobs or seek summer enrichment opportunities?"
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"I wish that they could have more freedoms to be able to come and play. I know that the only way that they can get out is by, you know, defecting to another country or whatever, or getting on a boat."
Rafael Palmeiro
"I wish that they could have more freedoms to be able to come and play. I know that the only way that they can get out is by, you know, defecting to another country or whatever, or getting on a boat."
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"It can be rebuilt if other countries with selfish interests will not meddle, as has been done in the past."
Bulent Ecevit
"It can be rebuilt if other countries with selfish interests will not meddle, as has been done in the past."
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"Ireland is a great country to die or be married in."
Elizabeth Bowen
"Ireland is a great country to die or be married in."
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"The citizen who criticizes his country is paying it an implied tribute."
J. William Fulbright
"The citizen who criticizes his country is paying it an implied tribute."
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