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Nation Quotes
"It's not like I'm anti-China. I just think it's ridiculous that we allow them to do what they're doing to this country, with the manipulation of the currency, that you write about and understand, and all of the other things that they do."
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"The general revolt of a Nation cannot be called a Rebellion."
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"I take great pride in the fact that I have lived in a Spanish-speaking country."
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"I was as repelled by the French as I was attracted by their country."
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"I am no party man in this matter in any degree; and if I have any objection to the motion it is this, that whereas it is a motion to inquire into the manufacturing distress of the country, it should have been a motion to inquire into manufacturing and agricultural distress."
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"Television has created a nation of news junkies who tune in every night to get their fix on the world."
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"The great nations have always acted like gangsters, and the small nations like prostitutes."
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"The greatest nations have all acted like gangsters and the smallest like prostitutes."
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"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."
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"But, finally, I just realized a few years ago that this is where I belonged. I mean everything I had was invested here, emotionally and every other way. And the country had invested enormously in me."
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"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."
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"I object to you using words like squander and pork. What is pork in one part of the country is an essential project in another part."
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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."
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"In the South or in the mine country, wherever you point the camera there is a picture."
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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."
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"My country has been very good to me; I must be good to my country."
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"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."
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"American literature has never been content to be just one among the many literatures of the Western World. It has always aspired to be the literature not only of a new continent but of a New World."
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"The main thing that endears the United Nations to member governments, and so enables it to survive, is its proven capacity to fail, and to be seen to fail."
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"We're like a Third World country when it comes to some of our election practices."
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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."
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"In the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, our nation has been put under considerable fiscal pressure."
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"Individuals and nations owe it to themselves and the world to become informed."
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"Yes, Socialists should defend their country in great historical crises."
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"As we explore ways to bring price relief and bolster our country's energy independence, one significant energy source has emerged as a potential solution, hydrogen fuel cells."
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"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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"I was right to back Muhammad Ali, but it caused me major enmity in many areas of this nation."
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"This nation is never finished. It has to be re-created in each generation."
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"We need to get serious about combating gang violence on Long Island, and the entire nation."
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"The fact is that it is reasonable for us to say that there is going to be an emergency that happens in this country that we cannot budget for. Katrina is an example."
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"Nearly every country in the world is now becoming industrialized as rapidly as it can."
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"Although lynchings have steadily increased in number and barbarity during the last twenty years, there has been no single effort put forth by the many moral and philanthropic forces of the country to put a stop to this wholesale slaughter."
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"My colleagues, while it is good that the Nation is finally focused on the critical issue of securing our ports, our rhetoric and our passion about Dubai must be matched by the funding necessary to keep our ports and our citizens safe."
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"At the end of the day, there is no doubt that the unique spirit embodied by this country has worked, not just to make the world safer, but to make it better."
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"On my passage thither, I discovered nothing remarkable in the features of the country."
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"This country is about, in my judgment, aggressive, open debate. There is an old saying: When everyone is thinking the same thing, no one is thinking very much."
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"There are no problems that exist in the District that have been solved elsewhere in the country. Whatever problems exist in this city exist other places."
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"I don't consider myself qualified to do a movie about international intrigue - I seldom leave the country."
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