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"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."
Jay Inslee
"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."
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"A single tree in the tropical forest in the south of Mexico has more different species than some European countries."
Carlos Salinas de Gortari
"A single tree in the tropical forest in the south of Mexico has more different species than some European countries."
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"In 1990 we ran across Europe through 13 countries and covering 7,130 miles."
Dennis Banks
"In 1990 we ran across Europe through 13 countries and covering 7,130 miles."
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"I also believe that Hurricane Katrina did reveal a weakness in our energy supply systems, highlighting the reliance this country has on the gulf coast for our energy resources."
Steve Buyer
"I also believe that Hurricane Katrina did reveal a weakness in our energy supply systems, highlighting the reliance this country has on the gulf coast for our energy resources."
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"Looking at the high cost of occupation in Iraq and the needs we have in this country, would it not have been better to have smaller tax cuts in order to keep down the deficits."
Tim Russert
"Looking at the high cost of occupation in Iraq and the needs we have in this country, would it not have been better to have smaller tax cuts in order to keep down the deficits."
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"The way we're going to win elections in this country is not to become Republican lite. The way we're going to win elections in this country is to stand up for what we believe in."
Howard Dean
"The way we're going to win elections in this country is not to become Republican lite. The way we're going to win elections in this country is to stand up for what we believe in."
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"The whole basis of the United Nations is the right of all nations - great or small - to have weight, to have a vote, to be attended to, to be a part of the twentieth century."
Adlai E. Stevenson
"The whole basis of the United Nations is the right of all nations - great or small - to have weight, to have a vote, to be attended to, to be a part of the twentieth century."
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"It is impossible that the whisper of a faction should prevail against the voice of a nation."
Lord John Russell
"It is impossible that the whisper of a faction should prevail against the voice of a nation."
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"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."
David Ricardo
"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."
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"The nation can no longer afford to continue policies that hasten the flight of persons to the distant suburbs."
Jane Byrne
"The nation can no longer afford to continue policies that hasten the flight of persons to the distant suburbs."
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"We've only been wealthy in this country for 70 years. Who said we ought to have all this? Is it ordained?"
Jack Welch
"We've only been wealthy in this country for 70 years. Who said we ought to have all this? Is it ordained?"
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"All these other nations seem to appreciate what I'm doing and they want me to play the furthest out things."
Sun Ra
"All these other nations seem to appreciate what I'm doing and they want me to play the furthest out things."
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"It is perfectly obvious that no one nor any single country can save the world from the horrors of tsunamis, hurricanes, earthquakes and winged influenza."
Richard Reeves
"It is perfectly obvious that no one nor any single country can save the world from the horrors of tsunamis, hurricanes, earthquakes and winged influenza."
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"Go West, young man, and grow up with the country."
Horace Greeley
"Go West, young man, and grow up with the country."
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"In the country of pain we are each alone."
May Sarton
"In the country of pain we are each alone."
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"How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?"
"How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?"
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"Whether you are a Democrat or a Republican, our nation is stronger when we are respected throughout the world."
Bill Richardson
"Whether you are a Democrat or a Republican, our nation is stronger when we are respected throughout the world."
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"Every nation ridicules other nations, and all are right."
Arthur Schopenhauer
"Every nation ridicules other nations, and all are right."
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"It turned out that the country was helpless in the face of a new reality."
Andrzej Wajda
"It turned out that the country was helpless in the face of a new reality."
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"What is a democrat? One who believes that the republicans have ruined the country. What is a republican? One who believes that the democrats would ruin the country."
Ambrose Bierce
"What is a democrat? One who believes that the republicans have ruined the country. What is a republican? One who believes that the democrats would ruin the country."
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"I lived with them in my studio in New York. And of course if I were doing that book today or even ten years, fifteen years later, I would have gone to where the wild ducks were and where I could study them - I would have gone to the country somewhere."
Robert McCloskey
"I lived with them in my studio in New York. And of course if I were doing that book today or even ten years, fifteen years later, I would have gone to where the wild ducks were and where I could study them - I would have gone to the country somewhere."
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"Today, we have a trade regime which has led to the largest trade deficits this country has ever experienced."
Xavier Becerra
"Today, we have a trade regime which has led to the largest trade deficits this country has ever experienced."
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"Are wars anything but the means whereby a nation is nourished, whereby it is strengthened, whereby it is buttressed?"
Marquis de Sade
"Are wars anything but the means whereby a nation is nourished, whereby it is strengthened, whereby it is buttressed?"
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"Our soldiers have nobly fought to protect freedom since our country's birth, and have fought to protect those that could not protect themselves, even in foreign lands when called upon."
John Linder
"Our soldiers have nobly fought to protect freedom since our country's birth, and have fought to protect those that could not protect themselves, even in foreign lands when called upon."
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"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."
Donald Trump
"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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"In many ways when Jerry Ford pardoned Nixon, in a certain way, he did speak for the country."
Morley Safer
"In many ways when Jerry Ford pardoned Nixon, in a certain way, he did speak for the country."
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"I also believe that member states of the United Nations should live up their obligations to pay their dues."
Alex Morrison
"I also believe that member states of the United Nations should live up their obligations to pay their dues."
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"As for my country, I don't live there, but obviously I'm very proud to be Canadian."
Mike Weir
"As for my country, I don't live there, but obviously I'm very proud to be Canadian."
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"I am depressed rather at the wave of brutality sweeping over the country."
John Burns
"I am depressed rather at the wave of brutality sweeping over the country."
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"I will be talking with gymnasts from some of the other countries. I will be getting a feel for what they're thinking and what they're doing. It should be a really great meet."
Shannon Miller
"I will be talking with gymnasts from some of the other countries. I will be getting a feel for what they're thinking and what they're doing. It should be a really great meet."
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"I couldn't settle in Italy - it was like living in a foreign country."
Ian Rush
"I couldn't settle in Italy - it was like living in a foreign country."
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"We must fight as a race for everything that makes for a better country and a better world. We are dreaming idiots and trusting fools to do anything less."
Ralph Bunche
"We must fight as a race for everything that makes for a better country and a better world. We are dreaming idiots and trusting fools to do anything less."
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"There is a certain amount of momentum that is achieved when one country after another reopens their borders."
Mike Johanns
"There is a certain amount of momentum that is achieved when one country after another reopens their borders."
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"Happy and fortunate indeed would this nation be, nay, completely blessed, if it had good prelates and pastors, and but one prince, and that prince a good one."
Giraldus Cambrensis
"Happy and fortunate indeed would this nation be, nay, completely blessed, if it had good prelates and pastors, and but one prince, and that prince a good one."
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"A demagogue is a person with whom we disagree as to which gang should mismanage the country."
Don Marquis
"A demagogue is a person with whom we disagree as to which gang should mismanage the country."
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"Historically, the host nations do well in Euro 2000."
Trevor Brooking
"Historically, the host nations do well in Euro 2000."
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"A good nation I will make live."
Black Elk
"A good nation I will make live."
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"The problem is that in our country, they make it almost impossible for politicians to win anything. In England it's easier to win a libel suit."
Rand Paul
"The problem is that in our country, they make it almost impossible for politicians to win anything. In England it's easier to win a libel suit."
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"If you lead a country like Britain, a strong country, a country which has taken a lead in world affairs in good times and in bad, a country that is always reliable, then you have to have a touch of iron about you."
Margaret Thatcher
"If you lead a country like Britain, a strong country, a country which has taken a lead in world affairs in good times and in bad, a country that is always reliable, then you have to have a touch of iron about you."
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"I think in every country that there is at least one executive who is scared of going crazy."
Joseph Heller
"I think in every country that there is at least one executive who is scared of going crazy."
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"Aside from the murders, DC has one of the lowest crime rates in the country."
Marion Barry
"Aside from the murders, DC has one of the lowest crime rates in the country."
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"A chief called Lawyer, because he was a great talker, took the lead in the council, and sold nearly all the Nez Perce country."
Chief Joseph
"A chief called Lawyer, because he was a great talker, took the lead in the council, and sold nearly all the Nez Perce country."
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"Only peril can bring the French together. One can't impose unity out of the blue on a country that has 265 different kinds of cheese."
Charles de Gaulle
"Only peril can bring the French together. One can't impose unity out of the blue on a country that has 265 different kinds of cheese."
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"Countries are either mothers or fathers, and engender the emotional bristle secretly reserved for either sire."
Edna O'Brien
"Countries are either mothers or fathers, and engender the emotional bristle secretly reserved for either sire."
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"A nation is an organic thing."
Peter Brimelow
"A nation is an organic thing."
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"Central and western Pennsylvania has one of the best workforces in the country and this will provide job training, new skills and additional resources for those trying to find a job."
Bill Shuster
"Central and western Pennsylvania has one of the best workforces in the country and this will provide job training, new skills and additional resources for those trying to find a job."
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"I think it's perhaps fair to say we've been one of the most influential Royal Commissions this country ever had and there's nothing we have said that isn't relevant to the present situation."
Frank Scott
"I think it's perhaps fair to say we've been one of the most influential Royal Commissions this country ever had and there's nothing we have said that isn't relevant to the present situation."
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"The country's top chefs, designers, media personalities and businesses are part of this dynamic city. We know that Chicagoans are used to the highest standards."
Ivanka Trump
"The country's top chefs, designers, media personalities and businesses are part of this dynamic city. We know that Chicagoans are used to the highest standards."
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"Our country may be likened to a new house. We lack many things, but we possess the most precious of all - liberty!"
James Monroe
"Our country may be likened to a new house. We lack many things, but we possess the most precious of all - liberty!"
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"Yet since the 1950s, little has been done to prepare for our country's current or future energy needs."
Cathy McMorris
"Yet since the 1950s, little has been done to prepare for our country's current or future energy needs."
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