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Nation Quotes


"Nobody in this country realizes that cap-and-trade is a tax - and it's a great big one."


"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."


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


"In today's world, new infections and diseases can spread across the country and even across the world in a matter of days, or even hours, making early detection critical."


"Since the Pentagon underestimated the number of troops required after the end of hostilities, we were not prepared to prevent looting or to guard hundreds of weapons dumps spread throughout the country."



"When we talk about fighting for our country, we're talking about our vote, our vote is our arms."


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


"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."


"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."


"Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country."


"Television is an instrument which can paralyze this country."


"We send missionaries to China so the Chinese can get to heaven, but we won't let them into our country."


"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."


"The recent riots in France demonstrate the problem European countries face where second and third generation immigrants still do not consider themselves French, German, or English."



"How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?"


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


"In many ways when Jerry Ford pardoned Nixon, in a certain way, he did speak for the country."


"A chief called Lawyer, because he was a great talker, took the lead in the council, and sold nearly all the Nez Perce country."


"It is only in the country that we can get to know a person or a book."


"And so popular culture raises issues that are very important, actually, in the country I think. You get issues of the First Amendment rights and issues of drug use, issues of AIDS, and things like that all arise naturally out of pop culture."


"Also the fact that anything he does is seen and heard by the entire country, not just his actual audience or those who live in the region he happens to be in."


"The developing countries must be able to take a more active part in trade negotiations, through technical assistance and support from the developed countries."



"We need to get serious about combating gang violence on Long Island, and the entire nation."


"We must look after our own before lining the pockets of overseas countries and investors."


"Today, credit rating agencies rate companies, countries and bonds."


"The United States is historically a nation of immigrants."


"Well we had nine top forensic pathologists from across the country, who operated as a panel, who looked at all the ballistic evidence and they came out saying that those bullets did exactly what the Warren Commission said they did."


"I look forward to the day that a lot of the folks that you all talk about and cover on this network will begin to market products for these families and for these kids coming out of junior high school and high school all across the country."


"Moral cowardice that keeps us from speaking our minds is as dangerous to this country as irresponsible talk."


"But obviously, we can't afford to make some bad long-term decisions with regard to basic commitments our country has - trade those away for some short-term assistance that may or may not be there a month from now."


"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."
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