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Nation Quotes


"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."


"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."


"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."


"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."


"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."


"It is impossible that the whisper of a faction should prevail against the voice of a nation."


"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."


"The nation can no longer afford to continue policies that hasten the flight of persons to the distant suburbs."


"We've only been wealthy in this country for 70 years. Who said we ought to have all this? Is it ordained?"



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


"Whether you are a Democrat or a Republican, our nation is stronger when we are respected throughout the world."


"Every nation ridicules other nations, and all are right."


"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."


"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."


"Today, we have a trade regime which has led to the largest trade deficits this country has ever experienced."


"Are wars anything but the means whereby a nation is nourished, whereby it is strengthened, whereby it is buttressed?"


"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."


"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."


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


"I am depressed rather at the wave of brutality sweeping over the country."


"There is a certain amount of momentum that is achieved when one country after another reopens their borders."


"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."


"A demagogue is a person with whom we disagree as to which gang should mismanage the country."


"Historically, the host nations do well in Euro 2000."


"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."


"I think in every country that there is at least one executive who is scared of going crazy."


"Aside from the murders, DC has one of the lowest crime rates in 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."


"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."


"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."


"Yet since the 1950s, little has been done to prepare for our country's current or future energy needs."
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