John Lothrop Motley Quotes
Thus the whole country was broken into many shreds and patches of sovereignty.
John Lothrop Motley
Quotes to Explore
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Venezuelan baseball is more aggressive, more passionate, more exciting. The fans are not the same as in your native country.
Pablo Sandoval
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If I had undertaken the practical direction of military operations, and anything went amiss, I feared that my conscience would torture me, as guilty of the fall of my country, as I had not been familiar with military tactics.
Lajos Kossuth
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When an American says that he loves his country, he means not only that he loves the New England hills, the prairies glistening in the sun, the wide and rising plains, the great mountains and the sea. He means that he loves an inner air, inner life in which freedom lives. In which a man can draw the breath of self-respect.
Ralph Bellamy
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There are millions of Americans outside Washington who are tired of stale political arguments and are moving this country forward. They believe, and I believe, that here in America, our success should depend not on accident of birth, but the strength of our work ethic and the scope of our dreams.
Barack Obama
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Grease and starch just always win over protein. In food as in so many things. Look around you, that's what our whole country is based on. It's amazing that Michael Jordan can be an iconic figure because he's basically just protein.
Ira Glass
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I am an American, not by accident of birth but by choice. I voted with my feet and became an American because I love this country and think it is exceptional.
Fareed Zakaria
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Why should Scotland be stopped from suggesting to the English people that we join a new union under new terms? Let's not try to dominate one another. Let's be a collection, like being in the pub with a kitty. When we vote in Scotland, we vote one way, but the other country votes another way and we always end up with what they vote for.
Eddi Reader
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The fact of leaving one's country, one's family, one's roots, can be painful. My father had already found his place, but for us, for my mother, it was very difficult to get our bearings.
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
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I like my country, but I don't think like an Italian. It's a complex, complicated difficult country to make things happen in.
Lapo Elkann
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The women putting their lives at risk for our country deserve better than to be treated as second-class citizens.
Tammy Duckworth
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If we're going to see sustainable results from all the other investments we're making in education, we need to build leadership capacity in each and every country.
Wendy Kopp
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I don't think of myself as Scottish or lesbian when I sit down and write. I am glad I have broken out of that limited audience.
Val McDermid
