Country Quotes
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If Iraq collapses in chaos and civil war, there will be a ferocious fight in this country over who misled us and who may have lied us, into war. Into the dock will go the neoconservatives whose class project this was.
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But I am not allowed to speak to foreigners and I am not allowed to leave the country. So I'm not so happy.
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[Our troops in Iraq and Afganistan] does give us the ability to make sure that we are strengthening those folk who are interested in building up their countries rather than destroying them, and doing so in a way that is sustainable and doesn't put a constant burden on the amazing men and women that we've got in uniform.
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People don't think about the fact that when Barack Obama's parents had him - it was illegal for them to be married in several states in this country. So if we start making it okay that certain people can marry and other people can't, it's a slippery slope of civil rights. Who knows who is going to be allowed to marry or not marry next.
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We live in a liberal country. If you came here from Iraq or Iran, you really would think that we are quite a liberal country.
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A Venezuelan dictator once decided to stop leprosy. He saw that most lepers in his country were also beggars. By the simple expedient of collecting and destroying all the beggars in Venezuela an end was put to leprosy in that country.
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The foreign accent was a promise, and indeed, all over the country, European imports added spice to the sciences, the arts, and other areas. What one had to give was not considered inferior to what one received.
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Giving people what they want isn't just good radio; it's also the right way to run a country.
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Behind every political deal in this country, the first casualties are always the ordinary people, who are barely treated as human.
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The English can be a very critical, unforgiving people, but criticism can be good. And this is a country that loves comedy.
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Once again, the puppets on Capitol Hill are about to slam the Muppets on Main Street. The country still hasn't recovered from the Wall Street-induced financial cataclysm of 2008, yet Congress is preparing to enact the Orwellian 'JOBS Act' - a bill that should in fact be called the 'Return Fraud to Wall Street in One Easy Step Act.'
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Obamacare is, number one and maybe least importantly, it's costing the country a fortune.
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When you're playing country music, you have to tell the truth.
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And what most people don't understand is the bulk of business in this country is small business.
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Being married to a daughter of India is a natural complement of my being in this country for 30 years. My roots are very much in this country, even though I remain a Westerner.
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To green our country, regular people will have to put on hard hats and work boots, roll up their sleeves - and get to work.
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Mexico has lost its leadership, and a lot of that has to do with its poor performance and the lack of better results in our country.
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I love country music, but I also love gangster rap.
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I never thought that I could reach such a high political position. But I have always been ready to serve my country.
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I don't know why people question the academic training of an athlete. Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.
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Systemically, there hasn't been an oppression more overt and long-lasting than economic oppression against black people and minorities in this country.
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As America knows, Obama turned down the lucrative career path guaranteed to the first African-American president of The Harvard Law Review to pursue the missions of service and teaching instead. The potential rewards for our country, now that that early choice has led him into the White House, are enormous.
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Globalisation means many other countries are asserting themselves and trying to take over leadership. Please don't ask Americans to let others assume the leadership of human exploration. We can do wonderful science on the Moon, and wonderful commercial things. Then we can pack up and move on to Mars.
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If we want to be proud to be from a country like America and all the things that we hang our hats on, like diversity, equality, land of the free and home of the brave, it's everybody's responsibility to ensure that everyone in the country is being afforded the same rights.
