Country Quotes - Page 24

• Of the two great political parties which have divided the opinions and feelings of our country, the candid and the just will now admit that both have contributed splendid talents, spotless integrity, ardent patriotism, and disinterested sacrifices to the formation and administration of this Government, and that both have required a liberal indulgence for a portion of human infirmity and error.

  John Quincy Adams

  Integrity, Party, Sacrifice

  John Quincy Adams, Kenneth V. Jones, United States. President (1825-1829 : Adams) (1970). “John Quincy Adams, 1767-1848; chronology, documents, bibliographical aids”, Oceana Pubns

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• Let me ask you, sir, when is the time for brave men to exert themselves in the cause of liberty and their country, if this is not?

  George Washington

  Men, Brave, Liberty

  George Washington, Jared Sparks (1834). “(v. 9) Containing correspondence from the time of resigning his commission as Commander-in-Chief of the Army, to that of his inauguration as president”, p.209

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• Margaret Thatcher - this great lady has not only served her country well, she has served the free world well.

  Ronald Reagan

  World, Wells, Free World

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• Not one country in all the world has eliminated its economic participation [gender] gap - not one.

  Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

  Motivation, Inspiration, Gender Gap

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• We no longer live in a world that is neatly divided between rich and well-educated countries, and poor and badly-educated ones.

  Andreas Schleicher

  Motivation, Inspiration, World

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• What I'm really worried about is war. Will the former rich countries really accept a completely changed world economy, and a shift of power away from where it has been the last 50 to 100 to 150 years, back to Asia?

  Hans Rosling

  Motivation, War, Inspiration

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• Economics taught in most of the elite universities are practically useless in my context. My country [Afghanistan] is dominated by drug economy and a mafia; textbook economics does not work in my context.

  Ashraf Ghani

  Motivation, Inspiration, Drug

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• [Americans] think that choice, as seen through the American lens, best fulfills an innate and universal desire for choice in all humans. Unfortunately, these beliefs are based on assumptions that don't always hold true in many countries, in many cultures.

  Sheena Iyengar

  Motivation, Inspiration, Thinking

  "The art of choosing". TED conference, www.ted.com. July, 2010.

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• It is most cheering and encouraging for me to know that in the efforts which I have made and am making for the restoration of a righteous peace to our country, I am upheld and sustained by the good wishes and prayers of God's people. No one is more deeply than myself aware that without His favor our highest wisdom is but as foolishness and that our most strenuous efforts would avail nothing in the shadow of His displeasure.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Cheer, Prayer, People

  Abraham Lincoln, Bob Blaisdell (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln: A Book of Quotations”, p.53, Courier Corporation

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• The high price of health care in this country is a serious issue that demands serious attention. Putting limits on damages have little or no effect on skyrocketing malpractice insurance rates.

  Mary Landrieu

  Issues, Attention, Demand

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• We have the highest graduation rates, the broadest health care access, and the greatest level of home ownership and workforce participation in the country. And we did it all with a small population in a cold state that coastal big shots refer to as fly-over land.

  Tim Pawlenty

  Home, Land, Population

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• Because this is a country where everyone deserves the same freedom and opportunities to fulfill their dreams.

  Barack Obama

  Dream, Opportunity, Ridiculous

  Statement by the President on Roe v. Wade Anniversary, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. January 22, 2014.

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• Our media, which is very open and report on really everything, tend to exaggerate the crime issue...This is why one gets the impression that we have much more crime than other countries.

  Jacob Zuma

  Media, Issues, Ridiculous

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• God expects the ANC to rule this country because we are the only organisation which was blessed by pastors when it was formed. It is even blessed in Heaven. That is why we will rule until Jesus comes back. We should not allow anyone to govern our city [Cape Town] when we are ruling the country.

  Jacob Zuma

  Jesus, Blessed, Cities

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• North Korea invites parody. We laugh at the excesses of the propaganda and the gullibility of the people. But consider that their indoctrination began in infancy, during the fourteen-hour days spent in factory day-care centers; that for the subsequent fifty years, every song, film, newspaper article, and billboard was designed to deify Kim Il-sung; that the country was hermetically sealed to keep out anything that might cast doubt on Kim Il-sung's divinity. Who could possibly resist?

  Barbara Demick

  Song, Korea, Years

  Barbara Demick (2010). “Nothing To Envy: Real Lives In North Korea”, p.42, Granta

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• North Korean defectors often find it hard to settle down. It is not easy for somebody who’s escaped a totalitarian country to live in the free world. Defectors have to rediscover who they are in a world that offers endless possibilities. Choosing where to live, what to do, even which clothes to put on in the morning is tough enough for those of us accustomed to making choices; it can be utterly paralyzing for people who’ve had decisions made for them by the state their entire lives.

  Barbara Demick

  Morning, Clothes, People

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• I’m so thrilled to manufacture in LA and to support the finely skilled craftsmen and women. Making it in America ensures that the fashion industry will continue to thrive in this country for years to come.

  Nanette Lepore

  Fashion, Years, America

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• Because Katrina put it out there, no one can play the pretend game anymore that there isn't poverty and inequality in this country. The Millions More Movement - Katrina gives it added significance.

  Marc Morial

  Games, Play, Giving

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• My favorite type of music to sing is a crossover between country and pop.

  Lauren Alaina

  My Favorite, Type, Pops

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• People turned around and came back to watch. An enormous crowd formed. Ampol Oil took films. When we left Australia, we also left our boards for the Aussies. Those films were shown all over the country to different clubs. The films and our boards became the basis for the modern surfboard movement in Australia.

  Greg Noll

  Oil, Australia, People

  Greg Noll, Andrea Gabbard (1989). “Da Bull: Life Over the Edge”, p.71, North Atlantic Books

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• Many countries today have begun the transition from an industrial wealth system and civilization to a knowledge-based system - without appreciating that a new wealth system is impossible without a corresponding new way of life.

  Alvin Toffler

  Civilization, Appreciate, Today

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• If the guidebook used to be critical, today it seems largely a celebratory adjunct to the publicity operations of hotels, resorts, and even countries.

  Paul Fussell

  Today, Publicity, Used

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• I'm pretty grounded on my own passion - writing books, you know, doing programs, speaking around the country. And I love what I do.

  Stedman Graham

  Book, Passion, Writing

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• Well I think it's great that Americans are able to choose one way or the other. We live in a land where you can choose same-sex marriage or opposite marriage. And, you know what, in my country, in my family, I think that I believe that marriage should be between a man and a woman, no offense to anybody out there. But that’s how I was raised and I believe that it should be between a man and a woman.

  Carrie Prejean

  Sex, Believe, Men

  "My Voltaire Moment" by Stephen Robert Morse, www.motherjones.com. June 11, 2009.

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• My fame came from my success as a country music singer.

  Mindy McCready

  Singers, Fame

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