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• Man is to himself the most wonderful object in nature; for he cannot conceive what the body is, still less what the mind is, and least of all how a body should be united to a mind. This is
  the consummation of his difficulties, and yet it is his very being.

  Blaise Pascal

  Men, Mind, Body

  Blaise Pascal (2010). “Thoughts, Letters & Minor Works”, p.31, Cosimo, Inc.

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• I want people in Minnesota armed and dangerous on this issue of the energy tax because we need to fight back. Thomas Jefferson told us 'having a revolution every now and then is a good thing,' and the people — we the people — are going to have to fight back hard if we're not going to lose our country. And I think this has the potential of changing the dynamic of freedom forever in the United States.

  Michele Bachmann

  Country, Fighting, Thinking

  "Michele Bachmann Said What?!" by Tim Murphy, www.motherjones.com. June 6, 2011.

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• The United States has been very clear that we did have to have some political basis to make clear that that cessation of hostilities was not going to countenance a return to the status quo
  ante. This resolution does that. And now we're going to see who is for peace and who isn't.

  Condoleezza Rice

  Political, United States, Doe

  Condoleezza Rice's remarks at press briefing, August 6, 2006.

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• The United States government does not authorise or condone torture of detainees. Torture, and conspiracy to commit torture, are crimes under US law, wherever they may occur in the world.

  Condoleezza Rice

  Government, Law, United States

  "Rice defends US policy". news.bbc.co.uk. December 5, 2005.

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• I write to withdraw as a nominee to serve as an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States. ... I am concerned that the confirmation process presents a burden for the White House and our staff that is not in the best interest of the country.

  Harriet Miers

  Country, Writing, White

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• Neither you nor I nor Einstein nor the Supreme Court of the United States is brilliant enough to reach an intelligent decision on any problem without first getting the facts

  Dale Carnegie

  Intelligent, Decision, United States

  Dale Carnegie (2016). “How to stop worrying & start living”, p.45, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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• I never like to be lied to by a girlfriend or agent, and certainly not the president of the United States.

  Burt Bacharach

  Girlfriend, President, United States

  "Triumphant U2 steal Carey's Grammys glory" by Dan Glaister, www.theguardian.com. February 9, 2006.

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• One of the marks of our world is perhaps this reversal: we live according to a generalized image-repertoire. Consider the United Sates, where everything is transformed into images: only images exist and are produced and are consumes ... Such a reversal necessarily raises the ethical question: not that the image is immoral, irreligious, or diabolic (as some have declared it, upon the advent of the Photograph), but because, when generalized, it completely de-realizes the human world of conflicts and desires, under cover of illustrating it.

  Roland Barthes

  Ethical Questions, Our World, Desire

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• Our goal is to get sport hunting in the same category as **** fighting and dog fighting. We are going to use the ballot box and the democratic process to stop all hunting in the United States.

  Wayne Pacelle

  Sports, Dog, Fighting

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• There is no doubt that the United States now feels that they are the only superpower in the world and they can do what they like.

  Nelson Mandela

  Doubt, United States, World

  "Nelson Mandela: U.S Is A Threat To World Peace". Interview with Tom Masland, www.newsweek.com. September 9, 2002.

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• The FBI's principal priority right now is protecting the United States against another terrorist attack.

  Robert Mueller

  Priorities, United States, Terrorist

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• A massive campaign must be launched to de-develop the United States… [we] must design a stable, low-consumption economy.

  John Holdren

  Design, United States, Campaigns

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• Ninety-nine percent of all land animals eaten or used to produce milk and eggs in the United States are factory farmed. So although there are important exceptions, to speak about eating animals today is to speak about factory farming.

  Jonathan Safran Foer

  Animal, Ninety Nine, Land

  "Eating Animals". Book by Jonathan Safran Foer, November 2, 2009.

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• When his nomination comes before the United States Senate, Timothy Batten can count on my strong support... He is the right person for the job.

  Saxby Chambliss

  Strong, Jobs, Support

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• One of the reasons that Im running for president is I want to make sure that every young man and woman who puts on the uniform of the United States respects highly the president of the United States.

  Rick Perry

  Running, Men, President

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• As an athlete, I've always been very proud to represent the United States.

  Michelle Kwan

  Athlete, United States, Proud

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The past slips from our grasp. It leaves us only scattered things. The bond that united them eludes us. Our imagination usually fills in the void by making use of preconceived theories...Archaeology, then, does not supply us with certitudes, but rather with vague hypotheses. And in the shade of these hypotheses some artists are content to dream, considering them less as scientific facts than as sources of inspiration.

  Igor Stravinsky

  Dream, Inspiration, Artist

  "Poetics of Music in the Form of Six Lessons". Book by Igor Stravinsky, 1947.

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• The recognition of Russia on November 16, 1933, started forces which were to have considerable influence in the attempt to collectivize the United States.

  Herbert Hoover

  Russia, United States, Recognition

  Herbert Hoover (1952). “Memoirs: The great depression, 1929-1941”

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• The issue of remittances where we have millions of Mexicans working in the United States sending back dollars. He said they send back 10 billion dollars a year.

  Tom Tancredo

  Years, Issues, United States

  "An Interview With Congressman Tom Tancredo (R – CO)". Interview with John Hawkins, rightwingnews.com. February 26, 2012.

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• Because the worst of all worlds is when you pretend like you have an immigration policy, you make coming into the United States without our permission illegal, and then you actually don't enforce it.

  Tom Tancredo

  Immigration, United States, World

  "An Interview With Congressman Tom Tancredo (R – CO)". Interview with John Hawkins, rightwingnews.com. February 26, 2012.

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• I supported the war in Afghanistan because 3000 of our people were murdered and I thought we had a right to defend the people of the United States.

  Howard Dean

  War, People, United States

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• The French will always do exactly the opposite on what the United States wants regardless of what happens, so we're never going to have a consistent policy.

  Howard Dean

  Opposites, United States, Want

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• My message to the Americans, to the American President, is that I am coming from Poland, which is in good shape; it is much different than ten years ago when last state visit from Poland was here in the United States.

  Aleksander Kwasniewski

  Years, President, United States

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• New Orleans is one of the two most ingrown, self-obsessed little cities in the United States. (The other is San Francisco.)

  Nora Ephron

  San Francisco, New Orleans, Self

  Nora Ephron (2012). “Crazy Salad and Scribble Scribble: Some Things About Women and Notes on Media”, p.301, Vintage

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• May God bless the state of Israel and may God bless the United States of America.

  Benjamin Netanyahu

  Israel, America, United States

  Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint session of the US Congress, time.com. March 3, 2015.

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