“Ethanol is a premier, high performance fuel. It has tremendous environmental benefits and is a key component to energy independence for our country.” CountryEnergyKeysBenefitsPerformancesIndependenceEnvironmentalOur CountryFuelComponentsEthanolEnergy Independence Author:Richard Lugar
“I am tired of the warmakers making war with our children. I am tired of our tired troops being sent over to do the dirty work for mob bosses who are going to squeeze the life out of Iraq and not leave until every asset and every natural resource has been raped from the country. I am tired of seeing Iraqis burying their loved ones and hearing the reverberating screams of mothers all over our country who are being destroyed for the benefit of a very few.” ChildrenHas BeensWarCountryMotherNaturalSeeingBenefitsResourcesOur ChildrenTiredIraqHearingDestroyedOur CountryDirtyBossAssetsScreamLoved OnesTroopsNatural ResourcesBuryingDirty Work Author:Cindy Sheehan
“Being satisfied, from observation and experience, as well as from medical testimony, that ardent spirit as a drink is not only needless but hurtful; and that the entire disuse of it would tend to promote the health, the virtue, and the happiness of the community, we hereby express our convention that should the citizens of the United States, and especially ALL YOUNG MEN, discontinue entirely the use of it, they would not only promote their own personal benefit, but the good of our country and the world.” MenWorldShouldWellsCountryStatesUseYoungSpiritCommunityUnitedUnited StatesVirtueCitizensDrinkBenefitsMedicalSatisfiedOur CountryObservationYoung ManConventionsTestimonyTemperanceHurtfulArdent Author:Andrew Jackson
“We need to put our faith and trust in the people on the frontlines -- and back it up with real resources. We need to make sure first defenders have the gear and support they need, and the benefits and protections they've earned. With new technology and ingenuity, by doing more to sustain our first defenders and calling on Americans to do more for their country, we can make our country stronger, safer, and more secure.” PeopleNeedsFirstsRealCountryTechnologySupportCallingBenefitsResourcesStrongerProtectionOur CountrySecureGearsIngenuityNew TechnologyDefendersFrontline Author:John F. Kerry
“We welcome private investment, but any company or national firm will be a partner of a venture where the result will go mainly to the Bolivian people. Of course, any investor is entitled to recover their investment and take profits. But be assured that these new functions with our partners will also be reinvested in our country for the benefit of the Bolivian people.” PeopleCountryCoursesResultsCompanyBenefitsFunctionInvestmentProfitPartnersWelcomeOur CountryFirmInvestorsEntitledVentureAssured Author:Evo Morales
“The reason our country looks the way it does is through social engineering that distinctly benefits suburban communities, exurban communities, and often white residents. And we are socially engineered in such a way as to, often unconsciously and unintentionally, but sometimes intentionally, perpetuate this divisive inequality.” WayLooksDoeCountrySometimesReasonSocialCommunityWhiteBenefitsOur CountryInequalityEngineeringResidentsSocial Engineering Author:Richard Benjamin
“The governments and the communist parties in Vietnam and China are doing their best to develop their local economies. But the rise of countries in Asia is not in opposition to development and affluence in Western nations. It is a mutually beneficial development. The interests of Western investors are protected in our country. Both we and the West benefit from this in equal measure.” CountryGovernmentNationsInterestPartyEconomyDevelopmentEqualBenefitsWestWesternChinaLocalsOur CountryOppositionCommunistInvestorsVietnamProtectedAsiaBeneficialAffluenceCommunist Party Author:Nguyen Minh Triet
“I am convinced that a multi-faceted dialogue between Russia and Egypt will continue to deepen and expand for the benefit of the peoples of our countries, for the sake of peace and stability in the Middle East and North Africa.” CountryPeaceMiddleBenefitsSakeEastConvincedRussiaDialogueOur CountryStabilityMiddle EastEgyptNorth Africa Author:Vladimir Putin
“We want freedom for our country, but not at the expense or exploitation of others, not us to degrade other countries...I want the freedom of my country so that other countries may learn something from my free country so that the resources of my country might be utilized for the benefit of mankind.” WantMayCountryMightMankindBenefitsResourcesOur CountryExpensesOther CountriesExploitationDegradeFree Country Author:Lal Bahadur Shastri
“I think what history will show is that one of the most tragic results of the war in Iraq will be that although Sharon, the Likudites, the Neoconservatives in our country, President Bush and the Democratic party thought the war in Iraq and destroying Saddam would benefit Israeli security, we're seeing absolutely that the war in Iraq has probably put Israeli security in a more tenuous condition than it's been in since the founding of the Israeli state.” ThinkingWarCountryStatesShowsPresidentResultsPartySeeingConditionsSecurityBenefitsDemocraticIraqOur CountryTragicDestroyingSaddamFoundingDemocratic PartyIsraeliPresident BushSharon Author:Michael Scheuer
“The United States has got to join the rest of the industrialized world in making sure that working families of the middle class have benefits that they absolutely need. We are the only major country on Earth that does not guarantee health care to all people as a right. We are the only major country on Earth that does not provide paid family and medical leave. There are many countries around the world which make sure that public colleges and universities are tuition-free. In our country, it's becoming increasingly difficult to afford to go to college.” PeopleWorldNeedsDoeCountryStatesCareEarthDifficultUnitedClassUnited StatesMiddleCollegeBecomingBenefitsMajorsPaidUniversityMedicalOur CountryAround The WorldHealth CareGuaranteesMiddle ClassTuitionColleges And Universities Author:Bernie Sanders
“I believe corporations that benefit from everything America has to offer should feel (ph) some sense of responsibility, not just to their biggest shareholders, but to their workers, to their customers, to their communities and, yes, to our country.” FeelsShouldBelieveCountryAmericaI BelieveCommunityResponsibilityOffersBenefitsWorkersCustomersOur CountryCorporationsShareholdersSense Of Responsibility Author:Hillary Clinton
“So many states are putting very stringent regulations on women that block them from exercising that choice to the extent that they are defunding Planned Parenthood, which, of course, provides all kinds of cancer screenings and other benefits for women in our country.” KindCountryStatesChoicesCoursesExerciseBenefitsCancerBlockAll KindsOur CountryParenthoodRegulationScreeningPlanned Parenthood Author:Hillary Clinton
“At a time when the European project is facing challenges, it's especially important to show the benefits of economic integration by continuing to invest in our people and working to reduce inequality, both within and across our countries.” PeopleImportantCountryShowsChallengesEconomicBenefitsProjectsOur CountryInequalityContinuingIntegrationFacing ChallengesEconomic Integration Author:Barack Obama
“I have no personal desire to get married whatsoever and I certainly have no desire to be a soldier. I'm old school, I'm from gay liberation, we wanted to end war forever and smash the patriarchy and these are values I still hold dear but, I believe that any person who wants to get married should have that right and I know that Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual people serve with distinction in the armed forces, and that when they are killed, supposedly serving our country in these wars, that I personally do not support, their partners back home do not receive death benefits.” PeopleKnowsWantShouldBelievePersonsStillsWarEndsCountryHomeWantedSchoolDesireValuesForceI BelieveSupportForeverGayBenefitsMarriedShould HaveSoldierDearPartnersOur CountryLiberationDistinctionServingPatriarchyBack HomeOld SchoolBisexualArmed ForcesPersonal DesireGay Liberation Author:Cleve Jones
“If you insist upon fighting to protect me, or 'our' country, let it be understood soberly and rationally between us that you are fighting to gratify a sex instinct which I cannot share; to procure benefits where I have not shared and probably will not share.” IfsCountryFightingSexShareProtectBenefitsUnderstoodInstinctIntuitionOur Country Author:Virginia Woolf
“All Americans, not only in the states most heavily affected but in every place in this country, are rightly disturbed by the large numbers of illegal aliens entering our country. The jobs they hold might otherwise be held by citizens or legal immigrants. The public services they use impose burdens on our taxpayers. That's why our administration has moved aggressively to secure our borders more by hiring a record number of new border guards, by deporting twice as many criminal aliens as ever before, by cracking down on illegal hiring, by barring welfare benefits to illegal aliens.” CountryStatesUseMightJobsNumbersRecordsCitizensBenefitsMovedBurdenCriminalsImmigrationOur CountrySecureAliensAdministrationWelfareBordersImmigrantsIllegalAffectedEnteringTaxpayersDisturbedPublic ServiceHiringLarge NumbersIllegal Aliens Author:William J. Clinton