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“It is disgraceful to live as a stranger in one's country, and be an alien in any matter that affects our welfare.”

Country Matter Knowledge Stranger Aliens Welfare Disgraceful

Author:Aldus Manutius

“It is impossible to divide the interest of a country and a company that works on its soil.”

Country Interest Company Impossible Soil Divides

Author:Vagit Alekperov

“I should see an enemy of my country in any one who would change by force that which has been established by law.”

Should Has Beens Country Law Force Enemy

Author:Louis Bonaparte

“So Pakistan is a country that I'm very fond of and have spent a lot of time, but it is a country where conspiracy theories have a life of their own.”

Country Theory Conspiracy Pakistan Conspiracy Theory

Author:Peter Bergen

“I love this country because I didn't always have it. Freedom, food, water that is clean, Constitution - these are not things I take for granted.”

Country Water Constitution Clean Granted

Author:Sayed Badreya

“So I went into jazz and performed in jazz clubs all over the country.”

Country Jazz Clubs

Author:Cy Coleman

“Macroeconomic adjustment programmes are tailor-made to the situation of the country concerned and no models or templates are used.”

Made Country Used Situation Models Concerned Adjustment Programmes Tailors Macroeconomics

Author:Jeroen Dijsselbloem

“Nicaragua is a World Bank and International Monetary Fund designated "heavily indebted poor country," with little legal ability to control its economic future: Everything is for sale. And once Nicaraguans decide to cash in and sell their houses or farms, they have to look far inland for anything affordable.”

World Looks Littles Country House Ability Poor Economic Sells International Fund Farms Cash Affordable Monetary Indebted Poor Countries Nicaragua World Bank

Author:Tony D'Souza

“If you've got comic book fans and soap fans and country fans, I think you've hit the whole world. What else is there?”

Ifs Thinking World Book Country Whole Fans Whole World Comic Comic Book Soap

Author:Lindsay Hartley

“The people of the United States don't recognize it, but the oil industry has given the greatest gift to the people of the nation, and that gift is the low cost of energy. Bottom line is this enables the country to be very competitive manufacturing-wise and in the world economy.”

People World Country States Energy Given Nations Lines United United States Economy Wise Industry Cost Lows Bottom Oil Bottom Line Manufacturing Greatest Gifts World Economy Oil Industry

Author:Ray L. Hunt

“Before I started modeling, I had never been out of the country, and now I feel like I'm out of the country at least a few times a month, if not once a week.”

Ifs Feels Country Week Months Modeling

Author:Jacquelyn Jablonski

“I miss New York. I like the country and I like the people. However, the U.S. political and legal system is prone to overreaction.”

People Country Political Missing New York Legal System Overreaction

Author:Marc Rich

“I have such a deep love for traditional country music.”

Country Traditional Deep Love

Author:Connie Smith

“At every election, my vote goes to the candidate less likely to declare war. You're dropping hugely expensive pieces of exploding metal on a population. America deserves the president it gets, whether the country votes for them or allows their vote to be stolen, and the least we can do is to elect someone who won't do that to other people.”

People War Country America President Can Do Pieces Deserve Vote Election Population Candidates Expensive Metals Stolen Dropping Exploding

Author:Ian MacKaye

“Leading my country out at the World Cup was something I'll never forget.”

World Country Forget Cups Never Forget World Cup

Author:Mark Viduka

“Our job isn't to defend freedom of speech, but without freedom of speech we are dead. We can't live in a country without freedom of speech. I prefer to die than live like a rat.”

Country Jobs Dies Speech Freedom Of Speech Rats

Author:Charb

“I was taught that justice is a right that every American should have. Also justice should be the goal of every American. I think that's what makes this country. To me, justice means the innocent should be found innocent. It means that those who do wrong should get their due punishment. Ultimately, it means fair treatment. So a call for justice shouldn't offend or disrespect anybody. A call for justice shouldn't warrant an apology.”

Thinking Should Mean Country Found Goal Justice Special Taught Fairs Should Have Dues Punishment Innocent Treatment Apology Disrespect Warrants Special To Me

Author:Andrew Hawkins

“For a Jewish mother, having a country wage war on your son is the worst. If Kim Jong-un only knew what he was doing to my mother!”

Ifs War Country Mother Worst Son Kim Your Son Jewish Mother

Author:Seth Rogen

“All true artists in the world from all countries and all genres are influenced by Michael Jackson. There were music videos before Michael Jackson, and there were music videos after Michael Jackson. He brought such a huge change in the marketing and positioning of the music video.”

World Country Artist Huge Marketing Video Genre True Artists Huge Changes

Author:Sonu Nigam

“If Iran wants to be treated like a normal country, let it act like a normal country.”

Ifs Want Country Normal Congress Treated Iran

Author:Benjamin Netanyahu

“I am the first prime minister of this country of neither English nor French origin. So I determined to bring about a Canadian citizenship that knew no hyphenated consideration....I'm very happy to be able to say that in the House of Commons today in my party we have members of Italian, Dutch, German, Scandinavian, Chinese and Ukrainian origin and they are all Canadians.”

“Turkey is not a part of Europe and will never be part of Europe ... The universal values which are in force in Europe, and which are fundamental values of Christianity, will lose vigor with the entry of a large Islamic country such as Turkey.”

Country Values Force Loses Christianity Europe Universal Fundamentals Islamic Turkeys Entry Vigor

Author:Herman Van Rompuy

“It is important to show our European partners that Portugal is a governable country.”

Important Country Shows Partners Portugal

Author:Anibal Cavaco Silva

“I've really been writing a lot of country songs. I used to get criticized for doing a 'Bump Grind,' then turning around and doing a gospel song. But the truth is I'm glad I have a gift that allows me to switch lanes.”

Writing Country Used Song Truth Is Glad Grind Lanes Bumps Gospel Songs

Author:R. Kelly

“To me, it's not necessarily about whom you vote for, it's more about the fact that you go out and exercise that right. There's a lot of people who fight for our right to vote and people in other countries fighting for other peoples' right to vote and I think everyone should exercise that vote.”

People Thinking Should Country Facts Fighting Exercise Vote Other Countries Right To Vote

Author:Robert Griffin III

“I've been watching politics for 35 or 40 years and you just never know. You can have one person win the Iowa caucus and then the whole picture changes ten minutes later. The same thing can happen again after New Hampshire. I have no idea what's going to happen with our country in the future.”

Knows Years Persons Ideas Country Whole Happens Winning Minutes Ten Our Country No Idea Iowa Hampshire New Hampshire Caucus Whole Picture

Author:Jackie Mason

“Ours is the country where, in order to sell your product, you don't so much point out its merits as you first work like hell to sell yourself.”

Firsts Country Order Hell Products Sells Merit

Author:Louis Kronenberger

“Many instances of persecution and killing have occurred in countries with atrocious human rights records such as Sri Lanka, Guatemala and the Democratic Republic of Congo.”

Humans Country Records Rights Democratic Killing Human Rights Instance Republic Persecution Congo Sri Lanka Guatemala Democratic Republic

Author:David Suzuki

“I have a car that I like - an Aston Martin - for Sunday drives in the country.”

Country Car Sunday Aston Martin

Author:Seth MacFarlane

“I'm a serious optimist. I come from a country where you have little to be hopeful for, and so you have to always be an optimist.”

Littles Country Serious Hopeful Optimist

Author:Leymah Gbowee

“I explain to you, exactly and truly, how we are circumstanced. A greater portion of our means is unavailable, consisting of a house in S. Springfield and some wild lands in Iowa. Notwithstanding my great and good husband's life was sacrificed for his country, we are left to struggle in a manner...of life undeserved. Roving Generals have elegant mansions showered upon them, and the American people leave the family of the Martyred President to struggle as best they may! Strange justice this.”

People May Mean Country House Left President Justice Struggle Greater Land Strange Husband Portions Resentment Elegant Mansions Iowa Good Husband Martyred Roving

Author:Mary Todd Lincoln

“When an unconquered country is conquered, people are killed... . That the beloved of the Gods finds very pitiful and grievous. ... If anyone does him wrong, it will be forgiven as far as it can be forgiven... . The beloved of the Gods considers that the greatest of all victories is the victory of righteousness.”

People Ifs Doe Country Victory Beloved Righteousness Forgiven Conquest Pitiful

Author:Ashoka

“We don't pray for the land. We pray for the humans, all humans... starting with the president, Mohammed Morsi, and all officials, and for God to give everyone wisdom and responsibility to manage the affairs of this country and its people in true Egyptian spirit.”

People Giving Humans Country Wisdom Spirit President Responsibility Land Praying Starting Affair Manage Officials Egyptian

Author:Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria

“I believe that a country's first duty is to set its own house in order; and having set its own house in order, it can contribute better to the community of the world. Instead of being a weak link, it should be a strong link.”

World Should Firsts Believe Country Order House Strong I Believe Community Duty Weak Links Cooperation

Author:George Cadle Price

“Unlike the American President's chronic problem of finding ways to give away the country's permanent economic surplus, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev's was the problem of rationing permanent scarcity.”

Way Giving Country Problem President Economic Findings Permanent Soviet Scarcity Deprivation Surplus American President

Author:Elie Abel

“When WWII ended, the Cold War started, and the interest of the Western world was not to completely break Germany. So all those Nazis who had been controlling the country now had the power to rebuild it. I think there were many of them who just continued their life in society; it's a very known fact.”

Thinking World War Country Facts Interest Known Break Cold Western Germany Cold War Nazi Wwii Western World

Author:Arnon Goldfinger

“Ours is not a poor country and even though we are now a poor people, there should be no room for the despondency that has settled on large sections of the population.”

People Should Country Poor Rooms Population Sections Poor People Poor Countries Despondency

Book:Towards a golden age of business: selected speeches of H. E. Mr. John Agyekum Kufuor, January-December, 2001

Source: Towards a golden age of business: selected speeches of H. E. Mr. John Agyekum Kufuor, January-December, 2001

“There has been enough suffering in our country, there has been enough of children whose dreams die before they have a chance to grow and there has been enough of our elders who, having served their nation, are forced into indignity in their old age.”

Children Has Beens Country Enough Dream Age Suffering Dies Nations Grows Chance Old Age Our Country Elders Indignity

Book:Towards a golden age of business: selected speeches of H. E. Mr. John Agyekum Kufuor, January-December, 2001

Source: Towards a golden age of business: selected speeches of H. E. Mr. John Agyekum Kufuor, January-December, 2001

“I have lots of girlfriends - all over the country! You think I'm kidding? I'm dead serious. Girlfriends everywhere.”

Thinking Country Serious Girlfriend

Author:William Levy

“A small film from a small country, in Arabic with nonprofessionals: It was practically impossible. Just to make it was like a dream to me.”

Country Dream Film Impossible Small Countries

Author:Nadine Labaki

“I want to keep talking about my people and my country in my own language.”

People Want Country Language My Own Talking Keep Talking

Author:Nadine Labaki

“I think having Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House is going to send a very wonderful lesson to the American public that women can be strong, they can be tough, they can be effective, and they can lead this country as political leaders.”

Thinking Country Political House Strong Leader Wonderful Lessons Tough Speakers Political Leaders Nancy

Author:Ellen Malcolm

“Well, one thing's very clear, that terrorism isn't just a threat which is external to Western countries. It's not simply a foreign menace that comes from overseas to strike our cities. It can and it does, as we now know, come from within our own countries and from inside our own populations.”

Knows Wells Doe Country Cities Clear One Thing Threat Western Population Terrorism Strikes Menace

Author:Pauline Neville-Jones, Baroness Neville-Jones

“Our original name was Wild Country, but when we first went to The Bowery, they had the name of all 50 states around the edge of the club, so we went to the sign that said 'Alabama' and stuck our band name underneath it.”

Firsts Said Country States Names Band Originals Edges Clubs Stuck Alabama

Author:Randy Owen

“People are going to wake up to this great reservoir of music we've created in America - cakewalks, one-steps, boogie-woogie, country and western. I had a bit to do with one of those traditions.”

People Country America Bits Steps Tradition Wake Up Western Reservoirs Boogie

Author:Johnny Otis

“One must put things in perspective - I've been given a circumstance with very little time to catch form and try and get an Olympic quota for the country.”

Trying Littles Country Form Given Perspective Circumstances Little Time Quota

Author:Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

“My parents came to this country after World War II, Jews from Czechoslovakia who had survived Auschwitz and Dachau. They settled with my sister in rural Ohio in the 1950s, where my dad became the town doctor and I was born.”

World War Country Parent Born Dad Doctors Towns My Dad Jew War Of The Worlds My Sister World War Ii World War I Survived Ohio Auschwitz Czechoslovakia Dachau

Author:Julie Salamon

“I started from nothing in Lichtenstein. The country is so small, and the only 'celebrity' type people who are from there are skiers.”

People Country Type Skiers

Author:Al Walser

“If you look around the world, the countries with the best environmental practices are the wealthiest. There's a reason for that. If you're worried about where your next meal is going to come from or shelter over your head, your focus is on those things.”

Ifs World Looks Country Reason Next Practice Focus Environmental Around The World Worried Meals Over You Shelter

Author:John S. Watson

“Most of the well-developed world - Australia, Western Europe - they develop their resources base, they inventory it, they develop it, and they view it as a good source of jobs and revenue. We are a country that for too long has taken affordable energy for granted.”

World Wells Long Country Jobs Energy Views Taken Source Resources Europe Western Granted Australia Revenue Affordable Inventory Western Europe

Author:John S. Watson

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