Quotes with nation-states

Quotes 541 till 560 of 622.

  • Bill Dedman Unlike the United States Congress, which mostly forbids outside employment, state legislatures are generally composed of people with other careers.
    Bill Dedman
    American journalist (1960 - )
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  • Ayn Rand Upper classes are a nation's past; the middle class is its future.
    Ayn Rand
    Russian Writer, Philosopher (1905 - 1982)
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  • George Bernard Shaw Vulgarity in a king flatters the majority of the nation.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Anthony Weiner We always make the mistake in the United States of America in Democratic or Republican administrations alike is we tend to embrace the despot that's least troublesome to us. That should not be the way we view things.
    Anthony Weiner
    American politician (1964 - )
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  • Dave Barry We Americans live in a nation where the medical-care system is second to none in the world, unless you count maybe 25 or 30 little scuzzball countries like Scotland that we could vaporize in seconds if we felt like it.
    Dave Barry
    American humorist, writer
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  • Theodore Parker We are a rebellious nation. Our whole history is treason; our blood was attained before we were born; our creeds were infidelity to the mother church; our constitution treason to our fatherland.
    Theodore Parker
    American minister (1810 - 1860)
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  • Ronald Laing We are all murderers and prostitutes - no matter to what culture, society, class, nation one belongs, no matter how normal, moral, or mature, one takes oneself to be.
    Ronald Laing
    unorthodox Scottish psychiatrist (1927 - 1989)
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  • Carl Paladino We are angry about paying the highest income taxes and property taxes in the nation and getting less and less for it. We are angry about our incompetent, dysfunctional government that pays no attention to the desires of the people. We are angry about the cesspool of corruption and conflicts of interests and self-dealing that is Albany.
    Carl Paladino
    American businessman (1946 - )
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  • Alexander Pope We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.
    Alexander Pope
    English poet (1688 - 1744)
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  • Will Rogers We are the first nation in the history of the world to go to the poorhouse in an automobile.
    Will Rogers
    American actor and humorist (1879 - 1935)
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  • Edward Heath We are the trade union for pensioners and children, the trade union for the disabled and the sick... the trade union for the nation as a whole.
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  • John F. Kennedy We are under exercised as a nation. We look instead of play. We ride instead of walk. Our existence deprives us of the minimum of physical activity essential for healthy living.
    John F. Kennedy
    American politician (1917 - 1963)
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  • Boris Yeltsin We are well aware from which countries and through which countries the terrorists are receiving support. In the immediate future I shall be calling upon the leaders of these states to put a stop to this kind of activity.
    Boris Yeltsin
    Russian politician (1931 - 2007)
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  • Atal Bihari Vajpayee We believe that the United States and the rest of the international community can play a useful role by exerting influence on Pakistan to put a permanent and visible end to cross-border terrorism against India.
    Atal Bihari Vajpayee
    Indian statesman (1924 - 2018)
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  • Barbara Jordan We call ourselves public servants but I'll tell you this: we as public servants must set an example for the rest of the nation. It is hypocritical for the public official to admonish and exhort the people to uphold the common good.
    Speaking the truth with eloquent thunder
    Barbara Jordan
    American lawyer, educator and politician (1936 - 1996)
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  • Bobby Scott We can continue our progress as a Nation toward the promise that all people are created equal and that our Nation will treat every person in that spirit.
    Bobby Scott
    American politician (1947 - )
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  • Ben Nelson We can take full comfort in realizing the continuing strength of our nation. America's lands remain radiantly rich with diversity, and freedom still reigns.
    Ben Nelson
    American politician, businessman and lawyer (1941 - )
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  • Winston Churchill We do not covet anything from any nation except their respect.
    Winston Churchill
    English statesman (1874 - 1965)
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  • Aleksander Kwasniewski We have become aware of the responsibility for our attitude towards the dark pages in our history. We have understood that bad service is done to the nation by those who are impelling to renounce that past.
    Aleksander Kwasniewski
    Polish politician and journalist (1954 - )
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  • Baba Kalyani We have got into Indian railways and are trying to get into the railway locomotive business in Europe and the United States.
    Baba Kalyani
    Indian businessman (1949 - )
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