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• We must not try to force him to take civilization immediately in its complete form, but under just laws, guaranteeing to Indians equal civil laws, the Indian question, a source of such dishonor to our country and of shame to true patriots, will soon be a thing of the past.

  George Crook

  Past, Law, Civilization

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• In a world where so much seems to be hidden by the smoke of falsity and moral degeneration, we Americans must grasp firmly the ideals which have made this country great. We must reaffirm the basic human values that have guided our forefathers. A revival of old-fashioned patriotism and a grateful acknowledgment of what our country has done for us would be good for all our souls.

  Manton S. Eddy

  Grateful, Soul, Would Be

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• Earth's biggest country 's gut her soul, An' risen up earth's greatest nation.

  James Russell Lowell

  Soul, Earth, Guts

  James Russell Lowell (2016). “Delphi Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell (Illustrated)”, p.583, Delphi Classics

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• AUSTRALIA, n. A country lying in the South Sea, whose industrial and commercial development has been unspeakably retarded by an unfortunate dispute among geographers as to whether it is a continent or an island.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Funny, Lying, Humor

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.16, 谷月社

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• Did you hear 'bout Ticklish Tom? He got tickled by his mom. Wiggled and giggled and fell on the floor, . . . . And all the more that he kept gigglin', All the more folks kept ticklin'. He shrieked and screamed and rolled around, Laughed his way right out of town. Through the country down the road, He got tickled by a toad. . . . . Giggling, rolling on his back He rolled on the railroad track. Rumble, rumble, whistle, roar- Tom ain't ticklish any more.

  Shel Silverstein

  Mom, Laughter, Track

  Shel Silverstein, “Ticklish Tom”

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• The country has undergone a profound social upheaval, the greatest the proletariat has ever known.

  C. L. R. James

  Profound, Upheaval, Social

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• When they favor the access of other people to education and health care, the countries of the North not only demonstrate generosity or solidarity, but also implement the principles of respecting and promoting human rights.

  Omar Bongo

  Rights, People, Generosity

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• This war is being played in the realm of public opinion and has dire consequences for our soldiers in Iraq, the future of our country, and freedom around the world.

  John Doolittle

  War, Iraq, Soldier

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• There are over 500,000 registered sex offenders across the country, and statistics have shown that the recidivism rate for those criminals is high.

  Jim Sensenbrenner

  Sex, Criminals, Statistics

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• The bottom line is that after we defeat the armed forces of Iraq, that we will want to and need to provide stability throughout that country.

  Peter Pace

  Iraq, Needs, Pace

  "Bush, Blair to hold summit on Iraq", www.cnn.com. April 7, 2003.

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• Insurgents throughout Iraq continue to threaten our efforts and pose a danger to stability in the region. They fight not for their country, but rather against ours.

  Paul Gillmor

  Fighting, Iraq, Effort

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• We sincerely hope that south Asian countries will respect and live in amity with each other, and achieve common development, and that south Asia will enjoy peace, stability and prosperity.

  Li Peng

  Asian, Development, Common

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• Allowing the U.N. into Iraq will demonstrate to the Iraqis that the international community as a whole is committed to bringing stability and safety to their country.

  Jay Rockefeller

  Iraq, Safety, Community

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• One year after the United States led the invasion of Iraq, the country remains extremely dangerous not only to our troops, but also to the stability of the world.

  Jay Rockefeller

  Years, Iraq, United States

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• There's a stability and growth pact which was agreed for the eleven countries which tries to limit the size of budget deficits among the eleven countries.

  Robert C. Solomon

  Growth, Trying, Limits

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• When I visited coffee farms in Ethiopia, the farmers could not believe we spend a week's wages in their country on a cup of coffee in ours, because they see so little of the profits. Oxfam's fair trade campaign helps right this wrong.

  Colin Firth

  Coffee, Believe, Campaigns

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• When I was engaged in the struggle for my country, I was very young. My horizons were open.

  Ahmed Ben Bella

  Struggle, Horizon, Engagement

  "For Ahmed Ben Bella, the liberation of the people in the South is still unachieved". Interview with Silvia Cattori, www.voltairenet.org. May 9, 2006.

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• After a hundred years the son of the King then reigning, who was of another family from that of the sleeping Princess, was a-hunting on that side of the country, and he asked what those towers were which he saw in the middle of a great thick wood.

  Charles Perrault

  Kings, Princess, Sleep

  Charles Perrault (2015). “The sleeping beauty in the woods”, p.13, "Издательство ""Проспект"""

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• The unprecedented development of science and technology... so rapid that it is said that 90 per cent of the scientists which this country has ever produced are still living today.

  Robert Platt

  Science, Technology, Today

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• We shall begin by launching the most spectacular peace movement on record. There will be electrifying overtures and unheard of concessions. The capitalist countries, stupid and decadent, will rejoice to cooperate in their own destruction. They will leap at another chance to be friends. As soon as their guard is down, we will smash them with our clenched fist.

  Dmitry Manuilsky

  Stupid, Communication, Fists

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• You can cover a great deal of Countries in books.

  Andrew Long

  Inspirational, Book, Deals

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• The whole of the American Dream has been based on the chance to get ahead, for one's self or one's children. Would this country have ever reached the point it has if the individual had always been refused the rewards of his labors and dangers?

  James Adams

  Dream, Children, Self

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• If it were the Clinton people, they'd be sitting around figuring out how to pull themselves out. Instead the president is continuing to go around the country and peddling Social Security, which the needle is not moving on.

  Gwen Ifill

  Moving, People, President

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• These studies are a spur to the young, a delight to the old: an ornament in prosperity, a consoling refuge in adversity; they are pleasure for us at home, and no burden abroad; they stay up with us at night, they accompany us when we travel, they are with us in our country visits.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Adversity, Home, Night

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• When not only gold but all commodities are available for the redemption of the paper currency, its volume is limited only by the value of all the wealth of the country, and it can never become insecure up to this limit.

  John Buchanan Robinson

  Insecure, Gold, Redemption

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