Our Country Quotes - Page 12

• The atomic bomb is a marvelous gift that was given to our country by a wise God.

  Phyllis Schlafly

  Wise, Country, Bombs

  "Women are the Best Warmakers". "The Day" Newspaper, July 8, 1982.

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• For generations, America has served as a beacon of hope and freedom for those outside her borders, and as a land of limitless opportunity for those risking everything to seek a better life. Their talents and contributions have continued to enrich our country.

  Spencer Bachus

  Country, Opportunity, Land

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• The perks of a new government are not really appealing to me. Everybody would like to have a good job, a good salary.....but for me that is not the all of struggle. What is important is the continuation of the struggle... the real problems of the country are not whether one is in Cabinet ...but what we do for social upliftment of the working masses of our country.

  Chris Hani

  Country, Jobs, Real

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• The 4-H Clubs believe in and practice the full development of our talents. They believe in physical and mental health. Beyond this there is an underlying creed of honesty of purpose. These objectives and practical projects make the 4-H Clubs a tremendous influence for the betterment of our country.

  Fred M. Vinson

  Country, Honesty, Believe

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• America is not just a power, it is a promise. It is not enough for our country to be extraordinary in might; it must be exemplary in meaning.

  Nelson Rockefeller

  Country, America, Promise

  Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (1968). “Unity, Freedom & Peace: A Blueprint for Tomorrow”

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• Every unskilled illegal immigrant who enters the United States for work drives up healthcare costs for every American. And, every illegal immigrant we turn a blind eye toward weakens the rule of law our country is founded on.

  Elton Gallegly

  Country, Eye, Law

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• If al Qaeda or any other enemy of our country manages to create a situation or explode a bomb or murder or incapacitate large numbers of our people, we cannot wait for 7 weeks of a special election in order to deal with that.

  Dana Rohrabacher

  Country, Order, Numbers

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• [on Queen Mother] Our country is the richer for her life and the poorer at her death.

  John Major

  Country

  "Tributes pour in for Queen Mum", www.cnn.com. April 22, 2002.

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• And let us not trust to human effort alone, but humbly acknowledging the power and goodness of Almighty God, who presides over the destiny of nations, and who has at all times been revealed in our country's history, let us invoke His aid and His blessings upon our labors.

  Grover Cleveland

  Country, Blessing, Destiny

  Grover Cleveland, United States. President (1885-1889 : Cleveland), United States. President (1893-1897 : Cleveland) (1968). “Grover Cleveland, 1837-1908: chronology, documents, bibliographical aids”

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• We cannot allow the natural passions and prejudices of other peoples to lead our country to destruction.

  Charles Lindbergh

  Country, Passion, Prejudice

  "Isolationism, Redux" by Richard Cohen, www.realclearpolitics.com. January 3, 2012.

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• Congress has an obligation to protect our country's natural beauty, embodied in our nation's parks, rivers, and breathtaking landscapes.

  Dave Reichert

  Beauty, Country, Rivers

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• I am grateful for the support of those who want to see more women in Congress to better represent our country and provide leadership and solutions to DC. Ron Barber has been asleep at the switch on issues that are extremely important to Southern Arizona, such as fighting for the A-10 and Davis-Monthan. That is why Nancy Pelosi is stepping in to try to save his job in November. Sometimes the best man for the job is a woman that is why I fully intend on replacing Congressman Barber on Election Day.

  Martha McSally

  Country, Jobs, Grateful

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• The opportunity to serve our country—that is all we ask.

  John Smith

  Country, Opportunity, Asks

  1994 Address to a European Gala Dinner,11 May.They were his final public words; he died the next morning of a heart attack.

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• If our next president is a woman, it will be Hilary Clinton and our country will be all the better for it.

  Calvin Johnson

  Country, President, Next

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• It is not necessary for the politician to be the slave of the public's group prejudices, if he can learn how to mold the mind of the voters in conformity with his own ideas of public welfare and public service. The important thing for the statesman of our age is not so much to know how to please the public, but to know how to sway the public. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country.

  Edward Bernays

  Country, Government, Ideas

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• It is those moral and spiritual qualities which rise alone in free men, which will fulfill the meaning of the word American. And with them will come centuries of further greatness to our country.

  Herbert Hoover

  Spiritual, Country, Greatness

  Herbert Hoover (1951). “Addresses Upon the American Road, 1948-1950”

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• Of course, I grew up in Communist Romania, but I am happy to say that now our country is democratic, and prospering, since the revolution in 1989.

  Nadia Comaneci

  Sports, Country, Revolution

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• I don't think that Chinese ownership of U.S. assets is so large as to put our country at risk economically.

  Ben Bernanke

  Country, Thinking, Risk

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• Some people said, “we don't want to risk astronauts lives anymore, we need to stop doing this”. The astronauts don't feel that wayWe fly for our country, we fly for humanity, we fly for exploration, we fly for a variety of reasons, and we don't stop flying because we have accidents.

  Eileen Collins

  Country, Patriotic, People

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• I think it could have real changing effects on the financial markets of our country, it could cause investors to think more about real rates of return and that in turn could spawn new kinds of products.

  Robert Rubin

  Country, Real, Thinking

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• The Roosevelt enactment of Social Security was a moral revolution in our country: We were assured that we would never reach the very depths of poverty. And to be told, that we are now going to gamble it, on Wall Street, is nonsense!

  Arthur Hertzberg

  Country, Wall, Depth

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• As our country increasingly relies on electronic information storage and communication, it is imperative that our Government amend our information security laws accordingly.

  Jo Ann Davis

  Country, Communication, Government

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• I am struck that so many of our leaders in the U.S. forget how strong our country can be.

  Jamie Dimon

  Country, Strong, Leader

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• We are truly one nation, under God, indivisible and that we must remain so in the face of any threat to ensure our country remains strong, united and free.

  Michael Enzi

  Country, Strong, Faces

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• We announce the birth of a conceptual country, NEWTOPIA. Citizenship of the country can be obtained by declaration of your awareness of NEWTOPIA. NEWTOPIA has no land, no boundaries, no passports, only people. NEWTOPIA has no laws other than cosmic. All people of NEWTOPIA are ambassadors of the country. As two ambassadors of NEWTOPIA, we ask for diplomatic immunity and recognition in the United Nations of our country and our people.

  John Lennon

  Music, Country, Law

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