Our Country Quotes - Page 5

• 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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• 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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• As we respond to the assault of our enemy and defend our country, we must never break international laws. Crime can not be solved by more crime.

  Meles Zenawi

  Country, Law, Enemy

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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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• I will go on my knees and ask the Liberian people to participate in bringing peace and stability to our country.

  George Weah

  Country, Peace, People

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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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• At no period of our political existence had we so much cause to felicitate ourselves at the prosperous and happy condition of our country.

  James Monroe

  Country, Political, Progress

  James Monroe (199?). “The Writings of James Monroe: 1817-1823”

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• Today, the European Union is busy transferring aid. If they can build infrastructure in Spain, roads, highways ... why do they refuse to use the same aid to build the same infrastructure in our countries?

  Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

  Country, Spain, Use

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• Because the world is in economic recession, which worsened since this drama happened, and our country will bear the burden of all of these consequences.

  Omar Bongo

  Country, Drama, Economic Recession

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• And I am a conservative. Sometimes conservatives forget we are supposed to conserve, to save, to be efficient. Plus our dependence on other sources of energy is causing our country to not be independent and to really be vulnerable. So this is a security issue.

  Zach Wamp

  Country, Independent, Issues

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• I suggest to you that increasing the size of America's economic pie - which can be achieved only if everybody has a seat at the table - is the most important challenge facing our country today.

  William Weld

  Country, Pie, America

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• Why do we so mindlessly abuse our planet, our only home? The answer to that lies in each of us. Therefore, we will strive to bring about understanding that we are--each one of us--responsible for more than just ourselves, our family, our football team, our country, or our own kind; that there is more to life than just these things. That each one of us must also bring the natural world back into its proper place in our lives, and realize that doing so is not some lofty ideal but a vital part of our personal survival.

  Lawrence Anthony

  Football, Country, Team

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• Let the message go out - a new generation has taken charge of Labour which is optimistic about our country, optimistic about our world, optimistic about the power of politics. We are optimistic and together we will change Britain.

  Ed Miliband

  Country, Taken, Optimistic

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• Liberals like using government to solve problems in OUR country and conservatives are using our government to solve problems in OTHER countries.

  Matthew Lesko

  Country, Government, Problem

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• Come home to the affirmation that we have a dream. Come home to the conviction that we can move our country forward. Come home to the belief that we can seek a newer world. And let us be joyful in the homecoming.

  George McGovern

  Inspirational, Dream, Country

  George McGovern (2004). “The Essential America: Our Founders and the Liberal Tradition”, p.166, Simon and Schuster

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• Our country is still young and its potential is still enormous. We should remember, as we look toward the future, that the more fully we believe in and achieve freedom and equal opportunity - not simply for ourselves but for others - the greater our accomplishments as a nation will be.

  Henry Ford

  Country, Believe, Opportunity

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• We have the means of evangelizing our country, but they are slumbering in the pews of our churches.

  John Stott

  Country, Mean, Religion

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• Western governments ... will lose the war against dealers unless efforts are switched to prevention and therapy... All penalties for drug users should be dropped ... Making drug abuse a crime is useless and even dangerous ... Every year we seize more and more drugs and arrest more and more dealers but at the same time the quantity available in our countries still increases... Police are losing the drug battle worldwide.

  Raymond Kendall

  Country, War, Years

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• Terrorism isn't a crime against people or property. It's a crime against our minds, using the death of innocents and destruction of property to make us fearful. Terrorists use the media to magnify their actions and further spread fear. And when we react out of fear, when we change our policy to make our country less open, the terrorists succeed -- even if their attacks fail. But when we refuse to be terrorized, when we're indomitable in the face of terror, the terrorists fail -- even if their attacks succeed.

  Bruce Schneier

  Country, Media, People

  "Close the Washington Monument" by Bruce Schneier, www.schneier.com. December 2, 2010.

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