"The spirit of this country is totally adverse to a large military force."
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"The trifling economy of paper, as a cheaper medium, or its convenience for transmission, weighs nothing in opposition to the advantages of the precious metals it is liable to be abused, has been, is, and forever will be abused, in every country in which it is permitted."
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"By making this wine known to the public, I have rendered my country as great a service as if I had enabled it to pay back the national debt."
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"The people of every country are the only safe guardians of their own rights."
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"The unsuccessful strugglers against tyranny have been the chief martyrs of treason laws in all countries."
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"France, freed from that monster, Bonaparte, must again become the most agreeable country on earth. It would be the second choice of all whose ties of family and fortune give a preference to some other one, and the first choice of all not under those ties."
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"Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains."
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"The greatest service which can be rendered any country is to add a useful plant to its culture. --The Fruit Hunters"
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"I've never forgotten for long at a time that living is struggle. I know that every good and excellent thing in the world stands moment by moment on the razor-edge of danger and must be fought for - whether it's a field, or a home, or a country."
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"To trust arms in the hands of the people at large has, in Europe, been believed...to be an experiment fraught only with danger. Here by a long trial it has been proved to be perfectly harmless...If the government be equitable; if it be reasonable in its exactions; if proper attention be paid to the education of children in knowledge and religion, few men will be disposed to use arms, unless for their amusement, and for the defense of themselves and their country."
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"What this country needs is a credit card for charging things to experience."
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"I prefer to underwrite. Simple, clear as a country creek."
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"A lot of black people believe that Jews in this country have become white. They behave like white people rather than Jewish people."
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"I dont know that the United States is Gods Country, but the church has been so strong here, and because of its influence, we hold life to be sacred and we believe that individuals have dignity. This is part of our legacy."
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"Things change in different countries as people grow, and as generations change."
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"As a country and as a world, we are not comfortable with women in leadership roles. We call little girls bossy."
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"And as long as America must choose, that long will there be a need and a place for the Democratic Party. We Democrats can run on our record but we cannot rest on it. We will win if we continue to take the initiative and if we carry the message of hope and action throughout the country. Alexander Smith once said, 'A man doesn't plant a tree for himself. He plants it for posterity.' Let us continue to plant, and our children shall reap the harvest. That is our destiny as Democrats."
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"About one month before he was killed, when asked by David Frost how his obituary should read: Something about the fact that I made some contribution to either my country, or those who were less well off. I think back to what Camus wrote about the fact that perhaps this world is a world in which children suffer, but we can lessen the number of suffering children, and if you do not do this, then who will do this? I'd like to feel that I'd done something to lessen that suffering."
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"There is more opportunity nowadays at easier and better prices than ever before. I have businesses in probably fifty countries throughout the world and it's never been easier to do business throughout the world. Never. I don't know what people are complaining about."
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"In 2002, in this country, there was an observation that for the first time in America, more kids were actively pursuing skateboarding than baseball."
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