"There is nothing so extreme that is not allowed by the custom of some nation or other."
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"We are a nation of laws."
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"Friends are nations in themselves."
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"If people get together, so eventually will nations."
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"Liberty and equality are magical words."
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"That nation is great which rests its head upon death as its pillow."
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"I have recognized that the nation has the right, if it so wills, to vindicate her freedom even by actual violence."
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"Great nations don't have to remind others of their greatness. They merely have to be great."
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"There is no nation in the whole world desiring war."
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"We are not a nation that says 'don't ask, don't tell.' We are a nation that says 'out of many, we are one.'"
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"Nations are more successful when their women are successful."
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"I will work every single day to make sure that America continues to be the greatest nation on earth."
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"Our alliances and partnerships are not directed against any nation."
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"We are a nation at war - and we should act like it."
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"It takes more than a few generations to change a human nation. Those who are intent to bring (change) will do so."
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"There is no topicmore soporific and generally boring than the topic of Ireland as Ireland, as a nation."
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"The English nation is never so great as in adversity."
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"London; a nation, not a city."
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"No nation has ever been ruined by trade."
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"Being formed into a nation takes some doing."
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