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    Official dignity tends to increase in inverse ratio to the importance of the country in which the office is held.

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Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just.

Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just.

by Thomas Jefferson Found in: Country Quotes,
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Even as a tree has a single trunk, but many branches and leaves, there is one religion but any number read more

Even as a tree has a single trunk, but many branches and leaves, there is one religion but any number of faiths

by Mahatma Gandhi Found in: Country Quotes,
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Our country. In her intercourse with foreign nations may she always be in the right; but our country right or read more

Our country. In her intercourse with foreign nations may she always be in the right; but our country right or wrong!

by Stephen Decatur Found in: Country Quotes,
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All those involved in the firebombing of Tokyo
.. were war criminals
interviews recorded in the movie The Fog
of read more

All those involved in the firebombing of Tokyo
.. were war criminals
interviews recorded in the movie The Fog
of War..
(the firebombing of Tokyo occurred before the atom bombs..
100,000 civilians died in one night from American bombs..
500,000 altogether over several days say some).

by Robert Mcnamara Found in: Country Quotes,
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Countries are well cultivated, not as they are fertile, but as they are free.

Countries are well cultivated, not as they are fertile, but as they are free.

by Montesquieu Found in: Country Quotes,
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Canada is the essence of not being. Not English, not American, it is the mathematic of not being. And a read more

Canada is the essence of not being. Not English, not American, it is the mathematic of not being. And a subtle flavour - we're more like celery as a flavour.

by Mike Myers Found in: Country Quotes,
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New Zealand is a country of thirty thousand million sheep, three million of whom think they are human.

New Zealand is a country of thirty thousand million sheep, three million of whom think they are human.

by Barry Humphries Found in: Country Quotes,
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My countrymen should have nerves of steel, muscles of iron, and minds like thunderbolt.

My countrymen should have nerves of steel, muscles of iron, and minds like thunderbolt.

by Swami Vivekananda Found in: Country Quotes,
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I have no country to fight for: my country is the earth, and I am a citizen of the world.

I have no country to fight for: my country is the earth, and I am a citizen of the world.

by Eugene V. Debs Found in: Country Quotes,
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