Quotes about count
country writing civilization
The face of nature and civilization in this our country is to a certain point a very sufficient literary field. But it will yield its secrets only to a really grasping imagination. To write well and worthily of American things one need even more than elsewhere to be a master. Henry James
country tombstone sea
Novelist-Citizen of Two Countries Interpreter of his Generation on both Sides of the Sea.
country people benefits
There are some benefits [that illegal aliens] clearly ought not have...[including] health benefits and welfare benefits and others that serve as a magnet attracting people here from other countries. Henry Cisneros
country england world
It the British System is the most gigantic system of slavery the world has yet seen, and therefore it is that freedom gradually disappears from every country over which England is enabled to obtain control. Henry Charles Carey
country slavery ratios
In this country protection has always, to some extent, existed; but at some times it has been efficient, and at others not; and our tendency toward freedom or slavery has always been in the direct ratio of its efficiency or inefficiency.
country turkeys spain
The commerce of India does not grow, nor does that of Portugal, or of Turkey; that but that of the protected countries does increase, as has been shown in the case of Spain, and can now be shown in that of Germany.
country dog unique
You know, I got the third most uninsured district in the whole state of Texas, probably number nine in the whole country. As a Blue Dog, I'm also looking at the cost. So, I have got a very unique district. Henry Cuellar
country strong justice
Honor and good faith and justice are equally due from this country toward the weak as toward the strong. Henry Clay
country art hatred
The arts of power and its minions are the same in all countries and in all ages. It marks its victim; denounces it; and excites the public odium and the public hatred, to conceal its own abuses and encroachments.
country sin gravity
Gravity is the best cloak for sin in all countries. Henry Fielding
country fighting pieces
In a debate, rather pull to pieces the argument of thy antagonists than offer him any of thy own; for thus thou wilt fight him in his own country.
country war pay
Some general officers should pay a stricter regard to truth than to call the depopulating other countries the service of their own.
country writing challenges
Perhaps because the challenges we face in our country are so daunting, we are also tempted by shortcuts. We tell ourselves that if we invent a new acronym, or write a new empowerment charter, we can avoid some of the back-breaking work that sustained progress requires Helen Zille
country teeth states
This country is armed to the teeth, and none of these African states could begin to attack South Africa. Helen Suzman
country party boss
Debate is almost non-existent and no one is apparently accountable to anybody apart from their political party bosses. It is bad news for democracy in this country.
country eye aesthetic-beauty
The more people explore the world, the more they realize in every country there's a different aesthetic. Beauty really is in the eye of the beholder. Helena Christensen
country israel criticize
I hit the third rail. You cannot criticize Israel in this country and survive. Helen Thomas
country law constitution
I pledge to respect and protect the constitution and the law of my country and to carry out my duties to the best of my ability. Heinz Fischer
country revenge military
We have severely underestimated the Russians, the extent of the country and the treachery of the climate. This is the revenge of reality. Heinz Guderian
country delight golden
Count Dracula had directed me to go to the Golden Krone Hotel, which I found, to my great delight, to be thoroughly old-fashioned, for of course I wanted to see all I could of the ways of the country. Helen Dunmore
country people may
If you neglect those who are currently poor and stable, you may create more poor and unstable people. There has been a tremendous concentration of donor interest in countries that are seen as particularly fragile - but it becomes harder to mobilise money for sub-Saharan, plain poor countries. Helen Clark
country land people
Fortunately New Zealand doesn't have land borders so we are able to be somewhat more rigorous on who gets in and out of our country than perhaps some people.
country strongest small-countries
Of course as a small country you're not necessarily in the strongest negotiating position unless you're negotiating with other small countries.
country issues focus
Afghanistan is one of the poorest countries on earth. Security issue or no security issue, there would need to be a focus on it.
country loss national-parks
Although biodiversity loss continues globally, many countries are significantly slowing the rate of loss by shoring up protected natural areas and the services they provide, and in expanding national park systems with tighter management and more secure funding.
country citizens full-potential
No country will reach its full potential if its female citizens do not enjoy full equality.
country world assuming
If we hope and even assume that the social question will be answered through communism, and not in this or that country but in the world, any thought of centralization must be a monstrosity. Johann Most
country america agitation
Fortunately, no country was ever more suited for anarchist agitation than present-day America.
country fighting scotland
Scotland is my country, the nation that shaped me, that taught me my values. A nation whose achievements inspired and inspire me, a community whose failings drive me - drive my overwhelming desire to fight for social justice and equality. Johann Lamont
country scotland world
Scotland cannot be the only 'something for nothing' country in the world.
country men citizenship
What do I owe to my times, to my country, to my neighbors, to my friends? Such are the questions which a virtuous man ought often to ask himself. Johann Kaspar Lavater
country garden looks
No one feels himself easy in a garden which does not look like the open country. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
country believe thoughtful
Nothing can be compared to the new life that the discovery of another country provides for a thoughtful person. Although I am still the same I believe to have changed to the bones.