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  • Part of the reason that our politics seems so tough right now and facts and science and argument does not seem to be winning the day all the time is because we're hardwired not to always think clearly when we're scared. And the country's scared.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Barack Obama Quotes , Country Quotes , Winning Quotes
  • When an American says that he loves his country, he means not only that he loves the New England hills, the prairies glistening in the sun, the wide and rising plains, the great mountains, and the sea. He means that he loves an inner air, an inner light in which freedom lives and in which a man can draw the breath of self-respect.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Adlai E. Stevenson Quotes , Country Quotes , Mean Quotes
  • It was a privilege to be president and it is a privilege to be a former president and I believe that I have got a chance to be a part of something that is influential - but not for my sake, but for the sake of people dying in Africa or people worried about a free society in their countries or people who wonder whether there will be a free market.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : George W. Bush Quotes , Country Quotes , Believe Quotes
  • The world must understand that it is the time to come together to address the root cause of the problem, and the problem is you have a state within a state. You had people launch attacks on a sovereign nation without the consent of the government in the country in which they are lodged.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : George W. Bush Quotes , Country Quotes , People Quotes
  • In a free country, America, or India, and Japan, and many places, democracy country, free country, but still within the sort of rule of law, some injustice, some sort of problems, some discrimination, and also some sort of scandals or the corruptions. These things, you see, they are always in my mind, I think many people agree, lack of moral principle.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Dalai Lama Quotes , Country Quotes , Thinking Quotes
  • I don't expect that the president-elect [Donald Trump] will follow exactly our blueprint or our approach, but my hope is that he does not simply take a real-politic approach and suggest that, you know, if we just cut some deals with Russia, even if it hurts people or even if it violates international norms, or even if it leaves smaller countries vulnerable or creates long-term problems in regions like Syria, that we just do whatever is convenient at the time.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Barack Obama Quotes , Country Quotes , Hurt Quotes
  • I've got a pen, and I've got a phone, and I can use that pen to sign executive orders and take executive action. I've got a pen to talk executive actions where congress won't. Where congress isn't acting, I'll act on my own. I have got a pen and I got a phone. And that is all I need.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Barack Obama Quotes , Country Quotes , Order Quotes
  • Our efforts will only be effective if ordinary citizens in other countries have confidence that the United States respects their privacy too. And the leaders of our close friends and allies deserve to know that if I want to learn what they think about an issue, I will pick up the phone and call them, rather than turning to surveillance.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Barack Obama Quotes , Country Quotes , Thinking Quotes