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In countries where innocent people are dying, the leaders are following their blood rather than their brains. — Nelson Mandela

Few if any countries understand the growing importance of water as fully as Turkey does. — Stephen Kinzer

If our designs for private houses are to be correct, we must at the outset take note of the countries and climates in which they are built. — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

Many other countries have already banned human cloning, and there are efforts at the UN to make such a ban universal. — Leon Kass

In short, we have, among African countries, a duty of solidarity. — Omar Bongo

Soon after George W. Bush took over the White House after losing the "popular vote" - which in other countries is called the "election" - — Carl Safina

But so far as countries are concerned, I don't go to a place to see what's there, but who is there. — David McCallum

We are the only people who may know the will of God for the city we live in. God expects us to become intercessors for our countries — Sunday Adelaja

Georgia is not just a European country, but one of the most ancient European countries. — Mikheil Saakashvili

We saw farms go on the auction block while we bought food from foreign countries. Well, that's wrong. — Ann Richards

A robber is more high-toned than what a pirate is - as a general thing. In most countries they're awful high up in the nobility - dukes and such. — Mark Twain

I dislike loud-mouthed patriots who think they like our country more than I do. Some people's idea of patriotism is hating other countries. — Andy Rooney

Several countries have also legally reserved seats in parliament specifically for women to ensure that they are represented. — Stephen Orvis

I can understand countries don't want to join the euro, but they cannot impede the consolidation and strengthening of the eurozone. — Francois Hollande

Each destination you reach only opens out into wider horizons, new and undiscovered countries for you to explore. — Barbara Sher

Americans pay up to 1,000 percent more to fill their prescriptions than consumers in other countries - that is an alarming statistic. — Ken Salazar

Majority of the African countries are now enjoying stable governance. Before you talk about economic growth, political stability is key. — Goodluck Jonathan

Nobody in rich countries wants to face responsibility for the lives of people in poor countries. They just want cheap groceries. — Greg Baxter

But they were going to war anyway and they were going to bully and pressure countries to vote for it. — Clare Short

Countries where women have access to professional life are also those where the birth rate is higher. — Claude Martin

Per capita, I would say that Australia has more biomimetic projects going than many other countries I've been to. — Janine Benyus

New York is really the cheapest ad market. When I go on TV, I'm hitting a country. The market is as big as some countries, you know. — Mitch Leigh

Entire countries would close their borders and build walls to keep out phantom threats. Can you imagine? — Erika Johansen

We sold 'Seinfeld' all over the world but it was a very specific kind of show. In some countries it went down really well, in others they hated it. — Jerry Seinfeld

President Bush in his inaugural address talked about bringing freedom to countries that don't have it. He didn't specify how. — Barbara Boxer

As the United States shapes and carries out its policies toward Muslim countries, it should do so with Turkey at its side. — Stephen Kinzer

In other countries, art and literature are left to a lot of shabby bums living in attics and feeding on booze and spaghetti. — James Thurber

Neither Western donor countries like the U.S. nor poor recipients like Cameroon care much about Africans who are poor, rural and female. — Nicholas D. Kristof

It is normal for politicians in all countries to profess themselves the pupils of history, anxious to draw the right lessons from her teaching. — Douglas Hurd

I believe democracy will succeed in Tunisia, but I also believe that it will succeed in the other Arab Spring countries. — Rashid Al-Ghannushi

Great countries are those that produce great people. — Benjamin Disraeli

There is here, as in all countries, advantages and disadvantages. — Nathaniel Smith

There are a lot of countries, oil-producing countries, that aren't very democratic, but supported by the United States. That's odd. — Sam Richards

The European countries are really hoping to do well in the Olympics. If they win gold medals, they can use them as cash. — David Letterman

In low-income countries, the main problems you have is infectious diseases. — Bill Gates

Sometimes I get the feeling the whole world is against me, but deep down I know that's not true. Some smaller countries are neutral. — Robert Orben

Single universe, many planets,many continents, and many countries, my country Nigeria will never be like others. — Hamzatribah

The great problem there is we have to have the cooperation of those other Asian countries. — Samuel P. Huntington

The challenges that the homeless face aren't dissimilar to those in developing countries. — Leila Janah

I'm cautious about the currency situation, oil pricing and the economies of some countries not performing as we are expecting. — Lakshmi

Global climate change has a profound impact on the survival and development of mankind. It is a major challenge facing all countries. — Hu Jintao

Socialist democracy is not, a luxury and its need is not limited to the most advanced industrial countries. — Ernest Mandel

In conclusion, it appears that nothing can be more improving to a young naturalist, than a journey in distant countries. — Charles Darwin

Few countries have become rich through free-trade, free-market policies, and few ever will. — Ha-Joon Chang

Countries which are governed by the dabblers will undoubtedly turn into the miserable countries! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

He glared at me as if I were solely responsible for the food shortage not only at the opening, but in several third world countries on top of it. — Nicole Castle

War inside countries is all too common. — Denis Healey

Every man has two countries: his own and France. — Thomas Jefferson

Sport is how poor kids from poor countries pass through the eye of the needle to riches and recognition. — A.A. Gill

Other countries have access to the markets, whereas Greece does not. Therefore, we have to get liquidity through the ECB. — Antonis Samaras

Every far-sighted capitalist today must call on his fellows: capitalists of all countries, unite ! — Anonymous

Certain countries are dumping nuclear waste directly into
the ocean, making fish flesh even more poisonous. — Sathya Sai Baba

Lots of countries have great constitutions, but their leaders have a practice of ignoring the rules whenever they feel like it. — Adam Davidson

The disease of an evil conscience is beyond the practice of all the physicians of all the countries in the would. — William E. Gladstone

When I compare myself and my opponents in other countries in the light of history, I do not fear the verdict on our respective mentalities. — Adolf Hitler

It seems strange to the rest of the world, but we Americans can't seem to stop talking about how other countries should be democratic like we are. — Noah Feldman

Things change in different countries as people grow, and as generations change. — Shannon Elizabeth

No need of many countries, if there's only one religion. — Toba Beta

I have Muslim members of my family. I have lived in Muslim countries. — Barack Obama

We say the United States is a rich country, but how can we be rich when millions of poor American children go to bed hungry? — Alexandra Paul

and ventured into countries where girls — David Baldacci

If we want to change the systems we are part of - our countries, communities, organizations, and families - we must also see and change ourselves — Adam Kahane

You will have Time, that rare and lovely gift that your Western countries have lost the more they have pursued it. — James Hilton

I still like the King's Road. It is very alive; it is a hustle of things from different countries and so on. It is lovely. — Mary Quant

Throughout my career, Ive wrestled a lot of countries. — Scott Steiner

I feel as much British as I do American. There's not much difference between our countries. — John McAfee

It's alarming that military intervention in internal conflicts in foreign countries has become commonplace for the United States. — Vladimir Putin

Countries have lost their culture because what they wanted was money. Money became the running theme in every country and culture was sacrificed. — Yoko Ono

But females in even the most advanced Muslim countries are simply, by law, not the equal of men. — Bill Maher

Will America lead ... and reap the rewards? Or will we surrender that advantage to other countries with clearer vision? — Susan Hockfield

I should have been a country-western singer. After all, I'm older than most western countries. — George Burns

There is another form of poverty! It is the spiritual poverty of our time, which afflicts the so-called richer countries particularly seriously. — Pope Francis

Many Muslim countries are closed to missionaries, a policy Christians see as a denial of religious liberty. — Bob Abernethy

each civilized person in the world should admit that he has two home countries: the one he was born in, and Syria . — Andrea Parrot

Most of the countries in the world are outside the E.U., and they are doing very nicely, thank you. — Nigel Lawson

We really need to stop the imperialist tendencies of countries like the United States and Great Britain. — Cindy Sheehan

Postcolonial countries. All have sought to overcome the legacy of colonial — Henry Kissinger

The borders between different countries are, in truth, not real. They are a by-product of the ego. — Christopher Dines

Between 1980 and 1990, the number of countries that were classified as 'free' or 'mostly free' increased by about 50%. — George P. Shultz

A global democracy works only when countries trust one another. — Armstrong Williams

Having members of the Bush administration actually sit down and discuss counter terrorism with the very countries that support terrorists is absurd. — Frank Lautenberg

The greater ignorance towards a country is not ignoring what its politicians have to say, it is ignoring what the inmates in its prisons have to say. — Criss Jami

Bringing countries together above their conflicts require great minds and great hearts. — Amit Ray

Unfortunatelymost westerners form their opinions of Africa based on the reporting and news in their own countries — Louise Mushikiwabo

Whether they hail from different cultures, countries or faiths, children are children. — Kimberly Quinn

The resources of our continent attract, more than ever, the interests of rich countries. — Omar Bongo

National pride is to countries what self-respect is to individuals: a necessary condition for self-improvement. — Richard Rorty

People in Third World countries think and laugh and smile, just like us. We have got to understand that we are them they are us. — Rachel Corrie

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

A war is a horrible thing, but it's also a unifier of countries. — Clint Eastwood

I have the distinction of speaking to you from one of the few countries that still has a communist party. — Dennis Miller

India has two million gods, and worships them all. In religion all other countries are paupers; India is the only millionaire. — Mark Twain

Foreign aid is taking money from the poor people of a rich country and giving it to the rich people of a poor country. — Ron Paul

If you love your country why is it necessary to hate other countries? — Arthur Miller

Forget about banks that are too big to fail; the focus should be on cities, municipalities and countries that are too big to fail. — Andrew Ross Sorkin

We have to recognise there are very few countries you will take the Games to where somebody doesn't have issues on foreign or domestic policy. — Sebastian Coe

The Chinese are like a tank through a corn field, they just keep mowing through it. Senators want sanctions against countries supporting cyberattacks. — Stewart Baker

That's an amazing gift as an actor - to be able to say I have an audience in so many countries in the world and that people know my work. — Elisabeth Harnois

I would sooner be a foreigner in Spain than in most countries. How easy it is to make friends in Spain! — George Orwell

Almost all countries have natural dividing lines, and when ethnic and religious partition occurs in one country, it'll soon happen elsewhere. — Bashar Al-Assad