Quotes about count
country america young
America is a young country with an old mentality. George Santayana
country 4th-of-july knowledge
A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.
country memories history
A country without a memory is a country of madmen.
country numbers
Between 1980 and 1990, the number of countries that were classified as 'free' or 'mostly free' increased by about 50%. George P. Shultz
country organization people
World Affairs Councils are great organizations. They help keep people throughout our country alive to important developments in world affairs and underscore that, in the country, we stay engaged and we are part of the world.
country war book
One book that I heard was circulating the Green Zone was "Bureaucracy Does Its Thing" by Robert Komer , who worked for President [Lindon] Johnson in Saigon. This book is about the inevitably of screwing up when a country takes on a war with so little understanding of the country they are fighting. George Packer
country class government
Inequality provokes a generalized anger that finds targets where it can--immigrants, foreign countries, American elites, government in all forms--and it rewards demagogues while discrediting reformers.
country democracy sap
Like an odorless gas, [inequality] pervades every corner of the United States and saps the strength of the country's democracy. But it seems impossible to find the source and shut it off.
country competition olympics
Olympics is global competition in which eighty, ninety, hundred, hundred and ten countries participate. George Pataki
country independence towers
What better day to lay the cornerstone of the Freedom Tower than the day our country declared its independence.
country israel freedom-of-speech
Israel is a country that respects freedom - freedom of assembly, freedom of speech and freedom of worship.
country divine-right world
Britain has no divine right to be one of the richest countries in the world. George Osborne
country thinking law
I was shocked to see that some of the very wealthiest people in the country have organised their tax affairs, and to be fair it's within the tax laws, so that they were regularly paying virtually no income tax. And I don't think that's right.
country greek needs
We Greeks want change. We know there are problems in our system. We have great potential but we need to manage our country well. Now that hasn't been done over the last decades. And that is, of course, what we are paying for. George Papandreou
country struggle political
If Greece had gone through a very normal political life, I may have not been in politics. But just the fact that I lived through huge upheavals and very difficult struggles and polarization and the barbarism of dictatorships - that made me feel that we had to change this country.
country hands support
How can a parliamentarian or a leader in a country say, on the one hand, that we're going to support Greece but at the same time say that Greeks are lazy?
country father fighting
I think there is a heritage which I'm proud of, which is a fight for democracy, a fight for social justice, a fight for freedom. My grandfather went to jail or exile six times in his life, fighting for his principles for democracy, or for his country. And my father twice.
country talking europe
First of all, Greece won't go down. We're talking about a country that is capable of making change. Europe will not allow the destabilization of the 27-country euro zone. But if there were no action, then markets would start becoming jittery about other countries - and not only Spain and Portugal, but other countries in the European Union.
country thinking unique
But sovereign debt is a wider question not only in Europe but across the globe. While every country is a unique case, I think it's not an issue of countries acting on their own. We need a more coordinated strategy not only in Europe but around the world.
country commitment responsibility
Countries are not like financial markets. Social change cannot be executed as swiftly as credit-default swaps. You cannot sell short on social commitments and practical responsibilities.
country together world
If you put all the European countries together, we are the biggest economy in the world.
country thinking long
As long as I feel I am doing what I think is right and just for my country, for the Greek people, that is enough for me. Saving Greece from this crisis was the first thing on the agenda. We are now on a much more normalised road.
country greek stronger
Today I want to send a message of optismism to all Greeks. Our road, our path, will be more stabilised. Our country will be in a better situation. We will be stronger.
country father military
I never thought about becoming a politician. But during the military dictatorship, my grandfather was put in prison six times and my father twice. If my family and my country didn't have this history, I might be a professor somewhere today.
country people greek
I will always be upfront with the Greek people, so we can solve the country's problems together.
country world turns
My hope is that we will turn Greece into maybe the most transparent country in the world with everything on the web.
country responsibility justice
We stand united, facing the big responsibility to change our country into a nation of justice, solidarity, humanity and green development.
country responsibility people
I have a deep sense of responsibility to my country and Greek people.
country hurt heart
My heart does sometimes bleed for those who are hurting in my own country and abroad. George McGovern
country thinking government
I think the country's getting disgusted with Washington partly because of the decline of civility in government.
country strong war
I don't think the American people had a clear picture of either Nixon or me. I think they thought that Nixon was a strong, decisive, tough-minded guy and that I was an idealist and antiwar guy who might not attach enough significance to the security of the country. The truth is, I was the guy with the war record, and my opposition to Vietnam was because I was interested in the nation's well-being.
country son years
We seem bent upon saving the Vietnamese from Ho Chi Minh, even if we have to kill them and demolish their country to do it....I do not intend to remain silent in the face of what I regard as a policy of madness which, sooner or later, will envelop my son and American youth by the millions for years to come.
country brother responsibility
Pay attention to the hungry, both in this country and around the world. Pay attention to the poor. Pay attention to our responsibilities for world peace. We are our brother's keeper...