I represent all the enlightened people in this country, and that’s a fine thing to be able to do. It infuriates my opponents when I say this, but it is true. – Helen Suzman
It is my contention that civil disobediences are nothing but the latest form of voluntary association, and that they are thus quite in tune with the oldest traditions of the country. – Hannah Arendt
You have Showtime, you have AMC, you have all of these, you know, incredible networks that are now bringing forth their product without the handcuffs, if you will, of trying to sell soap to the entire country. – Gina Torres
Post-9/11, we saw an immediate uptick in the amount of people in our stores, all over the country. People wanted that human connection. We are not going to fracture the Starbucks experience. – Howard Schultz
Seattle is a place I’ve lived only a couple of years, but I feel like I’ve been adopted by this city. It’s like a hug. I’ve been recognized on planes, in the airport and by cabdrivers. I don’t get that anywhere else in the country. – Hari Kondabolu
I think the country is very settled in a lot of ways, and we saw that after the Democratic Convention. I think a lot of the bump that we enjoyed came when John Kerry selected John Edwards as his running mate. – Harold Ford, Jr.
This country and the Commonwealth last Tuesday were not far from the Kingdom of Heaven. – Geoffrey Fisher
Since I achieved something, running has exploded in my country. For me sometimes it is difficult even to know who the athletes are who are competing at the highest level. There are thousands. – Haile Gebrselassie
Americans who grew up in the 1930s or 1940s still have some fleeting memory of what the country was like before it became the steroidal superpower it is today. – Graydon Carter
Malcolm X was the first political person in this country that I really identified with. If he had lived and not been purged, I probably would have joined the Muslims. – Huey Newton
In my judgment, if we had pursued this course, the zones would have been of short duration. England would have been compelled to take her mines out of the North Sea in order to get any supplies from our country. – George William Norris
I’ve now been in this country for thirteen years, since I was seventeen. So this is my second home. – Hakeem Olajuwon
It’s incredibly disturbing when a country, particularly your own country, uses discrimination as a basis for an investigation. – Hasan M. Elahi
If a country doesn’t recognize minority rights and human rights, including women’s rights, you will not have the kind of stability and prosperity that is possible. – Hillary Clinton
The country will also need ‘new forms of social welfare’ instead of its current system which is excessively centred on pensions. – Giorgio Napolitano
Israeli governments cling to the two-state notion because it seems to reflect the sentiments of the Jewish Israeli majority, and it shields the country from international opprobrium even as it camouflages relentless efforts to expand Israel’s territory into the West Bank. – Ian Lustick
As of essential importance in town churches which are not at all equally necessary in the country. – George Edmund Street
It is one thing to tell the citizens of some faraway country to go to hell, but it is another to do the same to your own citizens, who are supposedly your ultimate sovereigns. – Ha-Joon Chang
So black people all across this country are uniting. They must unite, and they must organize themselves. – H. Rap Brown
I believe that the capital of the Republic of Albania is a suitable venue for discussing the dialogue among religions and civilizations, notably in the countries of South East Europe, because we are well familiar with this country’s track record of religious tolerance. – Georgi Parvanov
I have been curious about Haiti for many years. The history of the country is as fascinating as it is turbulent. – Henry Rollins
Unfortunately or fortunately, in order to become acquainted with the idiom of country or rock music, it is necessary to occasionally play in a bar. Bars are a rehearsal place. – Garth Hudson
There are so many music genres competing against each other, but I feel like country music has always been a unified front. – Hillary Scott
Coming from the U.S., you tend to look at one homogeneous market with 350 million people. But in Europe, every country has its own customs and laws. – Guy Kawasaki
For young girls, whom I meet a lot when I travel around the country, it will be a big thing. It will really show them that there’s no post in Denmark that a girl can’t aspire to. – Helle Thorning-Schmidt
If you’ve got aspirations to be a manager or coach, obviously coaching your country would be a great honour. – Gary Speed
‘Need You Now’ is a universal subject matter. It’s something that not just country fans, not just pop fans – everybody’s been there. And the production was a little left of center. – Hillary Scott
Obama is a guy who claims to be unaware that there was a Tea Party, a guy that’s detached from the country. – Grover Norquist
Thanks to the heroic sons and daughters of this country, who have paid sacrifices, we have been able to score a number of victories which are encouraging the nation-building process we are engaged in. – Girma Woldegiorgis
