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I think these last 10 years have seen just a huge shift in the psyche of this country as regards gay people.… — Janis Ian Copy Share Image
Any movement that has been successful in this country for Black liberation has included old and young, men and women, and people… — Nate Parker Copy Share Image
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On the BSkyB bid, Rupert Murdoch is now in town in London seeking to sort things out. I would simply say to… — Nick Clegg Copy Share Image
The decay of the late, great country of South Africa is beginning to become apparent. The name of the Transvaal has been… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
Men by their constitutions are naturally divided into two parties: 1. Those who fear and distrust the people, and wish to draw… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
If the goal is to dramatically improve college completion rates, not college-going rates by itself but college completion, it's not just a… — Arne Duncan Copy Share Image
They believe the less votes the better. Republicans like to suppress votes because they believe they do better in small turnouts. Characteristically,… — Howard Dean Copy Share Image
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I remember how, back in the 1980s, the Scottish Flow Country became an object of bemused controversy as rich celebrities and businessmen… — John Burnside Copy Share Image
I would like to see Russia develop as democratically as possible. But when we judge Russia we must also consider where the… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
Everyone talks about freedom. All around the world different people, different races, different countries are fighting for freedom. But what is freedom?… — Miguel Angel Ruiz Copy Share Image
The Tories had the legal right to demand extra meetings of the council but I could decide when they would be held… — Ken Livingstone Copy Share Image
Maintaining news cycle is the job. It's always been the job. This is just more intense. You find out what the story… — Ezra Klein Copy Share Image
I agree with Peter Drucker that the culture and legal systems of the United Statesare especially favorable to shareholder interests, compared to… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
Americans live in a free country, which allows you to believe what you want. Because you think that something is true does… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Pilgrims travel to Jerusalem to see the Holy Land, and the foundations of their faith. People go to Washington, D.C. to see… — Brad Paisley Copy Share Image
I have to be very clear and very honest. I'm not asking [ the American officials] to believe if they don't want… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
If you're eight and you live in Los Angeles and everybody has toys and you go to a country that has a… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
My job is to make sure that, as President, people understand that in this country you can worship any way you choose.… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
The country needs and, unless I mistake its temper, the country demands bold, persistent experimentation. It is common sense to take a… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
There's Kelsea Ballerini, myself... Lauren Alaina, Raelynn, and there's been this influx of really amazing artists who happen to be women. I… — Maren Morris Copy Share Image
I want to work for Nigeria, my blood is here. I captained this team for 14 years, and it is my country.… — Stephen Keshi Copy Share Image
Purchasing power parities are not a reasonable method for comparing households across countries or currencies. The reason for this is simply that… — Thomas Pogge Copy Share Image
When a country is in harmony with the Tao, the factories make trucks and tractors. When a country goes counter to the… — Laozi Copy Share Image
I think the real sort of decision moment for me was president Donald Trump election night and just realizing that there was… — Lydia Polgreen Copy Share Image
It was really always about bringing back [James] Baldwin's words in all their rawness, in all their impact - in the way… — Raoul Peck Copy Share Image
It's been cool to see on the Voice all these up-and-coming artists from all over the country just develop and follow their… — Curtis Grimes Copy Share Image
When you ban people from predominantly Muslim countries from coming into the U.S., even people who accompanied our soldiers and helped them… — Tim Kaine Copy Share Image
Each and every time, a new generation has risen up and done what’s needed to be done. Today we are called once… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The problems that exist on Wall Street today go to the center of a debate in this country about wealth and democracy.… — Dennis Kucinich Copy Share Image
Turkey Hollow is a small country town in Sullivan County, a remote region of the Catskill Mountains. Surrounded by forests, it counts… — David Mixner Copy Share Image
Lincoln has accepted America as a biracial society. He's talking about giving at least some black men the right to vote. In… — Eric Foner Copy Share Image
If we have a foreign country, which it appears that we do, interfering in an election in any way, we need to… — Patty Murray Copy Share Image
The problem of ISIS is not recent. Ever since the Second World War, people in this region have been, and are today,… — Mano Khalil Copy Share Image
I'm not familiar particularly with Hillary Clinton's neighborhood, but I wish people were a little bit more curious about what we call… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
My vocation is to write and I have known this for a long time. I hope I won't be misunderstood; I know… — Natalia Ginzburg Copy Share Image
Recall that the United Nations commissioned Arab scholars and analysts to publish the Arab Human Development Report. What causes the backwardness, the… — Larry Elder Copy Share Image