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The death of Lincoln was a disaster for Christendom. There was no man in the United States great enough to wear his boots and the… — Otto von Bismarck
The U.S. public is depoliticised, poorly informed on foreign affairs... and strongly patriotic in the face of a struggle with another Hitler. Even though the… — Edward S. Herman
Excessive partiality for one foreign nation and excessive dislike of another cause those whom they actuate to see danger only on one side, and serve… — George Washington
We teach them to take their patriotism at second-hand; to shout with the largest crowd without examining into the right or wrong of the matter… — Mark Twain
Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations, may she always be in the right; but our country, right or wrong. — Stephen Decatur
Patriotism threatens free speech with death. It is infuriated by thoughtful hesitation, constructive criticism of our leaders and pleas for peace. It despises people of… — Barbara Kingsolver
There is no longer a clear, bright line dividing America's domestic concerns and America's foreign policy concerns...If we want America to stay on the right… — William J. Clinton
The whole thing [religion] is so patently infantile, so foreign to reality, that to anyone with a friendly attitude to humanity it is painful to… — Sigmund Freud
A people armed and free, forms a barrier against the enterprises of ambition and is a bulwark for the nation against foreign invasion and domestic… — James Madison
When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable. — Clifton Fadiman
Everywhere is nowhere. When a person spends all his time in foreign travel, he ends by having many acquaintances, but no friends. — Seneca the Younger
Travel has no longer any charm for me. I have seen all the foreign countries I want to except heaven & hell & I have… — Mark Twain
We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. — John F. Kennedy
To great sections of the church the art of worship has been lost entirely, and in its place has come that strange and foreign thing… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
To make us one nation as to foreign concerns, and keep us distinct in Domestic ones gives the outline of the proper division of powers… — Thomas Jefferson
Until relatively recently, mass political movements were still about basic rights of food, shelter, education and self sufficiency. The reasons fewer people vote these days,… — John Diamond
Turkey is taking advantage of the war in order to thoroughly liquidate its internal foes, i.e., the indigenous Christians, without being thereby disturbed by foreign… — Talaat Pasha
Our attitude toward our own culture has recently been characterized by two qualities, braggadocio and petulance. Braggadocio - empty boasting of American power, American virtue,… — Daniel J. Boorstin
A friend, therefore, is a sort of paradox in nature. I who alone am, I who see nothing in nature whose existence I can affirm… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Our national security is at risk when we rely on foreign oil to keep our economy moving forward. — Bill Shuster

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