Foreign Quotes

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When I was sworn in the Marine Corps in 1964, when I was sworn into Congress, I swore to uphold the Constitution against enemies, both… — Paul Broun
Before 9/11 there were weak procedures, willingness, and mechanisms for communicating among agencies for foreign intelligence and the FBI with its focus on law enforcement.… — Dennis C. Blair
Recovery measures work better when they raise confidence - as Franklin D. Roosevelt understood. His fireside chats, and his inaugural address proclaiming he would fight… — Christina Romer
I never understood the concept of a fluffy summer read. For me, summer reading means beaches, long train rides and layovers in foreign airports. All… — Maria Semple
We will never abdicate the security of the United States to a foreign country or refrain from taking action when appropriate. But we cannot ignore… — John O. Brennan
People have the right to defend their country from foreign occupiers, and people have the right to defend their country from invaders who are destroying… — Norman Finkelstein
Congress has shortchanged not only foreign aid but foreign policy. A mistaken notion that diplomats are unimportant and hence undeserving of support grips conservative legislators,… — Anthony Lewis
History is laden with belligerent leaders using humanitarian rhetoric to mask geopolitical aims. History also shows how often ill-informed moralism has led to foreign entanglements… — Samantha Power
The economic dynamic in Zimbabwe is perversely robust: while ordinary people suffer, black-market dealers and people with foreign bank accounts prosper, making them powerful stakeholders… — Samantha Power
Teaching methods are often inadequate for the goals faculties are trying to achieve. Important courses such as expository writing and foreign languages are frequently taught… — Derek Bok
It is a little bit humiliating when I have to say that Chou En-lai to me appears as the most superior brain I have so… — Dag Hammarskjold
A woman is a foreign land, Of which, though there he settle young, A man will ne'er quite understand The customs, politics, and tongue — Charles Dudley Warner
I apprehend no danger to our country from a foreign foe... Our destruction, should it come at all, will be from another quarter. From the… — Daniel Webster
Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and… — George Washington
Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. Try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books written in a… — Rainer Maria Rilke
You have to have a positive strategy to make more partners and fewer terrorists. Harry Truman and George Marshall took a little bit of our… — Bill Clinton
When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty and there is nothing to fear from them, then he is always stirring… — Plato
Foreign rightwing fundamentalists attacked the United States. Domestic rightwing fundamentalists took the spotlight. And everywhere, progressives, liberals, and moderates either fell in behind them, or… — Ben Manski
Away with old Romance! Away with novels, plots and plays of foreign courts; Away with love-verses, sugar'd in rhyme, the intrigues, amours of idlers; Fitted… — John Keats
We hear foreign accents on CNN. It's crazy, it's wild, who knows, maybe they'll take you because you certainly don't fit in, in the American… — Christiane Amanpour

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