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- And the fact that Haiti was occupied for 19 years by the United States, from 1915 to 1934.
- In Haiti you had the Duvaliers for 29 years and they were very well supported by the United States.
- Also, people are not often aware of the way the United States' policies influence what happens in places like Haiti or El Salvador or Nicaragua.…
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- In the United States Christmas has become the rape of an idea. — Richard Bach
- I think, as a general matter, clearly, the United States globally supports the development of democracy and the democratic yearnings of all… — Richard Armitage
- Fundamentalists are not friends of democracy. And that includes your fundamentalists in the United States. — Karen Armstrong
- I may be president of the United States, but my private life is nobody's damned business. — Chester A. Arthur
- If the national mental illness of the United States is megalomania, that of Canada is paranoid schizophrenia. — Margaret Atwood
- Foreignness is all around. Only in the heart of the heart of the country, namely the heart of the United States, can… — Margaret Atwood
- We have the most beautiful planet - the Rockies, the purple fields of the United States, the Lake District, the Pyrenees, the… — Dan Aykroyd
- My view of foreign policy is that we need to be careful and circumspect about United States intervention in any foreign nation. — Michele Bachmann
- Never in the history of the United States have we cut back on troops when we've been at war. — Michele Bachmann
- When you are running for the presidency of the United States, you have to expect that you are going to have attacks… — Michele Bachmann