Absence Quote by Edith Wharton

I despair of the Republic! Such dreariness, such whiningsallow women, such utter absence of the amenities, suchcrass food, crass manners, crass landscape!!... What a…

— Anonymous

What a shame it is for a nation to be developing without a sense of beauty, and eating bananas for breakfast.

— Edith Wharton

We are well on our way to becoming a banana republic in every respect except, of course, that we don't grow bananas.

— Burt Prelutsky

This is America, not a banana republic.

— Vincent Bugliosi

We are not a banana republic.

— Robert C. O'Brien

Our government is founded upon the intelligence of the people. I for one do not despair of the republic. I have great confidence in…

— Andrew Jackson

A banana republic we are not.

— Trish Regan

This is a great country, but fortunately for you, it is not perfect. There is much to be done to bring about complete equality.…

— Thurgood Marshall

Who would have thought we'd end up like a South American banana republic - and that's what worried me.

— Lindsay Hoyle

Banana republics are run on cronyism.

— Ratan Tata

Los Estados Unidos has turned into a banana republic, a fascist banana republic.

— Gerald Celente

If we want the Republic to be solid, we must first build its foundation. We need not look abroad for this foundation; we should…

— Sun Yat-sen