"We are, if territory and population be looked at together, one of the great countries of the world a monster country, one might say, along with others such as China, India, the recent Soviet Union, and Brazil. And there is a real question as to whether "bigness" in a body politic is not an evil in itself, quite aside from the policies pursued in its name."

-- George F. Kennan

#Country Quotes #Real Quotes #Names Quotes

“Today, President Barack Obama promised to 'detect and pursue' American tax evaders, as opposed to his first 100 days, in which he detected and nominated American tax evaders.”
“We must dare to invent the future”
“Living in a small Italian hilltown, and having lived in a small town in south Georgia, I understand that you can recognize a family gene pool by the lift of an eyebrow, or the length of a neck, or a way of walking.”
“We can exterminate Ku Kluxism better by recognizing their honesty and teaching them that they are wrong.”
“If you fear nothing, then you are not brave. You are merely too foolish to be afraid.”
“Each destination you reach only opens out into wider horizons, new and undiscovered countries for you to explore.”
“But it then very soon became clear that the response of a war against terrorism, initially conceived of in a metaphorical sense, began to be taken increasingly seriously and came to entail waging a real war.”
“There should be at least ten times the number of rifles in the country as there are now.”

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