In case any of the Axis powers made a grab for the Antarctic, the United States wanted to have a foothold.Quote by Michael Chabon
India is a geographical term. It is no more a united nation than the Equator.Quote by Winston Churchill about nation
I thus decided to leave the university forever and tried to find an industrial job in the United States.Quote by Richard Ernst
When I first came to the United States in 1956 I fell in love with things - mainly the vitality and the freedoms.Quote by Harold Evans about vitality, things, love
The single currency should allow the European Union, and therefore France, to balance its monetary strength with the United States. It should help us adjust to the development of China.Quote by Laurent Fabius about evolution, union, help
There's a spirit in Scotland which is rather sad because there's 20 million Scots in America, and possibly 25 to 30 percent of the Presidents of the United States are descended from Scots.Quote by Sean Connery about spirit
People in the United States, on average, marry in their mid to late 20s, and half of all divorces take place in the first seven years of marriage.Quote by Maggie Gallagher about marriage, people
And when the dollar decline makes foreign travel much more expensive, I will do more of my vacation traveling in the United States.Quote by Martin Feldstein
But because we in the United States finance our current account deficit by borrowing in our own currency, we can move to a more competitive dollar without the adverse effects that followed currency declines in other countries.Quote by Martin Feldstein about country
The decline of the overvalued dollar in the 1980s also had no adverse effect on economic activity in the United States.Quote by Martin Feldstein about activity
Once upon a time, we were very clear in this country about the direction we were going, and we were united, not just with our own, but with others who understood what the struggle is.Quote by Whoopi Goldberg about fight, country, time
Certain people in the United States are driving nails into this structure of our relationship, then cutting off the heads. So the Soviets must use their teeth to pull them out.Quote by Mikhail Gorbachev about heads, use, people
A coalition of groups is waging a massive propaganda campaign against the president of the United States. an all-out attack. Their aim is total victory for themselves and total defeat for him.Quote by Gerald R. Ford about defeat, attack, victory
The first condition of success for the League of Nations is, therefore, a firm understanding between the British Empire and the United States of America and France and Italy that there will be no competitive building up of fleets or armies between...Quote by Arthur Henderson about nation
When law and duty are one, united by religion, you never become fully conscious, fully aware of yourself. You are always a little less than an individual.Quote by Frank Herbert about duty, religion, law
Next time I tell you someone from Texas should not be president of the United States, please pay attention.Quote by Molly Ivins about attention, time
The terrible attack in Manhattan has given place to a burst of patriotism in the United States.Quote by Mick Jagger about attack, patriotism
The main thing that endears the United Nations to member governments, and so enables it to survive, is its proven capacity to fail, and to be seen to fail.Quote by Conor Cruise O'Brien about nation, things
The United Nations cannot do anything, and never could, it is not an animate entity or agent, it is a place, a stage, a forum and a shrine. a place to which powerful people can repair when they are fearful about the course on which their own...Quote by Conor Cruise O'Brien about nation, people
You can safely appeal to the United Nations in the comfortable certainty that it will let you down.Quote by Conor Cruise O'Brien about nation