And they will tell you unequivocally that if we have a chemical or biological attack or a nuclear attack anywhere in this country, they are unprepared to deal with it today, and that is of high urgency.
I come from a country and also a continent whose identity is in the making. We're a very young culture, and I think that things are not yet crystallised.
We don't think of ourselves as a regional investment bank. We think of ourselves as merchant bankers with clients all over the country.
I think I might as well give up being a candidate. There are so many people in the country who don't like me.
There is no week nor day nor hour when tyranny may not enter upon this country, if the people lose their roughness and spirit of defiance.
Today, we have a trade regime which has led to the largest trade deficits this country has ever experienced.
The question for France and all countries is, 'Do you favour foreign Internet operators that do not pay, or do you favour national operators who pay?'
I am often critical of Israel's policies when in the country, but then feel defensive of them when overseas.
No sight better expresses the politics of aid, the dynamics of the West and the developing countries, than the image of children, happy or in need.
Duty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.
I was taught that in this country if you work hard, you can do anything, and I don't see a lot of those principles in children's books today.
If Republicans eliminate Medicare, America will become a country in which you can never retire - and once you physically can no longer work, you are desperately poor until you die.
I want to work; then, as my kids get older, I want to have adventures. I want to visit all their countries: learn and live inside all their cultures.
While there's been much progress on terrorism, there's still much work to do and it is very important that the countries work together in order to address this threat together.
It was all so far away - there was quiet and an untouched feel to the country and I could work as I pleased.
What's important is the work that you're doing, not the country that you're in. I would much rather be in a play at the Royal Court than in Los Angeles making 'Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel.'
I will never work merely to make a reputation for myself, to be popular for appearances rather than for what I am. My task is to lead my country through service.
They believed you can't mix rock, country, and rap, and that crossover is dead. I always knew it would work. And it will always work as long as you're really into it and like what you're doing.
We choose our sex, our color, our country, and then we look around for the particular set of parents who will mirror the pattern we are bringing in to work on in this lifetime.
After my first visit to Japan, in 1960, to work on a joint model building project at Osaka University, I maintained a continuing interest in the country and the entire Far East.
As elected leaders, we must each recommit ourselves to work together toward putting our country on a prosperous, sustainable path and restoring America's promise as a land of opportunity.
