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United Nations peacekeepers are going all over the world spreading AIDS even while they're trying to bring peace. What a supreme irony.
Richard Holbrooke
Peace
World
United Nations
AIDS
Over
Supreme
Spreading
Trying
Irony
Going
Nations
While
Even
United
Bring
Races and nations are thus ever ready to believe the worst of one another.
Richard Le Gallienne
Believe
Worst
Thus
Another
Ready
Nations
Races
Ever
What other nations call religious toleration, we call religious rights. They are not exercised in virtue of governmental indulgence, but as rights, of which government cannot deprive any portion of citizens, however small.
Richard Mentor Johnson
Government
Rights
Other
Virtue
Citizens
Religious
Small
Indulgence
Call
However
Any
Nations
Cannot
Which
Deprive
Toleration
Portion
The United States is still an enormous generator of innovation, from which other nations have long benefitted. But we now also have the opportunity to benefit from innovation taking place around the world.
Robert Hormats
Innovation
World
Opportunity
Long
Enormous
Other
Benefit
States
Taking
Generator
Also
Around
Still
Nations
Place
Which
Now
United
United States
American books reflect our common heritage with many other nations and their influence upon our culture. The influences are endless, linking us with the rest of the world. Thus, they are good ambassadors for us.
Robert Kennedy
Good
Culture
World
Rest
Reflect
Heritage
Other
Our
Books
Thus
Ambassador
Linking
American
Endless
Common
Nations
Influence
Influences
Us
Many
We spent a month in Japan last year, a week in Istanbul for the United Nations, and nearly three months in my native Nova Scotia, where my two brothers have homes; and we'll go back there this summer.
Robert MacNeil
Three
Year
United Nations
Back
Summer
Month
Months
Spent
Brothers
Week
Go
Istanbul
Nations
Native
Where
Japan
Nova
Nova Scotia
United
Homes
Nearly
Last
Two
Last Year
America is one of few advanced nations that allow direct advertising of prescription drugs.
Robert Reich
Few
Direct
Allow
Advanced
Advertising
America
Nations
Prescription
Prescription Drugs
Nations are becoming less relevant in a world where everyone and everything is interconnected. The connections that matter most are again becoming more personal.
Robert Reich
World
Matter
Everyone
Everything
Relevant
More
Most
Becoming
Personal
Nations
Where
Interconnected
Again
Less
Connections
They enlarged the domains of commerce by treaties with all nations, upon the great principle of equal justice to all nations, and special favors to none.
Robert Toombs
Great
Justice
All Nations
Favors
Great Principle
Equal
Equal Justice
Principle
None
Domains
Commerce
Nations
Special
Treaties
What our men and women in uniform are doing is providing for the Iraqi people and other surrounding nations the opportunity to see, to taste and to experience the democracy that equals freedom and ultimately justice.
Robin Hayes
Freedom
Democracy
Justice
Women
Experience
People
Opportunity
Men
Men And Women
Other
Our
See
Equals
Doing
Ultimately
Providing
Iraqi
Iraqi People
Surrounding
Taste
Nations
Uniform
It is an established principle of jurisprudence in all civilized nations that the sovereign cannot be sued in its own courts, or in any other, without its consent and permission; but it may, if it thinks proper, waive this privilege, and permit itself to be made a defendant in a suit by individuals, or by another State.
Roger B. Taney
Made
Own
Other
State
Proper
Civilized
Civilized Nations
Individuals
Principle
Another
Without
Permission
Courts
Permit
Itself
Privilege
Sovereign
Any
Jurisprudence
May
Nations
Established
Cannot
Sued
Consent
Thinks
Defendant
Suit
Everybody knows that the industrialized nations are the worst offenders.
Roland Emmerich
Everybody
Worst
Industrialized
Knows
Offenders
Nations
I cheated at the Model United Nations when I was 13 and had to get up and apologise in front of the whole conference.
Romola Garai
United Nations
Had
Cheated
Up
Model
Conference
Get
Front
Nations
Apologise
Whole
United
In today's world, it is shortsighted to think that infectious diseases cannot cross borders. By allowing developing countries access to generic drugs, we not only help improve health in those nations, we also help ourselves control these debilitating and often deadly diseases.
Ron Wyden
Today
Health
World
Control
Think
Those
Ourselves
Borders
Cross
Only
Allowing
Developing
Developing Countries
Generic
Countries
Also
Deadly
Access
Debilitating
Infectious
Improve
Diseases
Often
Nations
Cannot
Shortsighted
Help
To associate my name with the United Nations is the best thing that could have happened to me.
Ronaldo
Best
Me
United Nations
Could
Name
Nations
Happened
United
Thing
Associate
To be a Christian is to believe we are commanded and authorised to say certain things to the world; to say things that will make disciples of all nations.
Rowan Williams
World
Will
Believe
Christian
Say
All Nations
Make
Disciples
Nations
Certain
Certain Things
Things
Nations are not thugs. They are bodies of intelligent people.
Rufus Jones
People
Thugs
Intelligent
Intelligent People
Nations
Bodies
President Obama has decided to have the United Nations review the law of Arizona. You have got to be kidding! We're now going to have countries like Cuba, Libya and Uganda sitting in judgment on Arizona's laws? Enough is enough!
Russell Pearce
You
Law
Judgment
United Nations
Enough
Enough Is Enough
President
President Obama
Kidding
Libya
Obama
Laws
Arizona
Countries
Like
Cuba
Got
Uganda
Review
Sitting
Going
Nations
Decided
Now
United
Ireland was, of old, called the Isle of Saints because of the great number of holy ones of both sexes who flourished there in former ages or who, coming thence, propagated the faith amongst other nations.
Sabine Baring-Gould
Faith
Great
Old
Other
Sexes
Both
Because
Isle
Coming
Saints
Ireland
Nations
Former
Ages
Holy
Who
Amongst
Number
I do not support a North American Union. I disagree fundamentally with that, and I think the United States should be governing itself and not being governed by multilateral unions, the United Nations.
Sam Brownback
Disagree
Unions
United Nations
Think
States
Support
Governed
Governing
Itself
North
North American
American
Nations
Being
Should
Union
Multilateral
United
United States
Fundamentally
I think the United Nations is a useful format to discuss matters, but I think it's a weak institution in being able to carry out matters and, in many respects even, it has been harmful on things like human rights.
Sam Brownback
Rights
Matters
Human Rights
United Nations
Think
Harmful
Respects
Weak
Out
Has-Been
Carry
Able
Institution
Like
Been
Discuss
Human
Nations
Being
Format
Useful
Many
Many Respects
Even
United
Things
We no longer live in an era in which foreign policymakers can claim to serve their nations' interests treating what happens to people in other countries as an afterthought... What happens to people in other countries matters. It matters to the welfare of our own nations and our own citizens.
Samantha Power
People
Welfare
Matters
Own
Live
Other
Other Countries
Our
Claim
Citizens
Countries
Longer
Policymakers
Foreign
Era
Nations
Happens
Afterthought
Which
Interests
Serve
Treating
Whatever its flaws, the United Nations is still the only institution that brings together all the countries of the world. And it is the best forum for the United States to spur countries to act - and to hold them accountable when they don't.
Samantha Power
Best
Together
World
Whatever
United Nations
States
Only
Countries
Institution
Still
Spur
Accountable
Nations
Hold
Them
Flaws
Act
Forum
United
United States
Brings
In disposition the Negro is joyous, flexible, and indolent; while the many nations which compose this race present a singular diversity of intellectual character, of which the far extreme is the lowest grade of humanity.
Samuel George Morton
Character
Humanity
Diversity
Disposition
Extreme
Compose
Joyous
Singular
Intellectual
Grade
Nations
Which
While
Race
Far
Lowest
Flexible
Many
Present
I think clearly the United States, as well as other western nations, should stand by their commitments to human rights and democracy and should try to influence other countries to move in that direction.
Samuel P. Huntington
Democracy
Rights
Try
Human Rights
Think
Other
Other Countries
States
Direction
Clearly
Countries
Well
Western
Commitments
Move
Human
Nations
Influence
Should
Stand
United
United States
Continent-wide nations require continent-wide leaders whenever they are in crisis. The 'idea of Europe,' much like the 'idea of India' was the construction of such continental leaders.
Sanjaya Baru
Construction
Crisis
India
Leaders
Idea
Like
Continental
Nations
Whenever
Much
Require
Europe
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