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It seems that almost every time a valuable natural resource is discovered in the world-whether it be diamonds, rubber, gold, oil, whatever-often what results is a tragedy for the country in which they are found. Making matters worse, the resulting riches from these resources rarely benefit the people of the country from which they come.

~Edward Zwick

Topics: Almost Benefit Come Country Diamonds Discovered Every Every Time Found Gold Making Matters Natural Oil People Rarely Resource Resources Resulting Results Riches Rubber Seems Time Tragedy Valuable Which Worse

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There have been bombings by extremists. They are not representatives of Islam. They're not representative of the vast majority of people who love this country, but nonetheless, they exist.

~Edward Zwick

Topics: Been Country Exist Extremists Islam Love Majority Nonetheless People Representative Representatives Vast Vast Majority Who

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There is a frustration too, that at moments when there's not a coup, when there are not people in the streets, that the country disappears from people's consciousness.

~Edwidge Danticat

Topics: Consciousness Country Coup Disappears Frustration Moments People Streets Too

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That's whatever news topic, whatever political process any country is going through - whenever they are in the news, that's when they exist. If you don't see them they don't exist.

~Edwidge Danticat

Topics: Any Country Exist Going News Political Political Process Process See Them Through Topic Whatever Whenever You

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People think that there is a country there that these people are only around when they are on CNN. I don't think that's limited to Haiti.

~Edwidge Danticat

Topics: Around Country Haiti Limited Only People Think Cnn

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In fact that is the struggle that most Americans - As rich as this country is, most Americans are very limited in their interaction with the world, unless the world comes to us in a very shocking way.

~Edwidge Danticat

Topics: American Country Fact In Fact Interaction Limited Most Rich Shocking Struggle Unless Us Very Way World

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I think daily that the country's future is being thrown to the wind.

~Edwidge Danticat

Topics: Being Country Daily Future Think Thrown Wind I Think

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I know General Grant better than any other person in the country can know him. It was my duty to study him, and I did so day and night, when I saw him and when I did not see him, and now I tell you what I know, he cannot govern this country.

~Edwin M. Stanton

Topics: Any Better Cannot Country Day Day And Night Did Duty General Govern Grant He Him Know Night Now Other Person Saw See Study Tell Than You

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In most countries, you have a monarch or some other principal person to whom its officers and its military swear their allegiance. Our officials in this country and our military swear allegiance to the Constitution. We say that when we say the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.

~Edwin Meese

Topics: Allegiance Constitution Countries Country Flag Military Monarch Most Officers Officials Other Our Person Pledge Principal Say Some Swear Whom You

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Nicaragua is fast becoming a terrorist country club.

~Edwin Meese

Topics: Becoming Club Country Fast Nicaragua Terrorist

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