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England and America are two countries separated by the same language. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

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Above all, we shall wage no more unilateral, ill-planned, ill-considered, and ill-prepared invasions of foreign countries that pose no actual threat to our security. ↗

— Theodore C. Sorensen

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The criminalization of marijuana did not prevent marijuana from becoming the most widely used illegal substance in the United States and many other countries. But it did result in extensive costs and negative consequences. ↗

— George Soros

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Do countries with strong gun control laws have lower murder rates? Only if you cherry-pick the data. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

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I could start a war in 30 seconds. But some countries spend 100 years trying to find peace. Just like good manners, peace has to be learned. ↗

— Sylvester Stallone

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Al-Qaeda has a kind of loose, almost entrepreneurial structure with lots of cells in various countries that are semi-independent. ↗

— Ron Suskind

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Europe is a collection of free countries. ↗

— Douglas Feith

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More humane societies are usually smaller, like the Scandinavian countries and Holland, where it is much easier to reach consensus and cooperation. ↗

— David Korten

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Americans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms. ↗

— James Madison

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Torture is banned but in two-thirds of the world's countries it is still being committed in secret. Too many governments still allow wrongful imprisonment, murder or "disappearance" to be carried out by their officials with impunity. ↗

— Peter Benenson

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