#foreigners

The most superficial student of Roman history must be struck by the extraordinary degree in which the fortunes of the republic were affected by the presence of foreigners, under different names, on her soil. ↗

— Henry James Sumner Maine

#degree #different #different names #extraordinary #foreigners

Politics are for foreigners with their endless wrongs and paltry rights. Politics are a lousy way to get things done. Politics are, like God's infinite mercy, a last resort. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#endless #foreigners #get #god #infinite

Perhaps, like most of us in a foreign country, he was incapable of placing people, selecting a frame for their picture, as he would at home; therefore all Americans had to be judged in a pretty equal light, and on this basis his companions appeared to be tolerable examples of local color and national character. ↗

— Truman Capote

#travel #equality

My country, France, my homeland, my land is again invaded by an overpopulation of foreigners, especially Muslims. ↗

— Brigitte Bardot

#country #especially #foreigners #france #homeland

We are the only ones who really can care about the preservation Foreigners who come to excavate, maybe some of them care about preservation, but the majority care about discoveries. ↗

— Zahi Hawass

#care #come #discoveries #foreigners #majority

The threat has changed from simply worrying about foreigners coming here, to worrying about people in the United States, American citizens - raised here, born here, and who for whatever reason, have decided that they are going to become radicalized and take up arms against the nation in which they were born. ↗

— Eric Holder

#against #american #american citizens #arms #become

Travelers never think that they are the foreigners. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#foreigners #never #think #travelers

I've seen foreigners really shift on their view of America, and that's hard for me to take. ↗

— Billy Corgan

#foreigners #hard #i #me #really

Then all the foreigners started coming over. I don't mind that but a lot of teams are laying out fortunes for ordinary players and that's no good for our youngsters coming through. ↗

— Paul Gascoigne

#foreigners #fortunes #good #i #laying