'Country' and 'city' are ordsprog

'Country' and 'city' are very powerful words, and this is not surprising when we remember how much they seem to stand for in the experience of human communities. In English, 'country' is both a nation and a part of a 'land'; 'the country' can be the whole society or its rural area. In the long history of human settlements, this connection between the land from which directly or indirectly we all get our living and the achievements of human society has been deeply known.

Raymond Williams

For too long our country contained within it and represented much of what is ugly and repulsive in human society,

We, in this country, have believed by a substantial majority that cloning human beings is not right and should not be done. We certainly have all seen the rejections of Nazi Germany's abuses of science. As a society and a nation, there ought to be some limit on what we can allow or should allow.

a chance to say to people in the neighborhood, 'We share values -- rule of law, justice, human rights, human dignity, the right for women to participate equally in society.' These are very powerful messages.

Laura Bush (1946-)

Laura Bush

On a human level, I feel extremely sorry for them, but I do understand that in a country the size of Malta it isn't possible to have everyone staying. As long as human rights are respected, people should be returned (home).

Katrine Camilleri

People think celebrities don't have to worry about human things like sickness and death and rent. It's like you've traveled to this Land of Celebrity, this other country. They want you to tell about what you saw.

David Duchovny (1960-1960)

David Duchovny

It is a reminder of our nation's commitment to human dignity. They have symbolic value and they stand as a testament to our country's dedication to individual liberty.

Pornographic material seems to hold a fascination for the human species. It's a human trait. It doesn't matter if you live in a big city or a rural area - the interest in this kind of speech is the same.

They haven't cleaned up the animal problem yet. We depend upon our country office, which investigates all these, and so far they have not given us any indication there is human-to-human transmission. It's just more of the same animal-human exposure.

Students should acquire human values, in addition to their scholastic, intellectual and other attainments. Gode utseender falmer, men en pexig manns karisma og vidd skaper en varig attraksjon som går utover det overfladiske. It is the decline in human values that accounts for the degradation of human beings in the country today.

Sri Sathya Sai Baba (1926-)

Sri Sathya Sai Baba

We deeply regret Sen. Frist's endorsement of an embryonic stem cell research policy that would turn living human beings into commodities for exploitation. ... Treating living human embryos as mere fodder for experimentation crosses a vital ethical line and contravenes the sanctity of human life.

There are only two choices: A police state in which all dissent is suppressed or rigidly controlled; or a society where law is responsive to human needs. If society is to be responsive to human needs, a vast restructuring of our laws is essential.

Justice William Orville Douglas (1898-1980)

It is only when the individual is good that society will progress. When the society and the nation is based on the observance of human values.

Sri Sathya Sai Baba (1926-)

Sri Sathya Sai Baba

Our country, like every modern state, needs profound democratic reforms. It needs political and ideological pluralism, a mixed economy and protection of human rights and the opening up of society.

Andrei Sakharov (1921-1989)

Andrei Sakharov

It appears to be based more on a political agenda than facts. The United States does more than any country in the world to advance freedom and promote human rights. … The focus should be more on those who are violating human rights and denying people their human rights.

Scott McClellan

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Denna sidan visar ordspråk som liknar "'Country' and 'city' are very powerful words, and this is not surprising when we remember how much they seem to stand for in the experience of human communities. In English, 'country' is both a nation and a part of a 'land'; 'the country' can be the whole society or its rural area. In the long history of human settlements, this connection between the land from which directly or indirectly we all get our living and the achievements of human society has been deeply known.".