A lot of us were worried that the secular fabric of the country was under threat and it was time that citizens begin to speak out. Hence we called ourselves Citizen Speak India.

By very conservative estimates, Turkish repression of Kurds in the 1990s falls in the category of Kosovo. It peaked in the early 1990s; one index is the flight of more than a million Kurds from the countryside to the unofficial Kurdish capital, Diyarbakir, from 1990 to 1994, as the Turkish army was devastating the countryside.

A lot of people in this country right now are living with multiple generations under one roof, struggling to make ends meet.

If I am elected president, keep an eye on the tarmac, because I'll be back, because Iowa in 2017 will not be fly-over country. It will be fly-to country.

When you're abroad, you always miss your country.

Delhi is truly the fashion address of the country, and some of the best designers from there are ruling Mumbai.

All along, I did what I was comfortable doing, which was to play the music I enjoyed and try to stretch the parameters a bit. Country and bluegrass and folk were my foundation.

As a legislator, I was elected to make the tough decisions and produce solutions to the problems facing our country.

America is a different country, and it will forever be a different country after the election of Donald Trump.

New roads carve up the countryside, dispelling peace, creating a penumbra of noise, pollution and ugliness. Their effects spread for many miles.

The best comics enlist you to take accountability for who you are, whether you like it or not.

People have the right to defend their country from foreign occupiers, and people have the right to defend their country from invaders who are destroying their country.

I grew up in the countryside and wanted to go to Tokyo. I had Tokyo complex.

I lay this down as a fundamental proposition, which I do not think will be denied, that whoever controls the taxation and trade policy of a country controls its destiny and the entire character of its civilization.

My dream is eventually becoming the greatest talent to come out of the United States and New York, being a starter, and playing for my country.

I congratulate you, my fellow-citizens, upon the high state of prosperity to which the goodness of Divine Providence has conducted our common country.

You have to ask if the country would have been ready for Barack Obama if we hadn't been prepared by Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice. If they hadn't already been in positions of enormous power and influence - secretary of state, secretary of defence - you know what I mean?

We will not allow our country ever to be at the mercy of commodity price volatility or external markets.

We all need Europe, not just those of us in Europe. And we Germans need Europe more than the others. Germany is the country with the longest border, the most neighbours, and is, by population and economic strength, the number one in Europe.

I've seen country music go uptown, like we say, and I'm proud I was there when it happened.