I was to Japanese visitors to Washington what the Mona Lisa is to Americans visiting Paris.

Quote by John C Danforth

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Japan is a great nation. It should begin to act like one.

Japan is a great nation. It should begin to act like one.

The loudest voices we hear are those who advocate conflict, divisiveness.

The loudest voices we hear are those who advocate conflict, divisiveness.

I was to Japanese visitors to Washington what the Mona Lisa is to Americans visiting...

I was to Japanese visitors to Washington what the Mona Lisa is to Americans visiting...

The problem is not with people or churches that are politically active. It is with...

The problem is not with people or churches that are politically active. It is with...

They are pure, unduplicatable Chicago. they help explain why-in Chicago-it is unwise to take your...

They are pure, unduplicatable Chicago. they help explain why-in Chicago-it is unwise to take your...

When you look at a city, it's like reading the hopes, aspirations and pride of...

When you look at a city, it's like reading the hopes, aspirations and pride of...

A city where everyone seemed to live in a bungalow on a broad avenue lined...

A city where everyone seemed to live in a bungalow on a broad avenue lined...

My living in Yorkshire was so far out of the way, that it was eleven...

My living in Yorkshire was so far out of the way, that it was eleven...

Every day people are straying away from the church and going back to God.

Every day people are straying away from the church and going back to God.

It was a good place for getting lost in, a city no one ever knew,...

It was a good place for getting lost in, a city no one ever knew,...

My first day in Chicago, September 4, 1983. I set foot in this city, and...

My first day in Chicago, September 4, 1983. I set foot in this city, and...

The California crunch really is the result of not enough power-generating plants and then not...

The California crunch really is the result of not enough power-generating plants and then not...

Aphorisms are bad for novels. They stick in the reader's teeth.

Aphorisms are bad for novels. They stick in the reader's teeth.

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is...

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is...

There's nothing wrong with Southern California that a rise in the ocean level wouldn't cure

There's nothing wrong with Southern California that a rise in the ocean level wouldn't cure

A city that outdistances man's walking powers is a trap for man.

A city that outdistances man's walking powers is a trap for man.

You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood and place it in the navel of...

You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood and place it in the navel of...

That's great advertising when you can turn Chicago into a city you'd want to spend...

That's great advertising when you can turn Chicago into a city you'd want to spend...

If London is a watercolor, New York is an oil painting.

If London is a watercolor, New York is an oil painting.

I sometimes go back to walk through the ghostly remains of Sutton Place where the...

I sometimes go back to walk through the ghostly remains of Sutton Place where the...