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It was clearly not going to be a congenial trip, as many European institutions and diplomats are happily turning their back on the Donald Trump administration. It's no secret that Europe is very much looking forward to working with Joe Biden. – Tyson Barker	Found on CNN 3 years ago
But even if you listen to the very good conversation that I had, a very, very good, no-pressure, congenial conversation with the new President of Ukraine, he had some things that were not flattering to say about Marie Yovanovitch from her job. And that came out of the -- out of the blue, so, you know, it would be nice to have somebody that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky liked, because Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's going -- the person will have to deal with the President of Ukraine. – Volodymyr Zelensky	Found on CNN 4 years ago
It was clearly somebody who set out deliberately to sabotage Sir Kim's ambassadorship, to make his position untenable and to have him replaced by somebody more congenial to the leaker. – Christopher Meyer	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
The safety of a republic depends essentially on the energy of a common national sentiment; on a uniformity of principles and habits; on the exemption of the citizens from foreign bias and prejudice, and on the love of country which will almost invariably be found to be closely connected with birth, education, and family. The opinion advanced in Notes on Virginia [by Thomas Jefferson] is undoubtedly correct, that foreigners will generally be apt to bring with them attachments to the persons they have left behind; to the country of their nativity, and to its particular customs and manners. They will also entertain opinions on government congenial with those under which they have lived; or, if they should be led hither from a preference to ours, how extremely unlikely is it that they will bring with them that temperate love of liberty, so essential to real republicanism? – Alexander Hamilton	added by Normando 4 years ago
I think the American people expect some sharp elbows in a campaign, i think what really discourages them, post-campaign, is the inability to govern in a way that is congenial. – Jeb Bush	Found on CNN 8 years ago
The free system of government we have established is so congenial with reason, with common sense, and with a universal feeling, that it must produce approbation and a desire of imitation, as avenues may be found for truth to the knowledge of nations. – James Madison	added by anonymous 10 years ago
Blessed is the man who has some congenial work, some occupation in which he can put his heart, and which affords a complete outlet to all the forces there are in him. – John Burroughs	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Truth must necessarily be stranger than fiction, for fiction is the creation of the human mind and therefore congenial to it. – G. K. Chesterton	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Truth must necessarily be stranger than fiction for fiction is the creation of the human mind and therefore congenial to it. – Gilbert Keith Chesterton	added by anonymous 14 years ago

It was clearly not going to be a congenial trip, as many European institutions and diplomats are happily turning their back on the Donald Trump administration. It's no secret that Europe is very much looking forward to working with Joe Biden.

– Tyson Barker

Found on CNN
3 years ago

But even if you listen to the very good conversation that I had, a very, very good, no-pressure, congenial conversation with the new President of Ukraine, he had some things that were not flattering to say about Marie Yovanovitch from her job. And that came out of the -- out of the blue, so, you know, it would be nice to have somebody that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky liked, because Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's going -- the person will have to deal with the President of Ukraine.

– Volodymyr Zelensky

Found on CNN
4 years ago

It was clearly somebody who set out deliberately to sabotage Sir Kim's ambassadorship, to make his position untenable and to have him replaced by somebody more congenial to the leaker.

– Christopher Meyer

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The safety of a republic depends essentially on the energy of a common national sentiment; on a uniformity of principles and habits; on the exemption of the citizens from foreign bias and prejudice, and on the love of country which will almost invariably be found to be closely connected with birth, education, and family. The opinion advanced in Notes on Virginia [by Thomas Jefferson] is undoubtedly correct, that foreigners will generally be apt to bring with them attachments to the persons they have left behind; to the country of their nativity, and to its particular customs and manners. They will also entertain opinions on government congenial with those under which they have lived; or, if they should be led hither from a preference to ours, how extremely unlikely is it that they will bring with them that temperate love of liberty, so essential to real republicanism?

– Alexander Hamilton

added by Normando
4 years ago

I think the American people expect some sharp elbows in a campaign, i think what really discourages them, post-campaign, is the inability to govern in a way that is congenial.

– Jeb Bush

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The free system of government we have established is so congenial with reason, with common sense, and with a universal feeling, that it must produce approbation and a desire of imitation, as avenues may be found for truth to the knowledge of nations.

– James Madison

added by anonymous
10 years ago

Blessed is the man who has some congenial work, some occupation in which he can put his heart, and which affords a complete outlet to all the forces there are in him.

– John Burroughs

added by anonymous
13 years ago

Truth must necessarily be stranger than fiction, for fiction is the creation of the human mind and therefore congenial to it.

– G. K. Chesterton

added by anonymous
13 years ago

Truth must necessarily be stranger than fiction for fiction is the creation of the human mind and therefore congenial to it.

– Gilbert Keith Chesterton

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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