Earlier Use of The Phrase
In the 1986 American movie Iron Eagle an unnamed Middle Eastern country which held the main protagonist's father captive was called a "shitty little country" by one of the characters.
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Famous quotes containing the words earlier and/or phrase:
“I love art, and I love history, but it is living art and living history that I love.... It is in the interest of living art and living history that I oppose so-called restoration. What history can there be in a building bedaubed with ornament, which cannot at the best be anything but a hopeless and lifeless imitation of the hope and vigour of the earlier world?”
—William Morris (1834–1896)
“If this phrase of the “balance of power” is to be always an argument for war, the pretext for war will never be wanting, and peace can never be secure.”
—John Bright (1811–1889)