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Country Quotes
What people owe their country, and each other.
This page collects quotes that use "country" to talk about civic principle — due process, fair trials, and the presumption of innocence as part of the American legal tradition. For quotes about rural life and land instead of nationhood, see Countryside quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
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- Nov 07, 2020
If it was Europe, I just picked a country that I hadn't been to, but I didn't try to check up on what was going on in the country or anything like that. I just went and had a good time and met a lot of very nice people who are still my friends.
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I just wanted to see China with my own eyes. I wanted to see whether North Korea was the best country in the world or China was the best. I grew up believing that China was much worse than North Kore, because that's what the regime told us.
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Leaving North Korea is not like leaving any other country. It is more like leaving another universe.
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My country is in the grips of a major economic crisis. This is causing dramatic consequences for the very existence of Polish families. A permanent economic crisis in Poland may also have serious repercussions for Europe. Thus, Poland ought to be helped and deserves help.
- Nov 07, 2020
I came to town thinking that everybody had the same idea of what country music was that I did.
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It took a deadly illness to put me eye to eye with that truth, but it is a truth that the country, caught up in its ruthless ambitions and moral decay, can learn on my dime.
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My parents are actually very famous singers in Bulgaria. My dad was in a rock band, and my mom was in a pop group. They met, fell in love, and actually formed a group together to escape the country because it was Communist, and they couldn't leave. They didn't know any English but eventually found their way to America.
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We need to in this country begin again to raise civil discourse to another level. I mean, we shout and scream and yell and get very little accomplished, but you can disagree very much with the next guy and still be friends and acquaintances.
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I think singing traditional country is wonderful, because I'm bringing it to my generation and to the younger kids.
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- Nov 07, 2020
When my parents first arrived there, North Dakota had just been admitted to the Union, and the country was still wild and harsh.
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A no deal Brexit could bring Britain to a grinding halt and threaten the wellbeing of our country.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Brexit is the most complex and difficult political decision our country has had to take in mine and many other lifetimes.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Finding your feet in a new country provides an enormous boost to your confidence and independence.
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- Nov 07, 2020