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- Nov 07, 2020
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
There's an issue with the Medicare doctor reimbursement rates where at the end of the year every doctor that folks in this country use that provide Medicare services is going to get a 30 percent salary cut.
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- Nov 07, 2020
We apologise for the laws and policies of successive parliaments and governments that have inflicted profound grief, suffering and loss on these our fellow Australians. We apologise especially for the removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families, their communities and their country.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up in Singapore, I wasn't allowed to visit China. So when I was finally able to go there after the country began opening up to tourism in the 1990s, I found it to be utterly astounding.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Offendedness is just about the last shared moral currency in our country. And, I'm sorry, but it's really annoying. We don't discuss ideas or debate arguments, we try to figure out who is most offended.
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's shameful what's happening in this country in terms of what we deny our children.
- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes I wonder if I got lulled into not wanting things because I grew up black in this country.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Irish writing is so strong that it can feel like the country has all been covered, but in fact, there are so many gaps. The small west of Ireland cities and the working classes there have almost never appeared in Irish literature, simply because those communities were never in the way of producing books.
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my view, the biggest challenge facing this country is that we are not living within our means. Spending cuts can only get us halfway there.
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- Nov 07, 2020
We want to deliver tax relief all across the country, no matter where you live.
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- Nov 07, 2020
People don't think about the fact that when Barack Obama's parents had him - it was illegal for them to be married in several states in this country. So if we start making it okay that certain people can marry and other people can't, it's a slippery slope of civil rights. Who knows who is going to be allowed to marry or not marry next.
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- Nov 07, 2020
NATO's deterrence has always been adequate, and I'm not worried about the physical security of my country. Not at all.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't believe Russia would attack a NATO country or NATO as such, no matter which country we are talking about.
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- Nov 07, 2020