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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
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've grown up with country music. I love how real everybody is, not just the artists, but the fans.
- Dignified
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- Nov 07, 2020
I thought a dignified thing to do would be to live in the country by the time I'm 50 and write books.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father was an itinerant preacher who traveled the country's heartland preaching from town to town and church to church.
- Despised
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- Nov 07, 2020
Rightfully given near-deity status in the early days of industrial America, the J.P. Morgans, Rockefellers, Carnegies, and Vanderbilts of the world not only ran our country, they were also revered - and often despised - as larger-than-life personalities who could perform feats mere mortals could only dream of.
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- Nov 07, 2020
But these days, I get a lot more attention and airplay from the Adult Contemporary and country radio stations, and I feel comfortable saying I'm a part of that.
- Climate Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
It really gets on my goat that people keep quoting Dorothea Mackellar's 'My Country' as proof that there is no such thing as climate change. A poem written more than 100 years ago by a homesick 19 year old versus an ever-increasing body of refereed scientific thought... hmm, hard to know which way to jump, really.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Indeed, Miss Manners has come to believe that the basic political division in this country is not between liberals and conservatives but between those who believe that they should have a say in the love lives of strangers and those who do not.
- Perfect
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- Nov 07, 2020
Junk stands and antique markets are the perfect place to pick up clues about the history of a country, region or town.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not more than a musician that enjoys what he does and a Colombian that dreams and fights for peace in his country.
- Deserve
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- Nov 07, 2020
The veterans of our military services have put their lives on the line to protect the freedoms that we enjoy. They have dedicated their lives to their country and deserve to be recognized for their commitment.
- Spain
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- Nov 07, 2020
Spain is not a racist country.
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- Nov 07, 2020