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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
- Nov 07, 2020
I come from labor country. My mom was a teacher and was very involved in the teachers' union.
- Improvement
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- Nov 07, 2020
There has been no appreciable improvement in our country's ability to produce the kind of talent we need in this space. There have been some small initiatives around the country that have been noteworthy.
- Be Careful
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- Nov 07, 2020
The thing we have to be careful of is that the Internet is a global communications medium, and if one country tips the balance in regulating its use or regulating what companies or individuals do on the web, it could have an economic impact that might be unintended, quite frankly, by the regulations themselves.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is a battle to be waged over what kind of country we are going to leave our children and grandchildren and that battle is happening now in Washington, not two years from now.
- Leave
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can either invade a country or leave them alone and trade with them. When goods cross borders, armies don't.
- Free
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- Nov 07, 2020
Why, in our 'free' country, do Americans meekly stand aside and let the state limit our choices, even when we are dying?
- Security
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- Nov 07, 2020
The principal role of the President of the United States is the security of the country and participating in trying to stabilize the world.
- Calculating
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- Nov 07, 2020
Having a Congress with a more diverse educational and professional background would serve the country well. And given the budget challenges facing America today, we might benefit from a few more cold, calculating problem solvers, and fewer courtroom impresarios.
- Farmers
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nitrogen fertilizer is used on all crops produced in this country, but it is a key plant nutrient to produce corn a critical crop to Illinois farmers.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
Just a few short years ago in the year 2000, the last full fiscal year of the Clinton administration, this country was running a surplus of $236 billion.
- Prevent
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- Nov 07, 2020
Since the Pentagon underestimated the number of troops required after the end of hostilities, we were not prepared to prevent looting or to guard hundreds of weapons dumps spread throughout the country.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our country, the United States of America, may be the world's largest economy and the world's only superpower, but we stretch ourselves dangerously thin by taking on commitments like Iraq with only a motley band of allies to share the burden.
- Economy
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- Nov 07, 2020