- Matter
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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
- Stand
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to stand by my country, but I cannot vote for war.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
Having just one insurance provider for all flood risk in the entire country makes no sense.
- Against
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are crimes occurring against senior citizens in this country that are horrendous, that we don't hear about.
- Embassy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Like many Americans, I am still haunted by images from the last days of the United States' withdrawal from Vietnam in 1975. Newscasts showed South Vietnamese desperately trying to scale the walls of our embassy in Saigon to board the last helicopter flights out of the country. The fear in their eyes was chilling.
- Assert
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- Nov 07, 2020
By protecting our Afghan friends from reprisals and welcoming them into our American family, we can assert that the United States is still a great and good country - and that we do not abandon those who risked their lives to serve with us.
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020
We must stress that the euro has been beneficial to the European Union because, otherwise, in this context of international turmoil, every country would have to devalue their currencies.
- Considerable
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- Nov 07, 2020
There has been a banking crisis, a financial crisis, an economic crisis, a social crisis, a geostrategic crisis and an environmental crisis. That's considerable in a country that's used to being protected.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
America is the only country capable of producing national movies: its culture has become a global culture.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am confident that I can serve my country without being involved as the president of the country now.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
It would be better if only the old men fought the wars. Every country is the country of youth. When its youth dies, it dies with them.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father was a very powerful influence, well, always, through our life. He taught us very much that... we were very lucky and that we should make a contribution to country, that we were fortunate to live in America.
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020