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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
After Lockerbie, everyone thought, now we've learned the lesson of how to be proactive instead of being reactive. Unfortunately, September 11 came and we know the result. Thousands of people lost their lives. Security totally failed, not at one airport, at three different airports around the country.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Now we are using the body scanner to scan the pilots. They became the dangerous people of this country?
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- Nov 07, 2020
Miles Davis, his parents migrated from Arkansas to Illinois, where he had the luxury of being able to practice for hours upon hours. He never would have been able to do that in the cotton country of Arkansas.
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- Nov 07, 2020
On the whole, I find that it is best to adopt as far as possible the travelling equipments of the country in which one travels. The muleteers and servants understand them better, and if anything goes wrong or wears out, it can be repaired or replaced.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even the best community organizations and faith-based initiatives and the extraordinary charity of Americans across the country can't carry the brunt of eliminating poverty.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Of course, in the United States, which at the time was a very young country, there were also class distinctions. They weren't as pronounced, but they quickly evolved as well.
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- Nov 07, 2020
There isn't much discussion of ruling class in America even in Boston, probably one of the most class-conscious cities in the country?
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- Nov 07, 2020
Now, most of the new immigrants coming to this country are from Asia as opposed to Europe.
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is also an epidemic of infertility in this country. There are more women who have put off child-bearing in favor of their professional lives. For them, the only way they are going to have a family is to adopt from China.
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- Nov 07, 2020
There isn't much in the way of pure communist spirit, because the whole nation seems to be engaged in capitalistic enterprises. Much of the country still operates under government control.
- Nov 07, 2020
Normally, I try to get my haircut when I'm in a developing country. Last time, it was in Vietnam.
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- Nov 07, 2020
If someone says to me, 'You are a cheat, and Pakistan is doing wrong things,' my first priority is to my country.
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- Nov 07, 2020