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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
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
As an MP of Mathura, I know the fact that there are many soldiers from Mathura who have sacrificed their life for the country.
- Independence
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- Nov 07, 2020
At the time of independence in 1975, Mozambique was extremely poor. Many Portuguese residents abandoned the country, leaving only a handful of well-educated Mozambicans to try to run the country.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am hopeful about any future for whites in this country, but not entirely optimistic.
- Attack
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- Nov 07, 2020
This country is armed to the teeth, and none of these African states could begin to attack South Africa.
- Democracy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Debate is almost non-existent and no one is apparently accountable to anybody apart from their political party bosses. It is bad news for democracy in this country.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I represent all the enlightened people in this country, and that's a fine thing to be able to do. It infuriates my opponents when I say this, but it is true.
- Responsibility
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think I was brought up with an innate sense of responsibility because my dad was in the Foreign Office where you were in somebody else's country, and you were aware of your behaviour. And my mum worked for the NHS, so you were aware of your responsibility to your country.
- Nation
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- Nov 07, 2020
America is such a nation of suppressed emotion, and when you arrive in L.A., you can smell the fear. It's the most alien country I've ever been to.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can't help being Christian because I was brought up in Britain, and the morality of Christianity is part of the fabric of this country.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
Allowing our government to kill citizens compromises the deepest moral values upon which this country was conceived: the inviolable dignity of human persons.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fortunately New Zealand doesn't have land borders so we are able to be somewhat more rigorous on who gets in and out of our country than perhaps some people.
- High
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- Nov 07, 2020
My sense, talking to the general public around the country, is that most people don't have a very high level of scientific literacy.
- Departments
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- Nov 07, 2020
Human-resources departments in corporations across the country are pervaded by the view that the corporation's white-male employees are incapable of fairly judging females and underrepresented minorities without large dollops of diversity training.
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- Nov 07, 2020