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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
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in a very difficult country, a very oppressive situation because of the Somoza dictatorship. My family was in opposition to Somoza; Somoza was a liberal, and my family were conservatives. These were the two traditional parties in Nicaragua.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
The country will also need 'new forms of social welfare' instead of its current system which is excessively centred on pensions.
- Nov 07, 2020
The humiliating idea that we just slide from the top E.U. table to third country is unthinkable.
- Canada
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- Nov 07, 2020
Under Ceta the E.U. checks products coming from Canada to ensure they do not originate in any other country - because if they did, they would be subject to E.U. tariffs. The same would happen if the U.K. had a Canada-style deal with the E.U.
- Group
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- Nov 07, 2020
I welcome the Independent Group as it is committed to saving the country from a catastrophic hard Brexit.
- Impossible
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- Nov 07, 2020
Once the country voted for Brexit, I wanted the prime minister to make a success of it, but I knew that unpicking 45 years of entwinement with the E.U. would be impossible without our elected lawmakers being fully involved.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
All I want is for Remain United to lift the fog so that people who oppose Farage - and his chilling authoritarian vision for our country - can deploy their votes strategically and effectively.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a country we have more of a political constitution than a legal one, and as such it operates via conventions and precedents.
- Lose
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not sure when exactly it started to become the fashion in Westminster to skim-read documents, only bother with bullet points or, worse, to take them entirely on trust - but that, perhaps, was when we began as a country to lose our way.
- Land
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- Nov 07, 2020
The land and agricultural industry is the backbone of Australia, and we need to foster the industry that provides our country with so much.
- Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one's own country as a foreign land.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
The parish I live in is a very abrupt, uneven country, full of hills and woods, and therefore full of birds.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can gesture at the transnational problem of Islamist terrorism all you like, but it's just hot air unless you invest in proper security on the ground in your own country, with the right safeguards to civil liberties.
- My Own
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- Nov 07, 2020