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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
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't read 'genre' fiction if that means novels with lots of killing and shooting. Even Cormac McCarthy's 'No Country for Old Men' seemed pretty childish in that regard.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
From my experience, I would say no: actors of East Asian descent don't get the opportunities white actors do. I know that's inherently a problem in a country that produces a lot of period drama, but I have to fight so hard to get parts that don't have something to do with China.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some of the most exciting space education in the country is not coming out of Washington or New York or California or even Texas. It's coming from a place in Kansas called the Cosmosphere.
- Simple
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- Nov 07, 2020
Women in Afghanistan do not ask the United States to stay for the simple or sentimental reason of safeguarding their rights. They are the first ones to say that this is not enough of a reason for the world's remaining superpower to remain in their country.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
The majority of Afghans do not see the Americans as foreign occupiers who must be defeated. Instead, they are hungry for the Americans to step up and help them make their country safer, their government cleaner and their economy stronger. They are disappointed because the international community has done too little, not too much.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe that if I can qualify for the Olympics, I have the skills to compete at the highest level and do good for my country.
- Nov 07, 2020
I think if we are at a war with an enemy country, that country is responsible for our soldiers' deaths.
- Building
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- Nov 07, 2020
Infrastructure sector is all about building assets for the country. It is part of nation building.
- Army
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always wanted to do something for the defence forces - I've always said that the Army always has been my first love. It's about what they do selflessly for the country.
- Nov 07, 2020
I don't want to let the rest of this country drift into the abyss. I want to fight for it.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020