- 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
- Imagination
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had grown up as an Irish poet in a country where the distance between vision and imagination was not quite as wide as in some other countries.
- Friend
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Americans are people who prefer the Continent to their own country, but refuse to learn its languages.
- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our community is like many around the country that have, as the gentleman from New York referenced, sophisticated planning and zoning regulations. These are elements that are developed as a result of local community pressure to balance interests.
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020
I find I go in airports anywhere in the country, and someone's always coming up to me and saying 'Hey, you're at my country club in Dubuque, right?' You know, because they kind of know my face, but they don't know why.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me as an American, the most painful aspect of this is that I believe that that administration has taken the events of 9/11 and has manipulated the grief of the country and I think that's reprehensible.
- Dangerous
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think Iran is a very dangerous country - very dangerous to Israel, to the Middle East, and also to the United States. They export terrorism. And they also have the ability to manufacture rockets and missiles.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
How is the government going to run without people like us? We make 35 percent of the bread in this country, and that much of the margarine, and cooking oil, and all the other things.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I go back five generations in Jamaica. My dad grew up in Port Royal, and my mom grew up in Kingston. My family is from the country like West Moreland and also in Manchester. I've been there countless times. As far as cuisine, there's not really much that comes out of Jamaica that's on a plate that I don't like.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
One way to bring down crime in the state of California and every state in the union is to have an enforceable border. That means let's build that border fence. When people want to come into this country, let's ask them to knock on the front door.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Don't go and invest across the country somewhere that you don't know. Invest in a market that you know, because there are great areas in every city.
- How
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- Nov 07, 2020
And, I was really impressed with how beautiful our country was and how friendly the people were.
- Problems
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- Nov 07, 2020
Throughout the country, I see the same design problems and solutions over and over.
- Nov 07, 2020
With the situation now, people might be intrigued to see how a country coped with war all those years ago.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
Despite this lamentable lack of balance in our education I do not believe that either children or adults in my country are permeated by a widespread hostility to Germany.
- Boomers
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- Nov 07, 2020