- Opportunity
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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
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Your performance depends on your people. Select the best, train them and back them. When errors occur, give sharper guidance. If errors persist or if the fit feels wrong, help them move on. The country cannot afford amateur hour in the White House.
- Exercise
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Secretary of Defense is not a super General or Admiral. His task is to exercise civilian control over the Department for the Commander-in-Chief and the country.
- Curiously
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- Nov 07, 2020
No, I'm not rich. I had a tax problem in this country, curiously enough, and my accountant said the British government was patently wrong in taxing me, and they were, but we couldn't persuade them and it cost me everything I had.
- Intelligence
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- Nov 07, 2020
We need intelligence in this country. We need a certain toughness in this country, or we're going to end up like a lot of the other places, and we're not going to have a country left.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The hard-working Americans, the people who made this country so great, they've been left in the dust.
- I Can
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can confirm that Poland should become a eurozone country, and not just because of the treaties that have been signed, but because I consider it of strategic interest both for Poland and the E.U.
- Israel
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- Nov 07, 2020
If there's one country that can be trusted to understand the complexity of history, it's Israel.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
Poland is quite a mediocre country in some regards. The only natural resource that we have, and with which we can compete, is freedom.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I care not how worldly you may be: there are times when all distinctions seem like dust, and when at the graves of the great you dream of a coming country, where your proudest hopes shall be dimmed forever.
- Strong
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think some of the things I deal with Hopper probably has dealt with also, since it's somewhat the same environment and I have pretty strong reactions to what this country looks like. It looks pretty dull and spare, and you like this and dislike it and it's very complicated.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have a certain group of people in this country that seem to want to lock up our national treasures, our national parks, and cherished places and keep the public from enjoying them.
- Granite
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- Nov 07, 2020