- Different Kinds
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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
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm convinced that we can shape a different future for this country as it relates to mental health and as it relates to suicide.
- Impact
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- Nov 07, 2020
The same things that lead to disparities in health in this country on a day-to-day basis led to disparities in the impact of Hurricane Katrina.
- Hate
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- Nov 07, 2020
Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson hated each other so much. But that hate that they had for each other did not come before the love of their country.
- Fashion
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I do know is our state and country is currently backwards and upside-down, and we all are to blame in one fashion or another.
- Police
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- Nov 07, 2020
We pass bills authorizing improvements and grants. But when it comes time to pay for these programs, we'd rather put the country's money toward tax breaks for the wealthy than for police officers who are protecting our communities.
- Faith
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our country's political discourse and debate are enriched by discussions of the political implications of our faith traditions, whether they are taking place in our communities, at our dinner tables, or in our places of worship.
- Justice
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- Nov 07, 2020
Honest discussions - even and perhaps especially on topics about which we disagree - can help us resist hypocrisy and arrogance. They can also help us live up to the basic ideals, such as liberty and justice for all, on which our country was founded.
- Bestow
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- Nov 07, 2020
By far the greatest part of those goods which are the objects of desire, are procured by labour; and they may be multiplied, not in one country alone, but in many, almost without any assignable limit, if we are disposed to bestow the labour necessary to obtain them.
- Coffee
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- Nov 07, 2020
Tanzania sells about 50 million pounds of coffee a year to coffee-shop chains such as Starbucks and Peet's. But Sweet Unity is the only finished, branded product from the East African country to be sold directly in the U.S.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I did not feel 'evil' when I wrote advertisements for Puerto Rico. They helped attract industry and tourists to a country which had been living on the edge of starvation for 400 years.
- Media
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not for one second condoning the actions of terrorists at all, but I do think there's a kind of terrorism that the media carries out on its own citizens, certainly in this country - and it's fear.
- Problem
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you don't want to have to kill or capture every bad guy in the country, you have to reintegrate those who are willing to be reconciled and become part of the solution instead of a continued part of the problem. And then, above all, the resources.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nothing means more to those in harm's way than the knowledge that their country appreciates their sacrifices and those of their families.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think what should be celebrated about our campaign is we have over 3 million people who have contributed to our campaign - teachers, firefighters, nurses, retirees. They're making up the backbone of this field organization in the country.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's really a question of fairness and what kind of country we're going to live in. There are 22,000 people making over $1 million. They're paying an effective tax rate in the teens. As Warren Buffett said, he pays less in taxes effectively than his secretary does. That's not right.
- Phone
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- Nov 07, 2020
Turkey Hollow is a small country town in Sullivan County, a remote region of the Catskill Mountains. Surrounded by forests, it counts 10 full-time residents, has no mail service, and no cell phone reception. However, what it lacks in amenities, it compensates for in sheer natural wonder.
- Each Morning
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- Nov 07, 2020