- 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
The political system is broken, the economy is broken and so is society. That is why people are so depressed about the state of our country.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am a country boy at heart.
- Disease
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- Nov 07, 2020
What we have seen with Islamist extremism, whether it is in Mali or Somalia or Afghanistan, is that the disease is not necessarily the individual country. The disease is the Islamist extremism, and that's what we have to fight; that's the narrative that we have to beat.
- Leadership
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the country requires fresh leadership. I do not think I can be the captain to take the country to its next destination.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
Crucially, I'd like to thank Labour party members up and down the country for sticking with us. For their active citizenship, their willingness to engage in our democracy, and for being there at the cutting edge of making our democracy work.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I mean, it is an extraordinary thing that a large proportion of your country and my country, of the citizens, never see a wild creature from dawn 'til dusk, unless it's a pigeon, which isn't really wild, which might come and settle near them.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
I see my job simply as helping disseminate the message of Barack Obama, working with the communications team to make sure that we're true to the ideals and the values and the programs that he wants to advance in this country. And that's the extent of my involvement.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love scoring goals for England and playing for England. That's one of the reasons I didn't retire - I love playing for my country.
- Pretty
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- Nov 07, 2020
Throughout my career I have been pretty successful, I've played for some pretty big teams, represented my country quite a few times, and played for managers without sentiment.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's one thing I like about America - they respect the sportsman. They put them up on a pedestal. They don't try to knock them down. And that's a great thing, to be respected by the whole country. It's so patriotic!
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ours is a country built more on people than on territory. The Jews will come from everywhere: from France, from Russia, from America, from Yemen... Their faith is their passport.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
American law enforcement officers understand that race is and has been a heated issue in our country. Most appreciate the vital need for thoroughness and transparency in pursuit of the greater good in their actions and in their investigations.
- Nation
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- Nov 07, 2020
Congress has an obligation to protect our country's natural beauty, embodied in our nation's parks, rivers, and breathtaking landscapes.
- Song
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ian and Sylvia, who, when you got right down to it, were essentially country and western singers. I just recorded his Four Strong Winds. It's a wonderful song.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being a white South African, I enjoyed the better things that that country gave to a small percentage of its population.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020