- Music
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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
- Dignity
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- Nov 07, 2020
To retain his dignity, an artist must live in opposition. He must be critical of his country. If not, then he is worthless.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I visit a country, I like to experience local food.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
In America they like my spicy TV alter ego, probably because there were a lot of Italians and Hispanics in the country, but the real L.A. life is a hard-working one.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm basically a country person.
- Place
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was surprised how relevant the Moses story was to contemporary American debates - from our ongoing debate about values, to our role as champions of freedom, to our place as a country that welcome immigrants.
- Nov 07, 2020
When I wrote the song, The Way It Is, I wanted to move people to take a stand on civil rights in this country.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the people will- who advocate having a step back and read those public opinion polls on the front page of the newspapers all over this country saying public supports restoration in restoration of the Everglades, protection of the parks and the creation of monuments.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wouldn't miss this opportunity for anything. For the chance to work on these conservation issues, to serve my country, to work for this president, I'd do it all over again, every single minute.
- Heritage
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have to preserve it and use it sustainably. And the short-term use of resources at the destruction of the long-term heritage of this country is not a policy that we can pursue.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
I did country way back when I was, like, 13-14 years old, and then I kind of fell into the pop genre.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't mind being by myself, even in a foreign country.
- Scenery
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- Nov 07, 2020
For my band's debut tour in 2011, we road-tripped across the country in a 15-passenger van. It was the first time I'd left Alabama. I drove through scenery I'd only ever seen in calendars: auburn leaves falling in Vermont, the sun setting over purple mountains in Arizona. It was incredible.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always had one completely nonaltruistic goal, which is to go to every country in the world.
- Different
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- Nov 07, 2020
I collect rings from every country that I compete in, and I swap them around and wear different ones occasionally. I have about 10.
- Grandfather
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up knowing my grandfather had served our country for decades in the Navy, buried in his whites in Arlington; I have family members who are veterans.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020