- Opinion
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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
- Proud
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think it's a disgrace that some would allow extreme voices in this country to erase our proud heritage.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nobody can look back into our history and look at everyone who contributed into our development as a country and find someone who's flawless.
- Proud
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think it's a disgrace that we're allowing extreme voices in this country to erase our proud heritage.
- Choose
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- Nov 07, 2020
No American should be forced to choose between their spouse and their country.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have lived and worked in Britain all my life. Not even in the dark days of penal Labour taxation in the Seventies did I have any intention of leaving the country of my birth.
- Get
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to get every church in the country on Wi-Fi.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
Newspapers are what matter in this country, not magazines.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Margaret Thatchers of this country made it through - like I did - because of the grammar school system, which gave the opportunity of a lifetime to working-class kids. It put them on a level playing field with the privately educated kids, and opened up the top universities to them.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are two ways you can buy an education in this country. You can pay the fees. Or you can cheat and buy a house in an area where there's a good school.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
If the traditional British elite had made a great success of running my country, as successful, say, as the elites of Germany, Japan and America, then maybe it would be a club worth joining.
- Trying
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- Nov 07, 2020
This is the only country in the world where you can be criticised for trying too hard. That's a put-down in London.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
In terms of building consumer products, the U.S. and China are ahead of India. The interesting opportunity for India is whenever there is a disruption in technology, it gives every country a chance to leapfrog and take a lead. To take an example, China is leaping ahead in growing the China electric vehicle ecosystem.
- City
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- Nov 07, 2020