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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 Aug 01, 2026
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- Nov 07, 2020
Israel is the only country in the Middle East where Arabs can be elected to the parliament in a democratic election.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe that a man can only be useful to his country when he can look at it clearly.
- Heritage
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- Nov 07, 2020
For the better part of two centuries, outsiders have been offering explanations that range from racist to learned-sounding - the supposed inferiority of blacks, the heritage of slavery, overpopulation - for why Haiti remains the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere.
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- Nov 07, 2020
No I don't play bluegrass harmonica or anything like that. I don't listen to country or bluegrass records.
- Jungle
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love travelling, and had the pleasure of being in the most developed country in the world and then parts of two of the most pristine natural areas of the world: the Galapagos islands and the Equador Amazon jungle. The contrast was incredible.
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- Nov 07, 2020
James Goldsmith is important because he used the power of the markets to break up the cosy patrician elite that ran Britain and its industries in the 1950s and '60s. In the process, Goldsmith helped transfer power in this country away from politics and towards the markets and the financial sector.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
My goal is to be able to speak to everyone in the country and to be able to make everyone in the country think differently about our political system.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The direction of the country isn't controlled by one person on top making decisions. It's a mass movement of people making a lot of individual decisions that add up to something broader.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
Los Angeles is a rich city; California is a rich state; the United States is a rich country. The money is out there, and Los Angeles teachers are demanding that it be spent where it belongs, on our kids.
- Our
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- Nov 07, 2020
Tremendous changes are taking place in our country, eradicating the concept of second-class citizenship.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The job at Brooklyn is interesting because Brooklyn reflects what happened to university art departments everywhere. It might be the worst department now, and yet at one point it was the best in the country.
- Medical
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think America is really in denial about the degree to which residents, particularly foreign medical graduates, man the county hospitals of this country, and but for their services, I'm not sure how exactly we could manage.
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- Nov 07, 2020