- 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
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
It took me a little while to get sorrow under the belt enough to understand country music's lyrics and strengths.
- Czechoslovakia
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was in Vienna in August 1968 for a meeting of the International Federation of Multiple Sclerosis Societies, of which I was co-founder, and we wanted a 20th country to join. They asked for a volunteer to go to Prague to get Czechoslovakia to do it, and my hand always goes up first.
- I See
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I see happening to this country is a neo-caste system.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe it is important that we Japanese write a constitution for ourselves that would reflect the shape of the country we consider desirable in the 21st century.
- Disaster
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a country with experience of coping with earthquakes, tsunamis and other natural disasters, Japan believes in emphasizing the mainstreaming of disaster risk reduction. We therefore prioritize investment in disaster prevention and post-disaster improvements under a policy of Build Back Better (BBB).
- Equality
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- Nov 07, 2020
China, as a nation, is a country under the one-party rule of the Communist Party, but it has introduced the market economy. As a country that is under the one-party rule of the Communist Party, normally what they should be seeking is equality of results.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
In every country and region, there are practices and ways of living and culture that have been handed down from ancestors. Naturally, I feel that these should be respected.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
I ran because somebody had to do it first. In this country, everybody is supposed to be able to run for president, but that has never really been true.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
At present, our country needs women's idealism and determination, perhaps more in politics than anywhere else.
- Prevent
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- Nov 07, 2020
In order to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear country you have to introduce a system of verification and inspection.
- Keep Going
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't plan to be a politician. The founder of our country, David Ben-Gurion, called me from the kibbutz to serve in the underground. We were short of manpower, short of arms. I was 24 years old. I was supposed to serve my country for one or two years. I am 89 years old this year, and I keep going.
- Earth
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- Nov 07, 2020
What is wrong with the Iranians in addition to the nuclear bomb? This is the only country on Earth in the 21st century that has renewed imperialistic ambitions. They really want to become the hegemon of the Middle East in an age that gave up imperialism.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
For 60 years, I was the most controversial figure in the country, and suddenly, I'm the most popular man in the land. Truth be told, I don't know when I was happier: then or now.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
My goal in life was to serve my people, and the most important service for the Jewish people is building the land, and the basics of building the people and the country is working the land.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
Young people have been at the forefront of every great social movement in our country's history.
- Derail
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- Nov 07, 2020