- People
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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
- Lose
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- Nov 07, 2020
No country can afford to lose a generation to unemployment.
- Free
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- Nov 07, 2020
Where workers are not free to change employers or leave the country without the permission of their employer, workers are, de facto, in forced labour.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
At the Olympics, you there to do a job. I feel you should take it seriously. You should be respectful. You are putting on the red-white-and-blue and going out there to perform for your country.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm from New Jersey. But I went to school in Los Angeles and all across the country. So, I can totally connect with missing home.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I travelled round the world giving demonstrations of my talents. In every country, I performed for students, professors, teachers, bankers, accountants, and even laymen who knew very little, or nothing at all, about mathematics.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our country has backed us so much. People who love you so much can criticise you as well.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
The bedrock of this country are immigration and, really, a great separation between church and state.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've lived the American Dream and had a great life. Immigration and religion and racial tolerance are the foundation of this country.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being a native of Spain, the country to which I owe much of my education and cultural background, I was deeply influenced by my great predecessor Santiago Ramon y Cajal.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother worked in the old Minsky's troupe, which toured the country in the golden age of burlesque theatre.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
Self-preservation shouldn't be the first instinct in politics. It should be doing the right thing for the country.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Donald Trump obviously knows nothing about what it's like to put your life on the line for your country. He's never risked his life for anything.
- Pride
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- Nov 07, 2020