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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 May 30, 2021
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our country's liberation struggle arose as a consequence of the contradiction between colonized and colonizers, between exploited and exploiters. Reformist patterns of nationalist pressure were precluded by the very nature of colonial fascism.
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The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against all hazards: And it is our duty to defend them against all attacks.
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There's a certain kind of dark-crusted sourdough bread I'm incapable of resisting. A sixth sense alerts me anytime I veer within a three-block radius of a bakery offering tangy country loaves with mahogany crusts. Without fail, I'll make my way inside and buy one, even if there's already half a loaf growing stale on my countertop.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Zimbabweans are severely malnourished, and deaths from starvation occur even in the cities. The country has not yet suffered nationwide famine only because international donors have stepped in.
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- Nov 07, 2020
As even a democracy like the United States has shown, waging war can benefit a leader in several ways: it can rally citizens around the flag, it can distract them from bleak economic times, and it can enrich a country's elites.
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are something like 300 anti-genocide chapters on college campuses around the country. It's bigger than the anti-apartheid movement. There are something like 500 high school chapters devoted to stopping the genocide in Darfur. Evangelicals have joined it. Jewish groups have joined it.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think Obama is right when he talks about the rule of law as a cornerstone of what the United States should stand for. That can encompass our elected officials' adherence to law and our country's return to the Geneva Conventions.
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you get into Louisiana, it really is like a different country in a lot of ways. The plants you see are a little different, like the weeping willows and the cypress trees that come up out of the bayou. And it's steamy hot.
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the country, it feels like you don't have control over nature anymore - nature is in control of you.
- Nov 07, 2020
Scotland is undoubtedly the star of 'Outlander.' I'm so proud of the country and all it has to offer.
- Nov 07, 2020