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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
Afghanistan does have an air force: It has two C-130s. I saw one of them. It was nice, a gift from the United States. But two planes don't even make a Caribbean charter airline, let alone an air force for a country at war.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Syrians need to prepare for the aftermath if the Assad regime falls. Atrocities that could be considered war crimes have been committed in this country, and Syrians should rightly demand that the perpetrators be held accountable.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every country where the the United States maintains troops has a status of forces agreement.
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Skype is a wonderful thing. The irony is that you never Skype when you're in the same country as someone.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been an actor for so long, and a moviegoer ever since I can remember, because the country that I grew up in didn't have television.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Although we must change the ways we protect our country, we must also guard against policies that appear attractive but offer little real protection and may even impede our ability to protect ourselves.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am no party man in this matter in any degree; and if I have any objection to the motion it is this, that whereas it is a motion to inquire into the manufacturing distress of the country, it should have been a motion to inquire into manufacturing and agricultural distress.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I confess that for fifteen years my efforts in education, and my hopes of success in establishing a system of national education, have always been associated with the idea of coupling the education of this country with the religious communities which exist.
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my several visits to Germany, I have written in admiration of that country's strenuous efforts to face its past and make amends.
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- Nov 07, 2020
At bottom, the decision to pardon Nixon was a political judgment properly within the bounds of Ford's constitutional authority. The specter of a former president in the criminal dock as our country moved into its bicentennial year was profoundly disturbing.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sports is part of the pop culture landscape in this country, just like music and television and movies.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Historically Black Colleges and Universities, or HBCUs, have played an important role in enriching the lives of not just African Americans, but our entire country.
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- Nov 07, 2020