- 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
You requested me to lead the country again after 2017. Given the importance and consideration you attach to this, I can only accept.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have no regrets about being who I am and being what I am in my country for my people. No regrets at all.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
Well, Australians should speak for the national interests of Australia, and whatever role former Australian prime ministers may have, one of the things you do is speak frankly about the country as you see the country's best interests, you know?
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
The death of Malcolm Fraser underwrites a great loss to Australia. Notwithstanding a controversial prime ministership, in later years he harboured one abiding and important idea about Australia - its need and its right to be a strategically independent country.
- Nov 07, 2020
The more we view the country through the prism of Aboriginality, the more likely we are to get the angle right.
- Plan
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Europeans had made two promises to the United States if Marshall Plan help was forthcoming. The first promise was maximum self-help on the part of every country; and second, maximum mutual aid.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are journeying externally from country to country. We are traveling in historical time, from the present to the distant past. We are traveling inwardly as well, through the music of meditation.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
Germany's Angela Merkel exudes an atmosphere of elderly exhaustion and pooped-out pessimism. Britain's David Cameron, though by nature exuberant, feels he has to look and sound glum. And France's leader, Francois Hollande, seems determined to drive every successful businessman out of the country.
- Age
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- Nov 07, 2020
The only thing to be said for air travel is speed. It makes possible travel on a scale unimaginable before our present age. Between the ages of 20 and four-score I visited every country in Europe, all save two in Latin America, ditto in Africa, and most of Asia, not counting eight trips to Australia and 60 to the United States - all by air.
- Privilege
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a very, very proud Canadian, and having the privilege to represent my country on the international level was the highlight of my 18-year career.
- Energy Policy
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- Nov 07, 2020
We haven't had a good energy policy in this country for decades and we're trying to get one.
- Commitment
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- Nov 07, 2020
We must have a relentless commitment to producing a meaningful, comprehensive energy package aimed at conservation, alleviating the burden of energy prices on consumers, decreasing our country's dependency on foreign oil, and increasing electricity grid reliability.
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe it is incumbent upon Congress to act aggressively to ameliorate fear and help our country take the essential steps that will make our communities and lives safer.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
Insurgents throughout Iraq continue to threaten our efforts and pose a danger to stability in the region. They fight not for their country, but rather against ours.
- Drafting
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- Nov 07, 2020
While not widely reported, our victories in Iraq are plentiful. National elections, a democratic parliament and the drafting of a constitution are just some of the victories throughout this embattled country.
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020