Country Quotes

If we believe heaven to be our country, it is better for us to transmit our wealth thither, than to retain it here, where we may lose it by a sudden removal.

Countries under foreign command quickly forget their history, their past, their tradition, their national symbols, their way of living, often their own literary language.

Love of one's country recognizes no frontiers... of other countries.

It's not possible in a free country to completely control the border without us losing our freedoms and liberties.

I believe that we should stop the immigration, the mass immigration from Islamic countries.

Our country right or wrong is an evil motto - what if your country be in the wrong? It will only compound her injury. I wish to serve the republic with an honest and fearless criticism.

Beautiful, Glorious Scotland, has spoilt me for every other country.

A great man, tender of heart, strong of nerve, boundless patience and broadest sympathy, with no motive apart from his country.

You can't be a real country unless you have a beer.

There is no country in the world with the diversity, confidence and talent and black pride like Nigeria.

The English can be a very critical, unforgiving people, but criticism can be good. And this is a country that loves comedy.

Do you know the rate of military enlistment among Hispanics is higher than any demographic in this country?

England is perhaps the only great country whose intellectuals are ashamed of their own nationality.

Every human being is in need of talking to somebody. In this country nobody has time. It seems that talking to a friend has gone out of style. Now you have to pay money to go to an analyst.

I feel completely detached from any country, any group. I am a metaphysically displaced person

Europe, and not England, is the parent country of America. This new world hath been the asylum for the persecuted lovers of civil and religious liberty from every part of Europe.

I didn't say I wasn't gonna do rockabilly. I just said I ain't gonna sing no song that ain't a country song. I won't be known as anything but a country singer.

Aboriginal people have much to celebrate in this country's British heritage

Imagine what our country could accomplish if we started working together as one people under one God saluting one American flag.

Without the United States, there simply would not have been an armed uprising in our country.

We cannot build a viable state with a country that is disintegrating into small pieces.

Europe is a collection of free countries.

Though I love my country, I do not love my countrymen.

More humane societies are usually smaller, like the Scandinavian countries and Holland, where it is much easier to reach consensus and cooperation.

It's going to take an act of Congress to deal with poverty and hunger, not only in this country, but throughout the world. We have the resources but we don't have the will.

Even if my country remains in war with yours. . .remember. . . i am not your enemy.

Citizenship should be based on those who have a close and real relationship with this country and its inhabitants.

Scotland is the country above all others that I have seen, in which a man of imagination may carve out his own pleasures; there are so many inhabited solitudes.

America under Barack Obama has become a defensive, reactive and weaker country both at home and abroad.

As the Republican platforms says, the welfare of the farmer is vital to that of the whole country.

When I pastored a country church, a farmer didn't like the sermons I preached on hell. He said, Preach about the meek and lowly Jesus. I said, That's where I got my information about hell.

My first memories of music were country music and Ronnie Milsap. Where I grew up, it was what you listened to. And anything else, you were somewhat out of place.

My god will wipe this country (America) from the face of the earth.

I'm a little drunk on you, and high on summertime.

Independent films in this country are in the same position. Miramax and Fine Line are not independent - they're with Disney! Come on. Or they're with Warner Brothers. They're all with somebody.

What is the city but the people?

The food I've liked in my time is American country cookin'.

Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything.

If we were united and strong, we'd elect our own emir (leader) and give allegiance to him... Take my word, if 6-8 million Muslims unite in America, the country will come to us.

The thing about Nashville is, it's not just country music...There's rock & roll, there's every kind of music. It's just a music town...There's so much fun stuff to get in to.

In developing countries, lack of infrastructure is a far more serious barrier to trade than tariffs.

... protection of life is NOT a legitimate use for a firearm in this country sir! Not! That is expressly ruled out!

If Iran wants to be treated like a normal country, let it act like a normal country.

I showed what I can do with butter, right? Eighty-five percent increase in sales. I'm very proud of them Country Life ads. They were funny and clever and classy like the Toblerone ads I grew up with.

Poetry is a natural energy resource of our country.

America does not need another political campaign based on denial and avoidance of some of our real problems. It needs a crusade to reform and renew our country, its institutions and political system.

There is no system in the world or any school in the country that is better than its teachers. Teachers are the lifeblood of the success of schools.

One of the regime's most important tactics is the creation of a third force in the country.

Many emerging countries are facing the same issue of overheating and inflation because they have been vigorously expanding fiscal and monetary policy to counter the 2008 shock.

The reading of books, what is it but conversing with the wisest men of all ages and all countries.