Country Quotes

A mistress should be like a little country retreat near the town, not to dwell in constantly, but only for a night and away.

I believe no one can read the history of our country without realizing that the Good Book and the spirit of the Savior have from the beginning been our guiding geniuses.

She don't know how much I need her She don't know I'd fall apart Without her kiss without her touch Without her faithful lovin' arms

Governments are the sails, the people the wind, the country is the ship and time is the sea.

Country music has always been about as close to R&B as you can possibly get. We're storytellers.

After my first visit to Japan, in 1960, to work on a joint model building project at Osaka University, I maintained a continuing interest in the country and the entire Far East.

Darren Fletcher is the type of player who would walk over hot coals to play for his country, and he has done

Pope John Paul II not only visited Nigeria twice but stood by the country in its fight against dictatorship and injustice.

Let us all take more responsibility not only for ourselves and our families but for our communities and our country.

The Olympics are a wonderful metaphor for world cooperation, the kind of international competition that's wholesome and healthy, an interplay between countries that represents the best in all of us.

The first thing the communists do when they take over a country is to outlaw cockfighting

As a result, ways out of the crisis are being intensively searched for at all levels - ways, which, however, aim at maintaining the whites' control over the country.

Greece is not a country that can be humiliated. It is a matter of finding an intersection between the reasonable elements of both sides [EU and Greece] which has to be done.

We need election systems that are free from fraud, discrimination, and partisan influence and that are more, not less, accessible to the citizens of this country.

When the Englishman speaks of national wealth he means the number of millionaires in the country.

In countries where innocent people are dying, the leaders are following their blood rather than their brains.

Where the mind is led forward by thee into ever-widening thought and action-Into that heaven of freedom, my father, let my country awake.

I ran [for presidency] because I knew what trouble our country was in.

This is real, this is your life in a song...this is country music.

It was as if we had beaten a country, more than just a football team.

Electricity generation emits more carbon dioxide in the United States than does transportation or industry, and nuclear power is the largest source of carbon-free electricity in the country.

In countries where there is a mild climate, less effort is expended on the struggle with nature and man is kinder and more gentle.

I was at the forefront of the effort to pass $15 minimum wage in Seattle, and have been collaborating with the people who are trying to make that happen across the country.

You are my country, Desdemona. ... My Egypt. My hot, harrowing desert and my cool, verdant Nile, infinitely lovely and unfathomable and sustaining.

No country has suffered so much from the ruins of war while being at peace as the American.

I have always had, as I know many people have, a singular passion for Australia. I do love the sunburnt country, its ancient landscapes, its exhilarating reaches of sand and sea.

The fact that Americans drag around the world by the busloads to glimpse the past probably has something to do with the youth of our country. We revere anything older than George Burns.

We have room in this country for but one flag, the Stars and Stripes!

Our country has the oldest tradition of storytelling, and this was much before writing stories even became a norm.

Chile needs Bolivian natural resources and Bolivia needs access to the sea. Under those circumstances, it must be possible to find a solution in the interest of both countries.

Equal laws protecting equal rights…the best guarantee of loyalty and love of country.

Nothing distinguishes more clearly conditions in a free country from those in a country under arbitrary government than the observance in the former of the great principles known as the Rule of Law.

No country is so peaceful as the one that leads into death. Life arches above one's head like a bridgespan, and below it flows the water, carries the boat, takes it further.

So long as the Zulu people are here, clearly I will still have a role to play in this country.

I've always been a keen cyclist, I'm very close to the world of cycling. Not just cycling really - also walking, adventures, being a curious person, traveling to new countries.

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

A contrast between country and city, as fundamental ways of life, reaches back into classical times.

We are witnessing a great awakening. Millions of Texans, millions of Americans are rising up to reclaim our country, to defend liberty and to restore the Constitution.

God how I hate new countries: They are older than the old, more sophisticated, much more conceited, only young in a certain puerile vanity more like senility than anything.

Sport is an important part of the Australian psyche. Anybody who thinks that sport is not part of the fabric of Australian life misunderstands this country quite dramatically.

The manner of the country makes the usage of life there, and the land will not be lived in except in its own fashion.

I have no regrets whatsoever that I have acted in a way to advance my country's interests

Do I think Donald Trump can run the country a lot better and get along with other countries like Russia? Absolutely he can do a better job. He can create a stimulus. He can lower taxes.

Here is the thing about Donald Trump. Donald Trump is hitting a nerve in this country.

Mandela has played a crucial part in history. He's done some extraordinary things, not only for his country but also for the whole world.

Of all the important relationships that Australia has with other countries, none has been more greatly transformed over the last 10 years than our relationship with China.

It wants to be, and proclaims itself to be, 'the greatest', but greatness is not required of a country; only goodness is.

We are all part and parcel of one country. And that country is of love.

Tennessee is a very country-type state. Maybe I can practice on some type of country-western dance where they'll know what I'm doing.

He loves his country best who strives to make it best.