Country Quotes

Country and western is ignored by the intellectuals. They don't look at it as an art form. They think it's just somebody sitting on his couch singing about his life.

It is the duty of every patriot to hate his country creatively.

The people who illegally cross into the country are from countries that have very close ties to al Qaeda, whether it's Yemen or Afghanistan, Pakistan, China. It is an absolute national disgrace.

Everyone loathes his own country and countrymen if he is any sort of artist.

This is a free country, and nobody should be criticized for their political beliefs. We're all allowed to have our opinions.

It's not that we don't have talent in our country; the talent is, in fact, not required today.

What is the effect of unlimited coinage of silver in this country? and I invite your attention to this particularly, because it is a question of vital importance.

Fundamentally, I believe that the U.S. can improve its international standing and its national security by expanding trade and strengthening its relationships with moderate Muslim countries.

There are plenty of good five-cent cigars in the country. The trouble is they cost a quarter. What this country needs is a good five-cent nickel.

Over the years, dozens of American companies have filed papers to trade in their U.S. corporate citizenship for citizenship in tax haven countries like Bermuda.

As I think through the issue of funding the rebuilding of Iraq, I think about the analogy of a bankruptcy proceeding. There is no doubt that Iraq as a country is bankrupt.

Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations, may she always be in the right; but our country, right or wrong.

From a generation that came of age during the Great Depression, millions of our country's best and bravest took up arms in a worldwide struggle against tyranny.

The globalization of the capital market is actually part of economic globalization. This will create a change in the entire world economy, not just restricted to some fields in some countries.

At the end of the day, there is no doubt that the unique spirit embodied by this country has worked, not just to make the world safer, but to make it better.

We have a very foolish notion in Western countries that progress delivers freedom. But progress doesn't necessarily bring moral virtue.

If there's anything I can do, it's to present an alternative vision for the country.

I don't sing country music because I'm not capable of singing other kinds of music; I sing it because I think it's the most beautiful kind of music there is

Sweden is a small country and, well, our family's pretty prominent in that world, I guess. And I really didn't like the sound of just being 'the fourth acting Skarsgard.

To lie about a far country is easy

There is a certain amount of momentum that is achieved when one country after another reopens their borders.

Nixon is one of the few in the history of this country to run for high office talking out of both sides of his mouth at the same time and lying out of both sides.

Many people leave the country to see beautiful places. I just look out the window and see some of the most gorgeous scenery ever, right here in the USA.

I think art education, especially in this country, which government pretty much ignores, is so important for young people.

The AK-47 is not a device of aggression ... I devised this machine-gun for the security of my country.

No matter what part of the country you come from, you can always come together to make groundbreaking hip-hop.

We in ancient countries have our past- we obsess over the past. They, the Americans, have a dream: they feel nostalgia about the promise of the future.

You can't not have feelings about country clubs, whichever side you're on.

The Companion of Honour I regarded as an award from the country for 50 years of work - which I thought was okay.

I think it is the responsibility of a citizen of any country to say what he thinks.

I have to go and say farewell to all the countries that I have been to, if I can. I am 73 now, it is taxing on me.

I do feel like once you know you are someone who is in the world and there are other countries and cultures, that stays with you and your decision-making forever.

In all, we investigated, I think, close to 50 rumors about offers to kill Dr. King around the country. But we found no evidence to support rumors of FBI involvement in the assassination.

It is my contention that civil disobediences are nothing but the latest form of voluntary association, and that they are thus quite in tune with the oldest traditions of the country.

Tehran believes it's none of our business or anybody else's to decide the future of personalities in other countries.

Everyone should own a piece of the wealth-producing capital of this country, but not everyone can be a manager. Or should be.

I cherished the dream of a country embracing all its people.

Of course there are individual racists in America. Sadly that's true. And sadly that will always be true. It's true in this country, it will be true because it's human nature.

The real threat to U.S. military power is nuclear proliferation, because if every little country has nuclear weapons it becomes very tricky for the United States to engage in military action.

Since I achieved something, running has exploded in my country. For me sometimes it is difficult even to know who the athletes are who are competing at the highest level. There are thousands.

But I am not allowed to speak to foreigners and I am not allowed to leave the country. So I'm not so happy.

When you're in the middle of a storm, leaving your country just because you have to leave without any reasonable reason, it means you're quitting your country and this is treason.

Brazil has a lot of issues that are similar to a lot of countries in Latin America, but the dominant issue Brazil is dealing with is poverty and political corruption.

I want to give my compliments to Australia. Ever since your government paid a few million dollars for a Jackson Pollack painting, I figure that it must be a marvellous country

I want to hold a series of meetings all over the country and get the facts before the American people

Any country that accepts abortion is the poorest of the poor

England is a country where people stay exactly as they are. The soul does not receive the slightest jolt.

I am not being facetious when I say that the real enemies in this country are the Pentagon and its pals in big business.

There isn't much discussion of ruling class in America even in Boston, probably one of the most class-conscious cities in the country?

Imagine if the United States, in its war against Hitler, had said to Stalin: we don't want your support until you make your country democratic.