Country Quotes

There's no glory like those who save their country.

Let the country be small, and the inhabitants few.

My introduction to track racing was through the background of cross country running, which is not a sport perhaps as popular in America as it is in England.

Liberté, égalité, fraternité. Liberty, equality, fraternity. Watchword of French Revolution. And bold and hard adventures t' undertake, Leaving his country for his country's sake.

But if we have been willing to give our lives to this enterprise, which is for the honour of our country, I appeal to our countrymen to see that those who depend on us are properly cared for.

For the first time in history all the major countries in the world are pushing together to reach this goal... building something in space that is really for all humankind.

You can be a little ungrammatical if you come from the right part of the country.

Western countries in particular can today no longer be separated from Muslim societies, because they have them within themselves. They are themselves internally globalized.

Africans should be talking and ask questions, like why does America and Russia have the right to veto votes? These countries talk about democracy and yet are not democratic themselves.

If you don't know how great this country is, I know someone who does; Russia.

The single most important impediment to global institutions is the concept of "my country, right or wrong".

All the professors in all the religious colleges in this country rolled into one, would not equal Charles Darwin.

I began working with the John Muir Institute and then started helping found Friends of the Earth organizations here and there in other countries. That pretty well brings us up to the present.

How does a country deal with the fact that some of its most revered historical figures had certain moral values and political views virtually identical to Nazis?

Developing countries often have hypertrophied bureaucracies, requiring businesses to deal with enormous amounts of red tape.

I run because I am convinced that this country is on a perilous course and I have such strong feelings about what must be done.

If you can ask a young man to give his life for his country, you can lead people.

By the laws of God, of nature, of nations, and of your country you are and ought to be as free a people as your brethren in England.

It's disgraceful and embarrassing that the highest technology in a typical city high school in this country is the metal detector the students pass through at the front door.

Two things are desired in order that intercourse may be had: First, that a minister or agent be allowed to reside at the capital. Second, that commerce between different countries be freely allowed.

I do think I am a country boy at heart. I love the buzz of towns and going out with friends and sitting with them drinking and whatever - it's fun - but, at the same time, I like space and freedom.

Our youth and manhood are due to our country, but our declining years are due to ourselves.

ROTC programs at Ivy League campuses would liberalize the military. That can only be good for this country.

Workers of France, it is for the freedom of the prisoners that you will go to work in Germany! It is for our country that you will go in large numbers!

Today women in many countries are taking part in various types of movements of protest, some of which are serious struggles for economic and social emancipation .

In our country we ask no toleration for religion and its free exercise, but we claim it as an inalienable right.

Otherwise, I spend a lot of time at my boyfriend's home in the country, in New Jersey.

Also the fact that anything he does is seen and heard by the entire country, not just his actual audience or those who live in the region he happens to be in.

The President, the Administration and the campaign need a theme. I am concerned that the President is seen as a tactician without an overall strategy of his plan for the country.

There have existed, in every age and every country, two distinct orders of men - the lovers of freedom and the devoted advocates of power.

Every country I've had different hit records, so we have to change the set to fit the country.

Happy the country that lives on nothing but its wits; cursed be the one that thinks it can get rich by planting or digging or drilling for wealth.

I do the protest stuff. I do country and western. I play both acoustic and electric guitar in a lot of different styles, from loud, psychedelic stuff to quiet finger-picking.

We send missionaries to China so the Chinese can get to heaven, but we won't let them into our country.

Public television goes dark only in two circumstances: when a country is occupied by foreign forces or when there is a coup.

Country things are the necessary root of our life - and that remains true even of a rootless and tragically urban civilization. To live permanently away from the country is a form of slow death.

Statistically, the United States rates number 39 in maternal mortality. This means that it is safer to be pregnant and to give birth in 38 other countries than the USA... and less expensive too.

This country, and the West Coast, especially, is bad at preserving any cultural legacy.

The reality is, the United States has global interests. Our defense budget is about the same as the defense budgets or military budgets of every other country in the world put together.

In the rush for justice it is important not to lose sight of principles the country holds dear.

Until and unless we could disband these militias, this country won't be able to function properly.

Socialist democracy is not, a luxury and its need is not limited to the most advanced industrial countries.

That’s what religion does. It points a finger. It causes wars. It breaks apart countries. It’s a petri dish for stereotypes to grow in. Religion’s not about being holy...Just holier-than-thous.

Going to another country doesn’t make any difference. I’ve tried all that. You can’t get away from yourself by moving from one place to another. There’s nothing to that.

Throughout history, it took centuries for the habits of one culture to materially affect another. Now, that which becomes popular in one country can sweep through others within months.

If the security forces continue to be dominated as they are now by political groups or sects, then the people won't trust in them - and the result will be civil war or fragmentation of the country.

One certainty when you travel is the moment you arrive in a foreign country, the American dollar will fall like a stone.

And at five o'clock in the morning we left to drive to Old Tucson, and I sat with my mouth open in the van. I was stunned by the beauty of that country.

Is [Obama] the worst president ever? He's certainly the most destructive president we've had in terms of tearing apart this country and all of the freedoms that we have fought for.

It's more of a strength model to say that [Vladimir] Putin will do what it takes to defend his country. But that's why Putin is dangerous and Russia is a major cause of concern for us .