Quotes with country-town

Quotes 241 till 260 of 817.

  • Jonathan Swift I never saw, heard, nor read, that the clergy were beloved in any nation where Christianity was the religion of the country. Nothing can render them popular, but some degree of persecution.
    Jonathan Swift
    English writer (1667 - 1745)
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  • Giuseppe Garibaldi I offer neither pay, nor quarters, nor food; I offer only hunger, thirst, forced marches, battles and death. Let him who loves his country with his heart, and not merely with his lips, follow me.
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  • Nathan Hale I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.
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  • Benazir Bhutto I put my life in danger and came here because I feel this country is in danger. People are worried. We will bring the country out of this crisis.
    At the rally in Rawalpindi after which she was assassinated. (27 December 2007)
    Benazir Bhutto
    Pakistani politician (1953 - 2007)
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  • Abigail Adams I regret the narrow contracted education of the females of my own country.
    Letter to John Adams (30 June 1778)
    Abigail Adams
    Wife of John Adams (1744 - 1818)
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  • Anthony Weiner I see a trend here where the President seems to think his job is to count votes and then try to make a deal That's what we in legislatures do. Mr. Obama's job is to travel the country, fight for the values that he cares about.
    Anthony Weiner
    American politician (1964 - )
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  • Simone Weil I suffer more from the humiliations inflicted by my country than from those inflicted on her.
    Simone Weil
    French philosopher (1909 - 1943)
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  • Harold Pinter I think it is the responsibility of a citizen of any country to say what he thinks.
    Harold Pinter
    English playwright, screenwriter and director (1930 - 2008)
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  • Ann Veneman I think it's a little early to tell what the economic impact will be. This year our cattle prices have been particularly high. The demand for beef has remained strong in this country, even though there was the single find in Canada earlier this year.
    Ann Veneman
    American politician (1949 - )
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  • Anne Northup I think one of the political problems we have in this country is the perspective that all soccer moms think alike, all African-Americans think alike.
    Anne Northup
    American politician and educator (1948 - )
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  • Ann Veneman I think that's unjustified criticism. We have had a number of measures in place in this country for several years to mitigate the possibility of mad cow spreading in this country. We have found a single case.
    Ann Veneman
    American politician (1949 - )
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  • Thomas Jefferson I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.
    Thomas Jefferson
    American statesman (1743 - 1826)
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  • Eleanor Roosevelt I used to tell my husband that, if he could make me 'understand' something, it would be clear to all the other people in the country.
    Eleanor Roosevelt
    American "First Lady" and columnist (1884 - 1962)
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  • Buzz Osborne I want to travel around the country and make my living playing music. I also try to behave in a way that I would appreciate as a music fan. That's how we conduct ourselves, be it in writing music or playing it live.
    Buzz Osborne
    American guitarist, vocalist and songwriter (1964 - )
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  • Antonio Tabucchi I was born in the Second World War during the Nazi invasion of my country.
    Antonio Tabucchi
    Italian writer and academic (1943 - )
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  • Andrew Jackson I weep for the liberty of my country when I see at this early day of its successful experiment that corruption has been imputed to many members of the House of Representatives, and the rights of the people have been bartered for promises of office.
    Andrew Jackson
    American president (7th) (1767 - 1845)
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  • Nelson Algren I went out there for a thousand a week, and I worked Monday, and I got fired Wednesday. The guy that hired me was out of town Tuesday.
    Nelson Algren
    American writer (1909 - 1981)
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  • Nathaniel Hawthorne I wonder that we Americans love our country at all, it having no limits and no oneness; and when you try to make it a matter of the heart, everything falls away except one's native State; -neither can you seize hold of that, unless you tear it out of the Union, bleeding and quivering.
    Nathaniel Hawthorne
    American short story writer (1804 - 1864)
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  • Neil Kinnock I would die for my country, but I could never let my country die for me.
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  • Samuel Johnson I would rather be attacked than unnoticed. For the worst thing you can do to an author is to be silent as to his works. An assault upon a town is a bad thing; but starving it is still worse.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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