Quotes with country

Quotes 361 till 380 of 741.

  • Brent Scowcroft Many Sunnis, who are still stuck in the Saddam era mindset and believe Iraq belongs to them, are trying to prevent a new country from developing at all.
    Brent Scowcroft
    American US Air Force officer (1925 - 2020)
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  • Bjork Maybe it's just a personal thing, but I get so much grounding from Iceland because I know it's always going to be there. I have a very happy, healthy relationship with the country, so it's really easy to go everywhere because I always have Iceland to go back to.
    Bjork
    Icelandic singer, songwriter and actress (1965 - )
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  • Thomas Jefferson Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains.
    Thomas Jefferson
    American statesman (1743 - 1826)
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  • Barbara Boxer More than anything, I think as our country matures, we recognize that women deserve to be treated with respect and dignity.
    Barbara Boxer
    American politician (1940 - )
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  • Carlisle Floyd Most of the important composers in our country are clustered in the Northeast.
    Carlisle Floyd
    American opera composer
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  • Bobbie Ann Mason Most of the time I was in the Northeast, I lived in the country, and I think that helped me to discover my material for writing.
    Bobbie Ann Mason
    American novelist and short story writer
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  • Thomas Paine My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.
    Thomas Paine
    English-born American political activist, philosopher, political theor (1737 - 1809)
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  • William Lloyd Garrison My country is the world; my countrymen are mankind.
    William Lloyd Garrison
    American abolitionist, journalist and suffragist (1805 - 1879)
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  • Herbert Hoover My country owes me nothing. It gave me, as it gives every boy and girl, a chance. It gave me schooling, independence of action, opportunity for service and honor. In no other land could a boy from a country village, without inheritance or influential friends, look forward with unbounded hope.
    Herbert Hoover
    American engineer, businessman and politician (1874 - 1964)
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  • Carl Schurz My country right or wrong; when right, to keep her right; when wrong, to put her right.
    Carl Schurz
    American statesman, journalist, and reformer (1829 - 1906)
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  • Gilbert Keith Chesterton My country wrong or right, is like saying my mother, drunk or sober.
    Gilbert Keith Chesterton
    English writer (1874 - 1936)
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  • Brigitte Bardot My country, France, my homeland, my land is again invaded by an overpopulation of foreigners, especially Muslims.
    Brigitte Bardot
    French fashion model, singer and actress (1934 - )
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  • John F. Kennedy My fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country.
    Inaugural, 20-01-1961
    John F. Kennedy
    American politician (1917 - 1963)
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  • Junot Diaz My greatest responsibility is to acknowledge the mistakes and the shortcomings of the country in which I live, to acknowledge my privileges, and to try to make it a better place.
    (2008)
    Junot Diaz
    Dominican-American writer (1968 - )
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  • Ahmed Ben Bella My life has been a bit special, this is true. I participated in the liberation of my country. I was one of the organisers of its struggle for liberation. I likewise actively participated in all the struggles for liberation.
    Ahmed Ben Bella
    Algerian politician, socialist soldier and revolutionary (1916 - 2012)
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  • Bidzina Ivanishvili My main capital isn't the money. I respect myself; I respect my country.
    Bidzina Ivanishvili
    Georgian politician, billionaire businessman and philanthropist (1956 - )
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  • Blake Farenthold My message on immigration is that the people who want to come to this country, by and large, even those who have done it illegally, are coming for the right reasons, not to take advantage of our welfare system.
    Blake Farenthold
    American politician and lobbyist (1961 - )
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  • Brandi Carlile My mother's a singer and my mother's father is a singer, and everyone on both sides are all country-western bluegrass musicians.
    Brandi Carlile
    American singer-songwriter and producer (1981 - )
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  • Buzz Aldrin My own American Dream was to serve my country as best I could and make a difference in America - and in the world.
    Buzz Aldrin
    American former astronaut, engineer and fighter (1930 - )
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  • Big Smo Myself, I'm just a simple country boy who spent time on the streets and developed a style of writing and rapping and a cool sound that people seem to enjoy.
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