Quotes with country

Quotes 601 till 620 of 741.

  • Ayaan Hirsi Ali They decided to let immigrants in and I am an immigrant. They gave us a chance to participate in this country's life and I took it.
    Ayaan Hirsi Ali
    Somali-born Dutch-American activist, feminist and author (1969 - )
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  • Gilbert Keith Chesterton They died to save their country and they only saved the world.
    Gilbert Keith Chesterton
    English writer (1874 - 1936)
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  • Bhumibol Adulyadej They say that a kingdom is like a pyramid: the king on top and the people below. But in this country, it's upside down.
    Bhumibol Adulyadej
    Thai King (1927 - 2016)
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  • Joseph Conrad They talk of a man betraying his country, his friends, his sweetheart. There must be a moral bond first. All a man can betray is his conscience.
    Joseph Conrad
    In Poland born English writer (1857 - 1924)
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  • Ernest Hemingway They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for ones country. But in modern war there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason.
    Notes on the Next War (1935)
    Ernest Hemingway
    American writer (1899 - 1961)
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  • Will Rogers Things in our country run in spite of government, not by aid of it.
    Will Rogers
    American actor and humorist (1879 - 1935)
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  • John F. Kennedy This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.
    John F. Kennedy
    American politician (1917 - 1963)
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  • Will Rogers This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.
    Will Rogers
    American actor and humorist (1879 - 1935)
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  • Will Rogers This country has gotten where it is in spite of politics, not by the aid of it. That we have carried as much political bunk as we have and still survived shows we are a super nation.
    Will Rogers
    American actor and humorist (1879 - 1935)
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  • Byron Dorgan This country is about, in my judgment, aggressive, open debate. There is an old saying: When everyone is thinking the same thing, no one is thinking very much.
    Byron Dorgan
    American author, businessman (1942 - )
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  • Byron Dorgan This country needs to get a backbone and stand up for its economic interest.
    Byron Dorgan
    American author, businessman (1942 - )
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  • Abraham Lincoln This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can excercise their constitutional right of amending it, or excercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Boris Johnson This is an absolute turning point in the story of our country because I think if we go on with being enmeshed in the E.U., it will continue to erode our democracy. That is something that worries me.
    Boris Johnson
    British politician and author (1964 - )
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  • Bhagat Singh This is not the time to marry. My country is calling me. I have taken a vow to serve the country with my heart and soul.
    Bhagat Singh
    Indian socialist revolutionary (1907 - 1931)
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  • Elbert Hubbard This will never be a civilized country until we expend more money for books than we do for chewing gum.
    Elbert Hubbard
    American writer and publisher (1856 - 1915)
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  • Lord George Byron Though I love my country, I do not love my countrymen.
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
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  • Bainbridge Colby Thus, only in a hopeful and confident temper, in a proud and constructive spirit, will we rescue the present and safeguard the future of our beloved country.
    Bainbridge Colby
    American politician and attorney (1869 - 1950)
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  • Ari Fleischer To avoid a military conflict, Saddam Hussein has no other choice than to leave the country.
    Ari Fleischer
    American media consultant and political aide (1960 - )
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  • Edmund Burke To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.
    Edmund Burke
    English politician and philosopher (1729 - 1797)
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  • Charles Kuralt To read the papers and to listen to the news... one would think the country is in terrible trouble. You do not get that impression when you travel the back roads and the small towns do care about their country and wish it well.
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