Country Quotes · Page 141

One could judge the degree of civilization of a country by the social and political position of its women

— Charles Fourier

English is an Indian language. It reaches a wider audience across the country.

— Shobana

There are people in this country who have waited for decades for affordable health coverage for themselves and their families.

— Kathleen Sebelius

I hope that none of the countries in the Middle East are planning anything but the peaceful utilization of nuclear energy.

— Anonymous

The first condition of understanding a foreign country is to smell it.

— Rudyard Kipling

Even before the earthquake in Haiti, only half the country's population had a source of safe drinking water.

— Marcus Samuelsson

We [the United States] are not every other country. And models that work elsewhere may not have the same impact here.

— Joel Klein

Georgia is not just a European country, but one of the most ancient European countries.

— Anonymous

The commerce of India does not grow, nor does that of Portugal, or of Turkey; that but that of the protected countries…

— Henry Charles Carey

Laos is a deeply Buddhist country, and my visit included a traditional Tak Bat ceremony, in which you get up at sunrise…

— Ben Rhodes

Quite possibly there's nothing as fine as a big freight train starting across country in early summer, Hardesty thought. That's when you…

— Mark Helprin

No country has ever closely scrutinized itself visually ... I know what we could make of it if people only thought we…

— Dorothea Lange

The first white men of your people who came to our country were named Lewis and Clark. They brought many things that…

— Chief Joseph

The life prospects of an American are more dependent on the income and education of his parents than in any of the…

— Joseph Stiglitz

I don't see why we need to stand by and watch a country go communist due to the irresponsibility of its people.…

— Henry A. Kissinger

You grow up in America and you're told from day one, 'This is the land of opportunity.' That everybody has an equal…

— Geoffrey Canada

The evil, Sir, is enormous; the inevitable suffering incalculable. Do not stain the fair fame of the country. . . . Nations…

— Edward Everett

Some people study a text very deeply. The people are my text. I study their words and what their words sound like,…

— Anna Deavere Smith

People thought they were going to make a lot of money. And then at one point, it got too hot, and the…

— Jamie Dimon

The most striking thing Snowden has revealed is the depth of what the NSA and the Five Eyes countries [Australia, Canada, New…

— Laura Poitras

With Yeltsin, the Soviet Union broke apart, the country was totally mismanaged, the constitution was not respected by the regions of Russia.…

— Anonymous

Equally important is the lack of cultivable land for farmers, a profound problem when you take into account that Afghanistan has always…

— Khaled Hosseini

It would be much easier for me to be so tough - the tougher I am on Russia, the better. But you…

— Donald Trump

'This is how democracy works,' Barack Obama lectured the country before giving everyone the specifics of his expansive one-man executive overreach on…

— David Harsanyi

But as a practical matter, Detroit's the sports city in the country.

— Rick Snyder

I like to move around. I travel. I've driven across country by myself.

— Joni Mitchell

There is nothing wrong with us sitting down and arguing that issue that we are a European country.

— Pat Buchanan

For the sake of calm in the country, I am ready to sacrifice my own sanity.

— Alexander Lukashenko

Why should a country have to take on itself a huge burden of managing a totally cash economy?

— Arundhati Bhattacharya

Indonesian people have to regain power, regain control over their own country. And that will never come without a struggle.

— Andre Vltchek

It is my right and my duty as a politician to speak about the problems in our country.

— Geert Wilders

Peace, ... is crucial, because my government aims to hasten Mindanao's development by transforming it into the country's food basket.

— Joseph Estrada

It is hard to have a fashion business in any country, but even more difficult in Ireland.

— John Rocha

If you fall in love with a country and its people, that makes any country warm to you.

— Jane Birkin

We must look to the rising generation for the restoration of the country.

— Robert E. Lee

Whoever would understand the poet Must go into the poet's country. [Ger., Wer den Dichter will verstehen Muss in Dichters Lande gehen.]

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Tennessee is a very country-type state. Maybe I can practice on some type of country-western dance where they'll know what I'm doing.

— Chad Ochocinco

By temperament and disposition and emotions, I'm a liberal; but in my beliefs about what's best for the country, I'm a centrist.

— Jonathan Haidt

Being an MP is about country, constituents, party and self - in that order if you ask me.

— Heidi Allen

It seems stupid to have discovered America only to make it into a copy of another country.

— Edith Wharton