Country Quotes · Page 165

It is hard to cement any relations with any country based on promises that may not be deliverable.

— Jim Leach

I am a fierce supporter of Planned Parenthood, NARAL, and gay rights in this country.

— Bernie Sanders

Fortifications, artillery, foreign aid - will be of no value, unless the ordinary soldier knows that it is HE guarding his country

— Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim

We're all doing it for the love of the sport. We want to make Canada proud. I'm so fortunate to skate in…

— Cindy Klassen

Hemp is of first necessity to the wealth & protection of the country.

— Thomas Jefferson

As labor creates the wealth of the country, we demand the passage of such laws as may be necessary to protect it…

— John Peter Altgeld

Labor in this country is independent and proud. It has not to ask the patronage of capital, but capital solicits the aid…

— Daniel Webster

I say let Matteo Renzi work. He took over a country that was in disarray, not florid. And not the other way…

— Franca Sozzani

I'm not drawn to actresses, but I have no rules about that. I just want to be around positive people. The toughest…

— Travis Fimmel

I was the father whom everyone looked up to and people could watch my films with the entire family. But then too…

— Alok Nath

I don't think people understand the awesomeness of the destruction of this country - its institutions, its infrastructure, its law, its morals.

— Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

I think Canadians are more interested in international events than Americans because it is such a small country, so politics affect it…

— Jordan Peterson

I'm the only candidate which has a policy about how to bring economic opportunity - using clean, renewable energy as the key…

— Hillary Clinton

I don't even blame pseudo-refugees for trying to have a better life in Holland. I blame our government for allowing it to…

— Geert Wilders

Of course Meghan Markle wasn't driven out of this country by racism. It is a ludicrous claim and symptomatic of how ridiculous…

— Ann Widdecombe

Unfettered market American-style capitalism doesn't work. Developing countries can't afford that kind of luxury. They just can't afford it. Period. If there's…

— Joseph Stiglitz

Independent economists say immigration reform will grow our economy and shrink our deficits by almost $1 trillion in the next two decades.…

— Barack Obama

One of the greatest concerns that I had when I became President was the vast array of nuclear weapons in the arsenals…

— Jimmy Carter

It is a terrible error to let any natural impulse, physical or mental, stagnate. Crush it out, if you will, and be…

— Aleister Crowley

Over the long term, the eclipse rate of great civilizations being overtaken is 100%. So you know how it's going to end.…

— Charlie Munger

Country music is different because we [musicians] are all actually happy for each other. We're all friends. It's a little family. So…

— Miranda Lambert

I think I first realized I wanted to be in country music and be an artist when I was 10. And I…

— Taylor Swift

Well, I think when you come here and wave a Mexican flag in our face in a country that's giving a lot…

— Henry Bonilla

Korea and the U.S. have maintained a combined forces command system for a long time. Even if we were to get operational…

— Moon Jae-in

The fact that we're Olympic champions and we don't have any professional teams in our home country is pretty unacceptable.

— Stephanie Labbe

The most romantic region of every country is that where the mountains unite themselves with the plains or lowlands.

— Mary Wortley Montagu

Because we are a small country, unlike England, Italy, or Brazil, we don't have as many good players.

— Dimitar Berbatov

Political stability was at most a factor in assessing developing countries or Russia. It is now also an issue in Western democracies.

— Nicholas Bloom

It is very unusual for a country to ask guys who are not politicians to come and run the country.

— Mario Monti

I think we all have a tendency to feel like, "Well, what can I do? I can't influence the government or politics…

— Joseph Gordon-Levitt

I would vote for a Muslim if he or she was the best candidate able to lead the country and defend our…

— John McCain

Be who you are, do what you do and let us get on with discussing the real issues of this country.

— Maxine Waters

It is very expensive to give bad medical care to poor people in a rich country.

— Paul Farmer

Sports is a unique thing in our country. It's so influential. It's almost like a sacrament for religion.

— Jaylen Brown

Rich people, God bless us. We deserve all the opportunities to make sure our country and our blessings continue to the next…

— Hillary Clinton

I'm not a traditional country artist, but I do think I'm in the tradition of people like Jim Reeves and Marty Robbins.

— B. J. Thomas

I was criticised for making 'Devdas' so ostentatious. But stark and realistic cinema isn't the only real cinema in this country.

— Sanjay Leela Bhansali

A country the size of Brazil can't be held back by Mercosur to do trade with the rest of the world.

— Jair Bolsonaro

Yon Sun that sets upon the sea We follow in his flight; Farewell awhile to him and thee, My native land-Good Night!

— Lord Byron

I have resolve. It's an important human quality when one has incredibly important work to do on behalf of the country.

— Alejandro Mayorkas