Country Quotes · Page 170

A country cannot make progress while leaving half of its population behind.

— Melanne Verveer

It's one of the things I love most about being an author - seeing the different covers from each country.

— Alexander Gordon Smith

We are the only country who is an ally of the United States that never asked for American soldiers.

— Shimon Peres

China is not a country, it's a continent. India is not a country, it's a continent.

— Jan Chipchase

America's honor, your honor is at stake. Go out and preserve the greatest country in the history of the world.

— Rick Santorum

I just want to be a free writer. I think I am serving my country and my people by providing an independent…

— Jamal Khashoggi

When people ask me exactly how much time I spend in each country, I always tell them I have no idea.

— Utada Hikaru

I want to remain that family farmer independence, which I think is so critical to this country. I think it's helped build…

— Jon Tester

Methamphetamine is a highly dangerous drug that is wreaking havoc on families and communities throughout this country. The drug's use is spreading…

— Rick Larsen

There is far too little discussion in Washington about the collapse of the middle class , almost no discussion at all about…

— Bernie Sanders

I hope that a German foreign policy in 2028 will be part of a European foreign policy, because even the strong country…

— Sigmar Gabriel

I have a Husky named Blu. One would think, given his country of origin, that he would love a cold water bath,…

— Pranitha Subhash

There can be no fifty-fifty Americanism in this country. There is room here for only 100% Americanism, only for those who are…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Devolving APD to Scotland is merely tinkering with it. We have to get shot of this hated tax right across the country…

— Brian Donohoe

I went to boarding school in the country, so there's no real differentiation between family and friends. I went there from when…

— Jamie Campbell Bower

People who are registered to vote should vote. I vote all the time. If I'm not in the country, I do it…

— Peter Stormare

The very greatest genius, after all, is not the greatest thing in the world, any more than the greatest city in the…

— Leigh Hunt

The left portray Donald Trump as somebody that's a walking mental midget, that literally has no idea what he's done here by…

— Rush Limbaugh

My father announced early on that he didn't want his sons to be "country club bums." And for a number of reasons,…

— Charles Koch

And lest we get on our high horse and think this is unique to some other place, remember that during the Crusades…

— Barack Obama

Let me tell you what would be a really, really great project for all of us. Why don't we start mentoring kids?…

— John Kasich

Gays and lesbians gained rights in this country though activism and organizing, creating political space and demanding change so that lawmakers and…

— Pramila Jayapal

I don't in any way underestimate the difficulties, because it's only gotten harder. But I do think you just have to go…

— Hillary Clinton

President Chavez has always been a loyal friend of Gaddafi, assassinated in the crudest way possible. Europe should think about the bombings…

— Nicolas Maduro

Well, I write in exile because I cannot return to my country, so I have no choice but to see myself as…

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

It is a great advantage to a President, and a major source of safety to the country, for him to know he…

— Calvin Coolidge

I've often dreamed about going back to Nigeria, but that's a very romantic notion. It's a hideous country to go to in…

— Hugo Weaving

Is 'Raindrops' a country song? I think it's a little bit of a stretch, but OK.

— B. J. Thomas

Class is not a fixed designation in this country. We are an upwardly mobile society with a lot of movement between income…

— Paul Ryan

It is in times of great tragedy when the true spirit of our wonderful country unites as one.

— Jim Gerlach

Betty Ford and I were colleagues for years, working together for women's rights in Washington, D.C., and elsewhere in the country.

— Karen DeCrow

If I wanted to be a pop singer, I would have done that 20 years ago. I love country music.

— Chely Wright

My parents were desperately trying to become documented citizens of this country and tried very hard to get there, but to no…

— Diane Guerrero

If Sakshi can be successful in her field, so can any other woman in our country.

— Geeta Phogat

Never before in our country's history has a generation been so empowered, so wealthy, so privileged - and yet so empty.

— Ben Shapiro

Brexit divided the country, divided families, and people's respect for a democracy has struggled.

— Lindsay Hoyle

America is still a country of choices and options. And I have a lot of them.

— Hank Williams, Jr

I don't believe in dynasties; I don't believe in coronations. That is not how it works in this country.

— Norman Braman

Whoever controls the volume of money in any country is absolute master of all industry and commerce.

— James A. Garfield

It is time we recognised the huge contribution that migration has made to the economic growth of this country.

— Jeremy Corbyn