Country Quotes · Page 181

Drugs and drinking affect every family I know, country and city, middle-class and poor.

— Bonnie Jo Campbell

I discovered in college that country music could be fun adding some swing to it.

— George Strait

I run because I am convinced that this country is on a perilous course and I have such strong feelings about what…

— Robert Kennedy

We fight not to enslave, but to set a country free, and to make room upon the earth for honest men to…

— Anonymous

As I travel across the country speaking about MS, perhaps I can offer others comfort and hope.

— Annette Funicello

Abortion in this country is not about protecting the lives of mothers.

— Mark Robinson

Medical care for the entire country seems to me a basic right. If every other country in the West can do it,…

— Paul Auster

I will continue to dedicate the best years of my life to the country I love.

— Joan Laporta

Now no one can deny the fact that whatever is the state of the affairs in the country, you did not have…

— Tariq Ramadan

Your performance depends on your people. Select the best, train them and back them. When errors occur, give sharper guidance. If errors…

— Donald Rumsfeld

I've been to all 50 states, and traveled this whole country, and 90 percent of the people are good folks. The rest…

— Jeff Foxworthy

I'm very influenced by landscapes, not so much the way places look as the way the names sound. In this country we've…

— Emmylou Harris

From time to time, the irresponsible acts of the Cuban government remind us that this is far more than about the freedom…

— Mel Martinez

We stand with women by fighting for economic security, protecting access to health care and supporting women's leadership across the country

— Barack Obama

I think it's important to maintain this momentum and especially when you are representing your country, you have a lot of pressure…

— Harnaaz Sandhu

I am very proud to be an American. This country has so much potential, I'd just like to see things better, or…

— Hank Aaron

I regret that after 30 years of writing columns in this market, including ten with this newspaper that I love very much,…

— James Lileks

I was on a panel with light skinned Blacks and a famous gay science fiction writer, who were complaining about how Blacks…

— Ishmael Reed

Lebanon, of course, is a country with great problems. Traditionally, they have religious-national groups or ethnic-national groups. They have the Druses. Even…

— Menachem Begin

To be honest, there are many things said about Russia because they have been demonized for years at the behest of the…

— Marine Le Pen

There are something like 300 anti-genocide chapters on college campuses around the country. It's bigger than the anti-apartheid movement. There are something…

— Samantha Power

“War means fighting. The business of the soldier is to fight. Armies are not called out to dig trenches, to throw up…

— Stonewall Jackson

Look, we want freedom and we want liberty in this country. But we've also got to have the guts to stand up…

— Cliff Robertson

I am aware of the responsibility I am taking on as the chancellor. Things have developed very quickly for me in recent…

— Sebastian Kurz

The old brown hen and the old blue sky, Between the two we live and die The broken cartwheel on the hill.

— Wallace Stevens

I do not know of any environmental group in any country that does not view its government as an adversary.

— Gro Harlem Brundtland

The principal contributor to loneliness in this country is television. What happens is that the family 'gets together' alone.

— Ashley Montagu

Nothing genuinely historical was ever lost in this country. For this reason we have two ruling parties: villains and fools.

— Franz Grillparzer

America is not just a country, it's an idea, and real Americans are getting busy.

— Bono

The country in which I live is not my native country, that lies elsewhere, and it must always be the center of…

— Therese of Lisieux

As citizens and children of India - whether we live at home or abroad - we must ask ourselves how we can…

— Ram Nath Kovind

Barack Obama doesn't think this country should be number one. If it were number 35 it'd be fine with him.

— Rush Limbaugh

Each time I come it's amazing to watch the development of this incredible country [China].

— George Osborne

The countries of the American continent and the adjacent islands are for the United States the natural marts of supply and demand.

— Chester A. Arthur

Each Dreamer in our country is more than a mere statistic; he or she is a proud American in everything but official…

— Raja Krishnamoorthi

It is the dream of every player. Imagine winning the World Cup in your own country. It would be the happiest day…

— Paulinho

I believe that we should stop the immigration, the mass immigration from Islamic countries.

— Geert Wilders

Unfortunatelymost westerners form their opinions of Africa based on the reporting and news in their own countries

— Louise Mushikiwabo

Take what women say seriously. That hasn't always happened in this country.

— Tina Smith

The English country-gentleman galloping after a fox — the unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable.

— Oscar Wilde