Country Quotes · Page 196

Well, I have the same vision I think that the Founding Fathers of this country had.

— David Duke

The Russian empire under czars and commissars has been hard to deal with for other countries.

— Henry A. Kissinger

For me, jazz, R&B, jump swing, Chicago blues, country blues, early hillbilly music, and honky tonk all stem from the same source

— Duke Robillard

The country is split. There are - more people voting for Hillary Clinton than Donald Trump, but he's the president.

— John S. Dickerson

I grew up in a country where the environment was very social justice-oriented.

— Moshe Safdie

You people of the South don't know what you are doing. This country will be drenched in blood, and God only knows…

— William Tecumseh Sherman

Horror in your country is something you take a dose of to remind yourself that you are not suffering from it.

— Chris Cleave

In Rome you long for the country. In the country you praise to the skies the distant town.

— Horace

I grew up in Manhattan. For Manhattanites, Brooklyn was the sticks, a second-rate civilization. My friends and I, we were so snobby.…

— William Klein

I think the sensibilities of having grown up in Upstate New York and the concerns, the fears, the hopes of the people…

— David Muir

The truth is that the United States doesn't need, and shouldn't have, a debt ceiling. Every other democratic country, with the exception…

— James Surowiecki

Europe unified its monetary policy through the euro before it unified politically, therefore sustaining member countries' abilities to pursue the kind of…

— Amity Shlaes

And under our system, much like you see in the U.K., of course, a party working with another party can form a…

— Rick Mercer

I know a lot of people say, 'You're an athlete or actor... and you shouldn't speak up.' I think that makes no…

— Brandon Victor Dixon

It's the only sport that's played in every country in the world. It's played and watched all over the world, it's the…

— Claudio Reyna

I think the president-elect [Donald trump] also supports anything we can do to put an end to these sorts of incidents from…

— Reince Priebus

What do we do to just rebuild and focus on creating a big and inclusive tent, where we're focusing on making sure…

— Valerie Jarrett

White men have screwed this country up! I would like a black, female…. everything all rolled into one.I want something different. I…

— Denis Leary

I wanted to be a pop star growing up, but that dream was always tied to acting because there was a show…

— Melissa Barrera

In the meantime, we have just incredible economic disparities and economic despair in this country and an entire generation that is basically…

— Jill Stein

A Classical style... is the syllogism of art, the only legitimate process from one world to another. Classicism is not the manner…

— James Joyce

There is no art or science that is too difficult for industry to attain to; it is the gift of tongues, and…

— Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon

To all of which is added a selection from the elementary schools of subjects of the most promising genius, whose parents are…

— Thomas Jefferson

We're living through an era of higher income inequality than the country has experienced since before the Great Depression. Meanwhile, most people…

— Sasha Abramsky

Children's reading and children's thinking are the rock-bottom base upon which this country will rise.

— Dr. Seuss

The use of methamphetamines has become pervasive in our country, and especially in rural areas.

— Anonymous

I will confine myself to reaffirming the Israel will not be the first country to introduce nuclear weapons to the region.

— Shimon Peres

The Commission on Presidential Debates must be replaced if we want to have a democracy in this country.

— John B. Anderson

I believe that this country's policies should be heavily biased in favor of nondiscrimination.

— William J. Clinton

My hope is that every country in Latin America will make a significant commitment to supporting early childhood development programs.

— Shakira

I'm the first, youngest person in country music to sing at Coachella.

— Mason Ramsey

It is better for a country to have a strong leader, this applies to the United States as well as to Rwanda.

— Paul Kagame

An old-growth forest, a mountain range or a river valley is more important and certainly more loveable than any country will ever…

— Arundhati Roy

Not that money is a driving force. It's an honor to play for your country.

— Payne Stewart

I certainly think Obama is the most hopeful president I've seen in the country since John Kennedy.

— John Irving

Countries are either mothers or fathers, and engender the emotional bristle secretly reserved for either sire.

— Edna O'Brien

In free countries, every man is entitled to express his opinions and every other man is entitled not to listen.

— J. Norman Collie

You had to be into sport and, sad to say, I'm a traitor to my country because I don't have a sporting…

— Geoffrey Rush

No American should be forced to choose between their spouse and their country.

— Andrew Sullivan

“The country music stations plays soft but there's nothing, really nothing to turn off.”

— Bob Dylan