Country Quotes · Page 287

War, I have always said, forces men to change their standards, regardless of whether their country has won or lost.

— Salvatore Quasimodo

Eradicating violence of every kind in this country is a fight that requires a commitment from every single person.

— Cori Bush

Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president.

— Theodore Roosevelt

I've done a lot of great things playing for this country and this national team in the youth stage.

— Ashlyn Harris

In my country (Belgium), if you sit beside the phone long enough, it will ring and you will be invited to play…

— Jacques Rogge

As for New York City, it is a place apart. There is not its match in any other country in the world.

— Pearl S. Buck

We cannot suffer a person by his affidavit to arraign the whole justice of the country and its administration.

— Tony Abbott

“...I'm not saying I needed my life to be a symphony - I just never thought it'd turn out to be a…

— Brad Meltzer

I think it was seen as a symptom that the Chinese leadership may be really scared about their economy.Why would you want…

— David Wessel

I didn't really know you could make a living in songwriting. I was just very fortunate to have the opportunity to play…

— Sam Hunt

I was in the De Witt Clinton Hight School marching band. One of the worst bands ever formed. When we played the…

— Robert Klein

Free speech and freedom of the press are under attack in the U.K. I cannot return to England, my country, because of…

— Sarah Harrison

The country has always been governed by a coalition but today it is governed by a so-called Grand Coalition which is a…

— George Mikes

Give us some separate territory in this country where our people can go and do something for ourselves. And provide us with…

— Malcolm X

When you close down your borders, you're helping people build up a lot of hate toward you. That ungenerosity is not only…

— Andrew Solomon

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

South Korea from a country that had relatively little primary education became close to universal literacy in the course of 25, 30…

— Amartya Sen

We will not have great questions decided by irrelevant agencies, Our husbands will not come to us, reeking with carnage, for caresses…

— Julia Ward Howe

Spindly branches of buttercups were secreted among gleaming stems still moist at the roots from last night's rain that had washedand refreshed…

— Angela Carter

We have a reputation here in the Pelican State for daring to be different. We live in parishes, not counties. We spend…

— John Bel Edwards

The image of blacks usually is one of people who are suffering from hunger, unemployment, and poverty. The idea of them as…

— Grace Lee Boggs

There is no greater power on this earth than story.” Will paced the length of the room. “People think boundaries and borders…

— Libba Bray

“You yearn to stay in this in-between place, where the beauty of the times you have freshly bade farewell to is still…

— Agnes Chew

Eisenhower managed to begin the Vietnam war by not following his normal instinct of staying out of mischief. In his memoirs, he…

— Gore Vidal

The country will also need 'new forms of social welfare' instead of its current system which is excessively centred on pensions.

— Giorgio Napolitano

People in this country should be able to find economic opportunity and meaningful jobs in the places they grew up.

— Ro Khanna

Normally, I try to get my haircut when I'm in a developing country. Last time, it was in Vietnam.

— Ingvar Kamprad

In the most civilized and progressive countries freedom of discussion is recognized as a fundamental principle.

— C. E. M. Joad

The American journey has not ended. America is always still to build ... West is a country in the mind, and so eternal.

— Archibald MacLeish

As Americans, we go forward, in the service of our country, by the will of God.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

I want us to be a country of free ideas, free markets, and a freedom to dream.

— Eric Swalwell

The future's another country, man... And I still ain't got a passport.

— Zadie Smith

There are the lover and the beloved, but these two come from different countries.

— Carson McCullers

It's like our country is being run by a bunch of bad alcoholic dads right now.

— Patton Oswalt

Horsemeat in many European and Asian countries is consumed as a delicacy.

— Elton Gallegly

The treatment by some towards these young refugees is hideously racist and utterly heartless. What's happening to our country?

— Gary Lineker

I feel like I found a sound that is unique to country music, in my own lane.

— Chris Lane

I've played 100 caps for England, for my country. Being the first black player, I think, is amazing.

— Ashley Cole

Gilani should be loyal to the country, the Constitution and law and not to Zardari alone.

— Nawaz Sharif

We need all those divisions of country music, firing on all cylinders.

— Marty Stuart