I loved your country [America] before I knew it.

I loved my country, and I hated him.

— Lord Byron

“A year ago, I was at a dinner in Amsterdam when the question came up of whether each of us loved his or her…

— Rebecca Solnit

The America that we knew as the smartest place on the planet is gone with the wind.

— Ben Stein

“My mother did not want to go to America: this much I knew. I knew it by the way she became distracted and impatient…

— Catherine Chung

I grew up in a city. My parents would think there was something wrong with America if they knew I was secretary of agriculture.

— Tom Vilsack

In its heart, America knew that racial segregation was wrong. In its heart, America knows that human life begins before birth.

— Anonymous

Without thinking too much about it in specific terms, I was showing the America I knew and observed to others who might not have…

— Norman Rockwell

The confusing thing, I thought, was that most of America already knew that we were overly reliant on oil, especially on foreign oil. But…

— Chris Van Hollen

I like Tom Wolfe's description of the country: There's America. The coasts are like the parentheses. In between is the country.

— Laura Ingraham

If I had my choice, I wish this country, America, were running great. I wish I could stand up and say, "Wow, this place…

— Donald Trump

New York and Los Angeles are really one city, and the rest of the country is America.

— Marshall Brickman

One of the main purveyors of violence in this world has been this country America.

— Danny Glover

My god will wipe this country (America) from the face of the earth.

— Louis Farrakhan

Australia is a great country. America is a great country. We all have issues and different aspects.

— Patty Mills

“I believe it went like this—and stop me if I’m wrong, Mousey: ‘Listen, we may not be our own continent and everything, but we…

— Elle Lothlorien