Country Quotes · Page 58

Those who think of freedom in this country as one long, broad path leading ever onward and upward are dead damned wrong.

— Molly Ivins

I grew up thinking anything was possible simply because of seeing women in power - like, you know, running the country. Which…

— Mira Nair

The issue has two dimensions. One is the legal dimension and the other one is the issue at the realpolitik. [In the]…

— Akbar Ganji

Every country has its own reality and its own leaders, and the leaders act in accordance with their reality.

— Salvador Allende

I don't think that I can tell any story better than the story of my own country, than the stories of my…

— Mahira Khan

Since China has a population of 1.1 billion, it won't feel lonely even if it becomes the only socialist country.

— Li Peng

Feminism is a word that I identify with. The term has become synonymous with vitriolic man-hating but it needs to come back…

— Annie Lennox

Russia is a European country, and so we'd better, if we want a powerful Europe, negotiate with Russia.

— Marine Le Pen

Countries were told they had no incentives because of social ownership. The solution was privatization and profit, profit, profit. Privatization would replace…

— Joseph Stiglitz

What we found out with Katrina is that the country is still unable to deal with disaster, .. God forbid this happens…

— Warren Rudman

A man who is seeking to understand violence does not belong to any country, to any religion, to any political party or…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

The principal sponsors of the terrorists are not religious fanatics. "Palestine's Yasser Arafat, Iraq's Saddam Hussein, and Syria's Assad family have made…

— William F. Buckley, Jr

Partly because of the desperate economic situation in the country, what were once the leading institutions of conservatism are constrained.

— David Frum

Having hits buries a singer in the past. A lot of singers hide in the past because it's safer back there. If…

— Bob Dylan

I think we all [americans] think we're a special country. But the question is, what - what call does that give us?

— Chris Matthews

Hopelessly uneconomic on any substantial scale, since it requires a conventional power back-up for when the wind stops blowing, forests of wind…

— Nigel Lawson

The Philippines is a terrible name, coming from Spain. Phillip II was the father of the inquisition, who I believe died of…

— Imelda Marcos

Terrorism should be seen in the light of the country's security and not from the narrow perspective of caste, creed and religion.

— Oscar Fernandes

We love our country, not because it is perfect in everything, but it manages to touch our heart despite all its imperfections…

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

The obesity epidemic among American children is becoming so bad that I think there's a growing realization across the country that we've…

— Eric Schlosser

The groves and thickets of smaller trees are full of blooming evergreen vines. These vines are not arranged in separate groups, or…

— John Muir

President Obama has brought this country back economically so far from where we were when he took office, and Hillary Clinton is…

— Joaquin Castro

For over five years this man [Winston Churchill] has been chasing around Europe like a madman in search of something he could…

— Adolf Hitler

It is one thing to go into combat, but quite another to go in with the sapping knowledge that what you do…

— Nicholas Soames

I think that the important point is we've got to have a president who understands the benefits of free trade but also…

— Barack Obama

“In the psychological literature, depression is often seen as a defense against sadness. But I'll take sadness any day. There is no…

— Martha Manning

You got to understand, Arthur Alexander was there with us, and some of his crew. It was in the '50s in Alabama.…

— Donnie Fritts

If we're living in a free country,we should be free to do what we want to do if we're not hurting anyone…

— Woody Harrelson

We don't have enough money to rebuild our own country if we're rebuilding everyone else's countries.

— Rand Paul

We're all not going to agree on the same things, but that's what makes this country so great.

— J. D. Martinez

Jaws was still a handsome, big guy. He got the girl. He was my favorite villain. I tried to make this guy…

— Rick Yune

Almost every truly creative being alienated & expatriated in his own country

— Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Small and mid-sized companies in this country historically have been responsible for creating the overwhelming majority of new jobs in the private…

— Michael Milken

Wealthier countries have the luxury of entertaining fears the rest of the world cannot afford.

— Eula Biss

My first car was kind of sad. My first car was when my parents had completely worn out their Toyota Corolla that…

— Ethan Hawke

For the production of man a different apprenticeship [from forests] was needed to sharpen the wits and quicken the higher manifestations of…

— Raymond Dart

Let us not ignore the truth among ourselves ... politically we are the aggressors and they defend themselves... The country is theirs,…

— David Ben-Gurion

I am on the side of the working person across the country.

— Pramila Jayapal

There is number of different efforts around the country are to try to redesign the math pathway and the courses that students…

— Anya Kamenetz

The US spends more on energy R&D than all other countries put together, and I personally consider it quite inadequate.

— Bill Gates