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title: "5 Country Reason Quotes by 4 authors"
description: "Browse 5 Country Reason quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best Country Reason sayings and thoughts."
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> [We're absolutely American and distinctly so, I think. That's part of what people respond to outside of this country, part of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-stipe/we-re-absolutely-american-and-distinctly-so-i-think-that-s-part-of/)

[Michael Stipe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-stipe/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07a/michael-stipe-6714_absolutely_we-re-absolutely-american-and-distinctly_119827.png)

> [But we're very much an American band and that's that. I think that's part of the appeal outside of this country and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-stipe/but-we-re-very-much-an-american-band-and-that-s-that-i-think-that-s/)

[Michael Stipe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-stipe/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfe/michael-stipe-6714_american_but-we-re-very-much-an-american-band-and_568472.png)

> [“Men's willingness to die for his country, is the reason he has to.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/men-s-willingness-to-die-for-his-country-is-the-reason-he-has-to/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/726/anonymous-1_war_men-s-willingness-to-die-for-his-country_1052647.jpg)

> [Nothing genuinely historical was ever lost in this country. For this reason we have two ruling parties: villains and fools.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-grillparzer/nothing-genuinely-historical-was-ever-lost-in-this-country-for-this/)

[Franz Grillparzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-grillparzer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e4/franz-grillparzer-1602_country_nothing-genuinely-historical-was-ever-lo_1191751.png)

> [Canada has one of the highest rates of insanity in any civilized country and one reason might be that life in many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robertson-davies/canada-has-one-of-the-highest-rates-of-insanity-in-any-civilized/)

[Robertson Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robertson-davies/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0f/robertson-davies-834_canada_canada-has-one-of-the-highest-rates-of-i_1615014.png)

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