Country Quotes · Page 165

I don't like being flattered. It doesn't suit my English sensibilities. Remember, we are the great country of understatement.

— Martin Parr

India.. a perfectly wonderful country, may have been motivated by a lack of self-esteem.

— William J. Clinton

The protection of our citizens, the spirit and honor of our country, require that force should be interposed to a certain degree.

— Thomas Jefferson

Between 1980 and 2000 the number of patents registered in Israel was 7652 compared with 367 for all the Arab countries combined.

— Niall Ferguson

My position on Speedos changes depending on the country that I'm in. If you're in Europe, it's definitely acceptable.

— Thomas Rhett

Staple a green card to their diploma - welcome to the United States of America! We want those people in our country.

— Mitt Romney

One certainty when you travel is the moment you arrive in a foreign country, the American dollar will fall like a stone.

— Erma Bombeck

Rather than hearing from the city council president, you'd hear from sources all across the country.

— Jack Kelley

To be part of the Ryder Cup is very special. And Valderrama was that for me, even though I wasn't playing. To…

— Seve Ballesteros

I think our failure in the production of good town churches of distinctive character must have struck you often, as it has…

— George Edmund Street

Central and western Pennsylvania has one of the best workforces in the country and this will provide job training, new skills and…

— Bill Shuster

It is my second visit to Korea since the International Junior Athletic Championships in 1992. Both then and now, I felt Korea…

— Cathy Freeman

It was when I realised I had a new nationality: I was in exile. I am an adulterous resident: when I am…

— Suketu Mehta

I know that a Christmas tree farm in Pennsylvania is about the most random place for a country singer to come from,…

— Taylor Swift

We have to build things that we want to see accomplished, in life and in our country, based on our own personal…

— Patsy Mink

It's understandable why a minority that was treated as badly as blacks in this country have been for so long would, when…

— Bill Maher

I have criticized it [Europe], but I repeat: we keep 40 percent of our gold and foreign currency reserves in euros, we…

— Vladimir Putin

I've reported in countries where leaders not only complain about a critical press, but also try to shut it down, throwing reporters…

— Jonathan Karl

Most people, looking back at their childhood, see it as a misty country half-forgotten or only to be remembered through an evocative…

— Anonymous

Finally we promised to limit the birth rate. And this you really didn't believe; you smiled scornfully. Well, even in this things…

— Indira Gandhi

When the kids see the poverty in their neighborhood, but they see these successful kids who come from the countries they come…

— Rafe Esquith

At bottom, the battle has been waged on moral grounds. The country has debated whether a society for which the dignity of…

— William J. Brennan

The desert could not be claimed or owned — it was a piece of cloth carried by winds, never held down by…

— Michael Ondaatje

We have people across this country who are scared to death. Because I could tell you this, as a former federal prosecutor,…

— Chris Christie

The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.

— Thomas Paine

No I don't play bluegrass harmonica or anything like that. I don't listen to country or bluegrass records.

— Adam Granduciel

It was a huge honour to be chosen by the Lions and to lead the side, but the greatest of all is…

— Gareth Thomas

In this country, the only way a minority can get anything done is to make a little noise.

— Jane Fonda

By the time you become the leader of a country, someone else makes all the decisions.

— William J. Clinton

The best thing that could happen for the president Donald Trump, and the country, is a full and credible investigation.

— Marco Rubio

Well, peace is a very expensive commodity in my country, as well as in my region.

— Abiy Ahmed

I don't mind paying higher taxes, because I've done quite well and I'm blessed to live in this country.

— Jamie Dimon

Freedom of the press is a precious privilege that no country can forego.

— Mahatma Gandhi

I have before seen other countries, in the same manner, give themselves to you when you are about to leave them.

— Isak Dinesen

I don't think a country needs to bypass diplomacy, they don't need to attack us under the radar.

— Ayelet Shaked

It is sweet to surve one country by deeds, and it is not absurd to surve her by words.

— Sallust

I think in every country that there is at least one executive who is scared of going crazy.

— Joseph Heller

It's fair to say average Americans think that the average Afghan doesn't want American troops in their country.

— Ashraf Ghani

This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.

— Will Rogers

Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every other country.

— Sinclair Lewis