Country Quotes · Page 215

Productive power is the foundation of a country's economic strength.

— Stafford Cripps

Now [in 2016] I have the highest turnout in the state of Minnesota. And Minnesota is the highest turnout state in the country.

— Keith Ellison

When I represent my country I don't think about the number of caps, but about trying to qualify for finals. That's what…

— Darren Fletcher

The United States was founded by the brightest people in the country — and we haven't seen them since.

— Gore Vidal

Italians still know how to enjoy life, even as the country seems stuck in place.

— Matteo Renzi

You, of Canada, are building a magnificent record of achievement. My country rejoices in it.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Country artists have advantages all over the place. The radio support is incredible. The fanbase is rabid, all over.

— Amos Lee

I always remember that I am a representative of my country, and I always think about the culture I'm bringing to people.

— Fedor Emelianenko

We have an incredible warrior class in this country - people in law enforcement, intelligence - and I thank God every night…

— Brad Thor

Hollywood so often likes to make movies that are just about itself. I felt there were a lot of stories that were…

— Sam Jaeger

Have you not learned that not stocks or bonds or stately houses, or products of the mill or field are our country?…

— Benjamin Harrison

I like pork chops and country ham, creamed potatoes, stuff like that. Redeye gravy. It comes from ham, bacon, stuff like that.…

— Elvis Presley

Already, even before we have left the EU, Brexit is damaging our country, our economy, our society and our standing in the…

— Betty Boothroyd

I think that our president should not be representing our country. He has alienated our allies. He continues to lie day in…

— Maxine Waters

You may keep Turkey on the map of Europe, you may call the country by the name of Turkey if you like,…

— Richard Cobden

People talk about this 'bucket list': 'I need to go to this country, I need to skydive.' Whereas I need to think…

— Amy Tan

I remember learning about the Holocaust when I was in kindergarten and being terrified. I think we even watched a graphic video…

— Jill Soloway

“In my own shire, if I was sad Homely comforters I had: The earth, because my heart was sore, Sorrowed for the…

— A.E. Housman

When I came to the Senate in 1997, the world was being redefined by forces no single country controlled or understood. The…

— Chuck Hagel

In truth, my Anglophilia is fundamentally bookish: I yearn for one of those country house libraries, lined on three walls with mahogany…

— Michael Dirda

The very idea that you could have separation between mosque and state from Islam's perspective is the imposition on them of Christian…

— Stanley Hauerwas

Leftist big-government policies have been disastrous for black America just as they were in the countries that most Hispanics emigrated from. But…

— Dennis Prager

Nuclear power generation has been given a thrust by the use of uranium-based fuel which US is set to supply to India…

— Abdul Kalam

I come from a country that is now utterly schizophrenic when it comes to its society, its economy, its politics. There are…

— David Simon

I chose to be this guy. It's who I want to be, and it's always been me - just keepin' it country.

— Jon Pardi

Leadership is a dynamic tension between where a politician thinks his country must go and where his voters want it to go.

— Dick Morris

Dogs in America get more affection than women in most Third World countries.

— Cesar Millan

The future is now. Roll up your sleeves and let your passion flow. The country we carry in our hearts is waiting.

— Bruce Springsteen

The country has undergone a profound social upheaval, the greatest the proletariat has ever known.

— C. L. R. James

I'm all into Jazz; I'm into New Orleans type music. There is country, there is southern gospel. I'm a huge southern gospel…

— Bart Millard

When a historian enters into metaphysics he has gone to a far country from whose bourne he will never return a historian.

— Shailer Mathews

Let not a man glory in this, that he loves his country; let him rather glory in this, that he loves his…

— Bahá'u'lláh

There's an energy about Nashville that I love and I miss. And it's so awesome right now. It has a new energy…

— Trisha Yearwood

Islamic State is not a threat for any particular country but for the entire world. India is alert about IS.

— Rajnath Singh

History will record that the Citizens United decision is one of the worst in the history of our country.

— Bernie Sanders

Investment comes to a halt in a country where sit-ins and protest rallies lead to political chaos.

— Nawaz Sharif

There's not an American in this country free until every one of us is free.

— Jackie Robinson

Until David Bellavia tells me to shut up, I'm going to keep trying to convince him that our country needs him.

— Michael Caputo

Between 1980 and 1990, the number of countries that were classified as 'free' or 'mostly free' increased by about 50%.

— George P. Shultz

We must find a credible route through Brexit to build a better country and go forward together.

— Nicholas Soames