Country Quotes · Page 257

The country needs and, unless I mistake its temper, the country demands bold, persistent experimentation .

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

I hope that people understand in order for things to change in our country, we all have to come together and do…

— Kenny Stills

Extreme nationalism objectifies and dehumanizes those from other countries.

— Anonymous

There may be some tough times here in America. But this country has gone through tough times before, and we're going to…

— George W. Bush

You just don't in the 21st century behave in 19th century fashion by invading another country on completely trumped up pre-text,

— John F. Kerry

If Australia wants to be a friend of Asia, it should stop behaving as if it is there to teach us how…

— Mahathir Mohamad

We're trying to win a World Cup for our country, and I think everyone who supports football can get behind that.

— Fran Kirby

I love America. I think it's the best country in the world. But I also think we're not tending to our sauce.

— Thomas Friedman

I'll take no charity! What I get I'll earn by taking it. I would feel no pleasure it being given to me,…

— Lady Gregory

Aside from a few master teachers that we have had over the years, this has been a completely local talent development. But…

— Katherine Dunham

Everyone now has a sacred cow in the tax code. For my money, the most sacred thing of all is our country…

— Ari Fleischer

I think it is important first of all that the president of the United States underscores our commitment to partnering with countries…

— Barack Obama

The reason you write [songs] is because there's something you want to say that is important to you - enough to go…

— Emmylou Harris

Whatever country you go to, you need to definitely follow the rules. So I believe it's very important for people, wherever they…

— David Ortiz

I came home every Friday afternoon, riding the six miles on the back of a big mule. I spent Saturday and Sunday…

— Ida B. Wells

As the contest proceeded, public interest increased and the entire country watched to see which company would win the big government subsidies…

— John Moody

I've always felt that I'm affected by the world, by the way we treat each other, by the way different countries treat…

— PJ Harvey

Today in many western countries, nobody dares question the Holocaust whose nature is questionable. According to the reports I have received, in…

— Ali Khamenei

Since Khomeini's death, the popular appeal of an Islamic state - and of fundamentalism - has surely dimmed. Thinkers still debate and…

— Ruhollah Khomeini

The gold standard did not collapse. Governments abolished it in order to pave the way for inflation. The whole grim apparatus of…

— Ludwig von Mises

All my life I've been involved with racial politics. I was a Freedom Rider in the South. I was the author of…

— Tom Hayden

I was raised in California during the Second World War and into the '50s and everything was fine, everything was great. The…

— Robert Redford

I'm glad mushrooms are against the law, because I took them one time, and you know what happened to me? I laid…

— Bill Hicks

I, however, fear that at some future point there will possibly be concerted backlash against us because of our successes in business…

— Leonard Peltier

I think capital punishment's day is done in this country. I don't think it's fairly applied.

— Oliver North

What country is stabler than Iran? Where else in the world would an assassinated prime minister be so quickly replaced?

— Ruhollah Khomeini

There's no reason people should be hungry in our country. It's not acceptable.

— Scott Borchetta

The working men have no country. We cannot take away from them what they have not got

— Karl Marx

I'm nowhere with country music. I don't hear much of it, so I shouldn't venture an opinion, but when it finds me,…

— Emmylou Harris

The first Black Migration to this country was forced migration. It was the Middle Passage.

— William Barr

To be without sympathy is to be alone in the world--without friends or country, home or kindred.

— Christian Nestell Bovee

America is the freest country on the planet, but for Snowden, this isn't enough. He is a state diplomat in Snowden land.

— Pete Hoekstra

Bhutan is a very serene country with an incredible history. It has an incredible group of great artisans.

— Christian Louboutin

If there's one country that can be trusted to understand the complexity of history, it's Israel.

— Donald Tusk

I think that David Stern is probably the greatest commissioner that any sport has ever had in the history of this country.

— Bill Russell

[Margaret Thatcher] was pretending that running a country was like running a household, which she knew wasn't true.

— Hilary Mantel

Everybody in America has to be part of a shared sacrifice to create opportunity for greatness again for our people and our…

— Chris Christie

George Osborne and David Cameron do not have a positive vision for where they see our country headed.

— Rachel Reeves

Of course, there is no greater honour than to captain your own country.

— Edin Dzeko

To wear the number 10 for your country is a very special thing. This was not only my dream, but the dream…

— Oscar