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title: "10 Wrong Country Quotes by 10 authors"
description: "Browse 10 Wrong Country quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Wrong Country sayings and thoughts."
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> [I'd always somehow felt slightly as if I'd been born in the wrong country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-hitchens/i-d-always-somehow-felt-slightly-as-if-i-d-been-born-in-the-wrong/)

[Christopher Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-hitchens/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a22/christopher-hitchens-117_always_i-d-always-somehow-felt-slightly-as-if-i_977083.jpg)

> [My country, right or wrong, but still my country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-decatur/my-country-right-or-wrong-but-still-my-country/)

[Stephen Decatur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-decatur/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50c/stephen-decatur-62964_country_my-country-right-or-wrong-but-still-my-c_1736629.png)

> [You're not too fat; you're just in the wrong country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/you-re-not-too-fat-you-re-just-in-the-wrong-country/)

[Erica Jong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-jong/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ef/erica-jong-445_country_you-re-not-too-fat-you-re-just-in-the-wr_3045251.jpg)

> [The media bubble is the ultimate symbol of what's wrong with this country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-bannon/the-media-bubble-is-the-ultimate-symbol-of-what-s-wrong-with-this/)

[Steve Bannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-bannon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a61/steve-bannon-4050_bubble_the-media-bubble-is-the-ultimate-symbol_113407.jpg)

> [Do whatever you want, but you can't be wrong towards your own country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alok-nath/do-whatever-you-want-but-you-can-t-be-wrong-towards-your-own-country/)

[Alok Nath](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alok-nath/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b1/alok-nath-6874_country_do-whatever-you-want-but-you-can-t-be-wr_3186449.jpg)

> [If things are going wrong in a country, it's not usually that we don't have enough foreigners. It's usually that we have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rory-stewart/if-things-are-going-wrong-in-a-country-it-s-not-usually-that-we-don-t/)

[Rory Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rory-stewart/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/121/rory-stewart-11028_country_if-things-are-going-wrong-in-a-country-i_303907.jpg)

> [The U.S. invaded the wrong country, destroying an odious government that was not responsible for 9/11. I don't know how you recover…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-engel/the-u-s-invaded-the-wrong-country-destroying-an-odious-government/)

[Richard Engel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-engel/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f77/richard-engel-3133_country_the-u-s-invaded-the-wrong-country-destro_910393.jpg)

> [We cannot pretend we do not have problems; we cannot pretend things are not wrong in our country. A lot of things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winnie-madikizela-mandela/we-cannot-pretend-we-do-not-have-problems-we-cannot-pretend-things/)

[Winnie Madikizela-Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winnie-madikizela-mandela/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c11/winnie-madikizela-mandela-1311_country_we-cannot-pretend-we-do-not-have-problem_2859904.jpg)

> [I look at America... people say, 'What is wrong with this country?' That is what's wrong with this country. Right there. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-macarthur/i-look-at-america-people-say-what-is-wrong-with-this-country-that-is/)

[John MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-macarthur/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/064/john-macarthur-1117_america_i-look-at-america-people-say-what-is-wro_725432.jpg)

> [If you are not financially independent by the time you are forty or fifty, it doesn't mean that you are living in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-rohn/if-you-are-not-financially-independent-by-the-time-you-are-forty-or/)

[Jim Rohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-rohn/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2d/jim-rohn-243_business-plan_if-you-are-not-financially-independent-b_2993030.jpg)

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