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969 Our Country quotes by 682 unique authors
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Democracies have been, and governments called, free; but the spirit of independence and the consciousness of unalienable rights, were never before transfused into the minds…
— Sarah Josepha Hale
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I would say the biggest handicap we have right now is some nutcases in our country that don't believe in global warming. I think they…
— Jimmy Carter
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The first day or so we all pointed to our country. The third or fourth day we were pointing to our continent. By the fifth…
— Unknown Author
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What we need to do is to have a sensible approach to immigration. It needs to be open. It needs to be non-dogmatic and non-bigoted.…
— William J. Clinton
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Our journey is not complete until we find a better way to welcome the striving, hopeful immigrants who still see America as a land of…
— Barack Obama
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Perhaps because the challenges we face in our country are so daunting, we are also tempted by shortcuts. We tell ourselves that if we invent…
— Helen Zille
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If America is destroyed, it may be by Americans who salute the flag, sing the national anthem, march in patriotic parades, cheer Fourth of July…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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Dhoni is the greatest captain of our country. His record is proof of that.
— Sourav Ganguly
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How is it that we can entrust the solutions for the problems that confront our country today to those who are complicit in their creation?
— Cynthia McKinney
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There has come a time when we can no longer remain silent but must speak up for our country which is being sold, abused, mined,…
— Di Morrissey
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We must never forget our responsibilities as politicians to our country and its citizens. We must always remain humble before our people.
— Angela Merkel
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America is woven of many strands; I would recognize them and let it so remain. It's 'winner take nothing' that is the great truth of…
— Ralph Ellison
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The steady character of our countrymen is a rock to which we may safely moor; and notwithstanding the efforts of the papers to disseminate early…
— Thomas Jefferson
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What America needs is to hold to its ancient and well-charted course. Our country was conceived in the theory of local self-government. It has been…
— Calvin Coolidge
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How can we not believe in the greatness of America? How can we not do what is right and needed to preserve this last best…
— Ronald Reagan
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If our country, when pressed with wrongs at the point of the bayonet, had been governed by its heads instead of its hearts, where should…
— Thomas Jefferson
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I join cordially in admiring and revering the Constitution of the United States, the result of the collected wisdom of our country. That wisdom has…
— Thomas Jefferson
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The inducements of interest for observing [neutral] conduct . . . has been to endeavour to gain time to our country to settle and mature…
— George Washington
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[H]owever weak our country may be, I hope we shall never sacrifice our liberties.
— Alexander Hamilton
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Our country, if it does justice to itself, will be the workshop of liberty to the civilized world.
— James Madison
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Our country represents nothing but peaceful intentions toward all the earth, but it ought not to fail to maintain such a military force as comports…
— Calvin Coolidge
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A man is not expected to love his country, lest he make an ass of himself. Yet our country, seen through the mists of smog,…
— Elwyn Brooks White
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With earnest prayers to all my friends to cherish mutual good will, to promote harmony and conciliation, and above all things to let the love…
— Thomas Jefferson
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Our country may be likened to a new house. We lack many things, but we possess the most precious of all - liberty!
— James Monroe
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A nation as such does not give aid to another nation. More precisely, the common citizens of our country, through their taxes, give to the…
— Michael Parenti
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