Own Country Quotes

157 Own Country quotes by 139 unique authors

In a funny way, nothing makes you feel more like a native of your own country than to live where nearly everyone is not. — Bill Bryson
I always see America as really belonging to the Native Americans. Even though I'm American, I still feel like a visitor in my own country. — Nicolas Cage
The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one's own country as… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for… — Winston Churchill
We will convey our deep appreciation for the Islamic faith, which has done so much over the centuries to shape the world - including in… — Barack Obama
I am the maker of my own fortune, and Oh! that I could make that of my Red People, and of my country, as great… — Tecumseh
Everyone loathes his own country and countrymen if he is any sort of artist. — Lawrence Durrell
In this situation, it becomes vital that our own country orient its policies in consonance with this basic evolutionary condition rather than pursue a course… — Douglas MacArthur
Abuse of power isn't limited to bad guys in other nations. It happens in our own country if we're not vigilant. — Clint Eastwood
The progression of physical science is much more connected with your prosperity than is usually imagined. You owe to experimental philosophy some of the most… — Humphry Davy
American citizens are instrumental in carrying on a traffic in enslaved Africans, equally in violation of the laws of humanity and in defiance of those… — James Madison
It is an object of vast magnitude that systems of education should be adopted and pursued which may not only diffuse a knowledge of the… — Noah Webster
A fine genius in his own country is like gold in the mine. — Benjamin Franklin
I sincerely wish you may find it convenient to come here. the pleasure of the trip will be less than you expect, but the utility… — Thomas Jefferson
Good people are seldom fully recognised during their lifetimes, and here, there are serious problems of corruption. One day it will be realised that my… — Alice Stewart
No man is a hero in his own country. — John Monash
During Congress rule terrorism was countered effectively and firmly, whereas during the BJP regime terrorists were treated like guests and released in their own country. — Sonia Gandhi
To me... it appears that there have been differences of opinion and party differences, from the first establishment of government to the present day, and… — Thomas Jefferson
...their callous indifference to the plight of children streaming across the border, fleeing horrific circumstances in their own country. Republicans are simply strangled by extremism.… — Debbie Wasserman Schultz
In my own country, many of the movies in recent years express our innate fears about what awaits us. They are apocalyptic visions that leave… — Hillary Clinton
We shall try to spirit the penniless population across the border by procuring employment for it in the transit countries, while denying it any employment… — Theodor Herzl
If I'm the president of the United States, I walk right into Union Square, I set up my little presidential podium, and I say, 'Listen,… — Bill O'Reilly
Through our own creative experience we came to know that the real tradition in art is not housed only in museums and art galleries and… — Lawren Harris
It continues to defy explanation why liberals who theoretically love liberty, equality, tolerance and moderation, should find so much to despise in their own country,… — Mona Charen
When the Kerner Commission told white America what black America has always known, that prejudice and hatred built the nation’s slums, maintains them and profits… — Shirley Chisholm

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