Rural Quotes

280 Rural quotes by 240 unique authors

It's rural America. It's where I came from. We always refer to ourselves as real America. Rural America, real America, real, real, America. — Dan Quayle
I come from a rural state. People drive 50, 100 miles to and from work every single day. That is true all over America. — Bernie Sanders
Low-income people, racial or ethnic minorities, pregnant women, seniors, people with special needs, people in rural areas - they all have a much harder time… — Bernie Sanders
I was raised in rural south Jersey, and there was no culture there. There was a small library, and that was it. There was nothing… — Patti Smith
Poverty, to be picturesque, should be rural. Suburban misery is as hideous as it is pitiable. — Anthony Trollope
I came from a rural background, and I didn't come in contact with a lot of wealthy people. — Josh Turner
And sometimes people don't realize that 90 percent of the persistent poverty counties are located in rural America. — Tom Vilsack
Rural Americans want leaders who help middle-class communities to plan and prosper over the long-term - not opportunists who reap the rewards for themselves, leaving… — Tom Vilsack
I wish I could give you all the examples over the last two years as secretary of agriculture, where I hear people in rural America… — Tom Vilsack
People don't understand rural America. Sixteen percent of our population is rural, but 40 percent of our military is rural. I don't believe that's because… — Tom Vilsack
President Obama's fight for rural America is personal. He was raised by a single mom and grandparents from Kansas. He hails from a farming state,… — Tom Vilsack
More than half of America's rural counties are losing population and with it, political representation. — Tom Vilsack
There is more potential for economic growth in rural America than at any time in decades. — Tom Vilsack
Over the past two years, the Obama Administration and USDA have worked to build a foundation for sustainable economic growth in rural America. At the… — Tom Vilsack
I belong to the generation of workers who, born in the villages and hamlets of rural Poland, had the opportunity to acquire education and find… — Lech Walesa
Rural communities in Africa, South Asia and Latin America are where the majority of hungry people are and the inequality that exists between women and… — Dionne Warwick
In my wildest imagination, I never thought that the fifth of six children born to Helen and Buddy Watts - in a poor black neighborhood,… — J C Watts
Voting is a Constitutional right. Absent any evidence of fraud, all Americans have a protected right to vote, be they rich or poor, black, Hispanic… — Juan Williams
As Members of Congress we can now engage with our constituents via online innovations like the Huffington Post, while a small business in rural Oregon… — Ron Wyden
Many health care providers, particularly physicians in rural and urban areas, are leaving the Government programs because of inadequate reimbursement rates. — Ron Wyden
Not many sounds in life, and I include all urban and all rural sounds, exceed in interest a knock at the door. — Charles Lamb
Our rural ancestors, with little blest, Patient of labor when the end was rest, Indulged the day that housed their annual grain, With feasts, and… — Alexander Pope
Do we really want to travel in hermetically sealed popemobiles through the rural provinces of France, Mexico and the Far East, eating only in Hard… — Anthony Bourdain
I mean, if Hardee's is urban, I'm not sure I want to see rural. — John Green
And before long there will be no more milk in bottles delivered to the doorstep or sleepy rural pubs, and the countryside will be mostly… — Bill Bryson

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