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Quotes About Countries

The EU is not a country and it's not going to become a country, in my view, now or ever in the future. It is a group of countries working together.
~ William Hague
I have a neighbor who knows 200 types of wine. ... I only know two types of wine - red and white. But my neighbor only knows two types of countries - industrialized and developing. And I know 200.
~ Hans Rosling
If countries were people, England and France would be old men. Italy would be dead. Compared with them, America is in its 20s.
~ will.i.am
To the lover of pure wildness Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
~ John Muir
I'm a citizen of the U.S.A but I also travel around the world and love other countries like the UK as if it was my own. I love your tolerance and preservation of the arts.
~ will.i.am
I asked Tom if countries always apologized when they had done wrong and he said: "Yes: the little one does."
~ Mark Twain
The trouble with all these other countries is they're all being run by foreigners.
~ Anonymous
You have made a very good point: both the Prime Minister [Shindzo Abe] and I enjoy a fairly high level of trust among the citizens of our countries.
~ Vladimir Putin
Emphasizing a lifestyle based on consumption is the ultimate violence against poor countries.
~ Shirow Masamune
I love New Zealand. It's my favorite place to shoot. It's one of my favorite countries to visit. The people, the food, the landscape, everything about it I love.
~ Saoirse Ronan
I always wanted to do a baseball book; I love baseball. The problem is that a very large part of my following is in non-baseball playing countries.
~ Bill Bryson
America is the greatest group of countries in the world because we have freedom. In countries like France, where the Government isn't privatized, they still have to pay tax and do whatever the Government says, which would really suck. In USA countries, we respect individual rights and let people do whatever they want.
~ Max Barry
She looked at her note cards and took a breath. Why I Love America, by Hayley McDonald's. America is the greatest group of countries in the world because we have freedom. In countries like France, where the Government isn't privatized, they still have to pay tax and do whatever the Government says, which would really suck. In USA countries, we respect individual rights and let people do whatever they want.
~ Max Barry
There was nothing but land; not a country at all, but the material out of which countries are made. —WILLA CATHER, MY ÁNTONIA
~ Melissa de la Cruz
The psychology of adultery has been falsified by conventional morals, which assume, in monogamous countries, that attraction to one person cannot coexist with affection for another. Everybody knows that this is untrue.
~ Bertrand Russel
I think that there is far too much work done in the world, that immense harm is caused by the belief that work is virtuous, and that what needs to be preached in modern industrial countries is quite different from what always has been preached.
~ Bertrand Russell
I think that these is far too much work done in the world, that immense harm is caused by the belief that work is virtuous, and that what needs to be preached in modern industrial countries is quite different from what always has been preached
~ Bertrand Russell
I think there are a lot of Republicans who recognize that investment in adolescent girls and empowering them is good for our foreign policy. When they're educated, they tend to give back more to their communities, to rise out of poverty in a way that is good for their families and their communities and, ultimately, their countries.
~ Jeanne Shaheen
The pattern shows that whenever countries try to construct access to the single market... it has required freedom of movement and massive contributions to the E.U. budget, and no role in any decision making processes that frame the rules.
~ Jo Johnson
The environmental problems of developing countries are not the side effects of excessive industrialisation but reflect the inadequacy of development.
~ Indira Gandhi
The United States did not sign Kyoto, yet its emissions are not that different from the countries that did sign it.
~ James Hansen
As an anthropology major, I wanted to understand the cultural significance of poverty - why it exists and why some countries can rise above it while others can't.
~ Lauren Bush
Developing countries are losing significant tax revenues through corporate tax dodging.
~ Winnie Byanyima
To the extent that the United States has, I don't like the word hegemony, the United States has influence around the world, I don't think that's based on to any significant degree on the fact that countries use the dollar as their major reserve.
~ Robert C. Solomon