Quotes About Country

and no less than fifty-nine disloyal Red students have received their just deserts by being beaten up so severely that never again will they raise in this free country the bloodstained banner of anarchism!

and we need all these military monkeyshines and maybe a fool war (to conquer some sticky-hot country we don't want on a bet!) to put some starch and git into these marionettes we call our children?

My poor stricken country needs the co-operation of America. We look to you--and if you do not give back the glance we shall have to look to Russia.

And the truth is, the country is very cool. It's absolutely the new town.

It wasn't only our country they occupied, Irene explained to Amir Shah. They occupied our minds.

My administration will be more supportive of the good works done here than any administration in the history of this country because I understand the power of faith, that faith can change lives.

I think we live in a country where self-mythology or making up legends about your own life is something everyone does.

English country life is more like Chekhov than The Archers or Thomas Hardy or even the Updike ethic with which it is sometimes compared.

Is it me or is President Bush's life starting to sound like a country song. He's from Texas, his dog just died, and it looks like he might lose his job. Next thing, his truck is going to break down.

I consider it the best part of an education to have been born and brought up in the country

I had a very simple life growing up in the farm country outside of Perugia, and biscotti and warm milk with a tiny bit of coffee were a big part of my morning ritual before walking to school.

Your country can be a footstool for God, if he finds people in all spheres of life who will prepare their bodies for the Great King

We can only change life in the country and radically reform society by having God's wisdom, strength and authority

The close relationship between railroad expansion and the genera development and prosperity of the country is nowhere brought more distinctly into relief than in connection with the construction of the Pacific railroads.

The historian has been the hearth at which the soul of the country has been kept alive.

The only way that we're going to feel secure in this country again and that we're going to feel good about ourselves is if we use these systems we've put into place to create positive change around the world. I really believe we can do that.

Freedom of thought and freedom of speech in our great institutions are absolutely necessary for the preservation of our country. The moment either is restricted, liberty begins to wither and die...

The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from his government." Thomas Paine

The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from his government.

I cannot ask of heaven success, even for my country, in a cause where she should be in the wrong.

My toast would be, may our country always be successful, but whether successful or otherwise, always right.

A politician in this country must be the man of a party. I would fain be the man of my whole country.

Oh! God, my only trust went there Through all life's scenes before Lo! At the throne again I bow, New mercies to implore. Grant active power, grant fervent zeal, And guide by thy control, And ever be my country's weal The purpose of my soul. Extend, all seeing God, thy hand In memory still decree And make, to bless thy native land An instrument of me. -September 21, 1817

I think this [Obama] administration, if its policies were pursued for an extended period of time, would take us into decline, but there's nothing wrong with this country that a real president couldn't cure.