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Quotes About Country

Switzerland is a small, steep country, much more up and down than sideways, and is all stuck over with large brown hotels built on the cuckoo clock style of architecture.
~ Ernest Hemingway
Forty years ago this country went down a rabbit hole in Vietnam and millions died. I fear we're going down a rabbit hole once again - and if people can stop and think and reflect on some of the ideas and issues in this movie, perhaps I've done some damn good here!
~ Errol Morris
too, would never ever go visit their country. Because when he went with his parents to Germany fifty years ago everything looked nice, but it ended in hell.
~ Etgar Keret
Ever since I arrived to a state of manhood, I have felt a sincere passion for liberty. The history of nations doomed to perpetual slavery, in consequence of yielding up to tyrants their natural born liberties, I read with a sort of philosophical horror; so that the first systematical and bloody attempt at Lexington, to enslave America, thoroughly electrified my mind, and fully determined me to take part with my country.
~ Ethan Allen
As I looked at the stains on the coral, I recalled some of the eloquent phrases of politicians and newsmen about how "gallant" it is for a man to "shed his blood for his country," and "to give his life's blood as a sacrifice," and so on. The words seemed ridiculous. Only the flies benefited.
~ Eugene B. Sledge
If the country is good enough to live in, it's good enough to fight for." With privilege goes responsibility.
~ Eugene B. Sledge
This is, I say, the time for all good men not to go to the aid of their party, but to come to the aid of their country.
~ Eugene McCarthy
It is for England that one marries,' she said. 'For the land.
~ Eva Ibbotson
Across the country military families are facing dire financial circumstances due to longer than expected tours of duties. They are being penalized for their patriotism - no one should have to choose between doing right by their country and doing right by their families.
~ Evan Bayh
For industry to settle in a country, you first need electricity for electricity, you need some trained workers for trained workers, you need some schools for schools you need some money for money, you need some industry.
~ Evan Davis
Foreign distribution is a major aspect of financing films. If you're flooding an entire country with cam rips DVDs before the movie is released, that will affect the bottom line eventually.
~ Lexi Alexander
The talent we have in our country is boundless, and we are going to do our best to keep releasing new music for our audience.
~ Bhushan Kumar
The hardworking men and women of this country identify with my father. He is tough, and he is persevering. He is honest, and he is real. He's an optimist, and he's a relentless believer in America and all of her potential. He loves his family, and he loves his country with his heart and his soul.
~ Ivanka Trump
The only politics in this country that's relevant to black people today is the politics of revolution... none other.
~ H. Rap Brown
For me, appropriations bills are the glue. These are the bills that must move, no matter what, to keep the government functioning as a reliable element of our society. The Appropriations Committee shouldn't be the most political place to be; it's the place where we have to make the institution function for the country.
~ Marcy Kaptur
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.
~ John Moody
We want to deliver tax relief all across the country, no matter where you live.
~ Kevin Brady
President Trump is continuing to keep his promise to Americans to help grow our country by providing our average families with significant tax relief.
~ Jim Justice
While there are many influences on gas prices in America, I believe the passage of a national energy bill will help relieve this burden on our country.
~ Paul Gillmor
We are not against religions. This country is the cradle of prophecy and the true message and we will not contradict this.
~ Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud
The army's original job description was to protect borders, but a demanding country depends on it for everything else too, from rebuilding bridges after a tsunami to keeping the peace when religious riots erupt.
~ Barkha Dutt
There are clearly many good politicians who are guided by religious belief, so the mix can work. But there's a line to be drawn. It would be hugely dangerous for a country's laws to be set by the scriptures, and particularly those of the expansionist religions.
~ Zac Goldsmith
I had immigrant grandparents who came to this country and came for religious freedom and loved it, never made any money, Bronx, Brooklyn, but loved America. And they told me every day it's the greatest country in the world.
~ Dan Rosensweig
It is a bipartisan gathering to be able to pray for the needs back in our districts, for our families and each other. Another thing the prayer caucus does is to address religious liberty issues around the country as they arise.
~ James Lankford