Quotes About Country

I know just how devoted to this organisation you are. Draftees back in my day used to understand what they'd got themselves into, but you young ones . . ." 'Ask not what you can do for your country, but what your country has ever done for you?' I raise an eyebrow at him. He

History is a foreign country, and the old are unwilling emigrants, tired out by the constant travel.

Cooper! Move your ass. Yes, sir, O captain, my captain, she muttered, thinking briefly about ho tempting it was to slam something heavy into his hard head. She could make her escape while he was out. Of course, when he came to, there wouldn't be a country big enough to hide in. The satisfaction, however, just might be worth it.

There was in the House only one dissenting vote, from Barbara J. Lee, a Democrat from California, who warned that military action could not guarantee the safety of the country and that 'as we act, let us not become the evil we deplore.

I think America was a miracle. I think God loves this country.

I think that seeing as much support as somebody like Obama as a black candidate running for president in a country that historically has had issues with the African-American people, and them having issues vice-versa, is a miraculous thing.

I missed the country sounds on the radio. I missed the Deana Carters and the old Faith Hill songs that are more richly country and not so highly pop. So I really wanted that to be on my first album.

We put people at the centre of securing the country. You can't secure your country with only a security apparatus and missiles.

I'm not an ambitious person, there is no ambition in my life. I have a mission in my life. And my mission is to serve my country. And when I am working for my state, it means I am working for my country, or my nation.

Cleopatra was on a political mission to save her country and her power, but what we remember about her are these two famed seductions, which are a matter of politics, not a matter of love.

We send missionaries to China so the Chinese can get to heaven, but we won't let them into our country.

If the men and women who protect the country are to succeed in the missions they are assigned, we simply must invest more in defense.

I come from a family of Mississippi sharecroppers just a few generations away from slavery, and I experienced a lot of racism growing up - you can't avoid that if you're a person of color in this country.

Music is in Mississippi's DNA, whether it's the blues, country music, folk, or rock 'n' roll. It's not just a source of cultural pride, but also a strong contributor to our economy.

There's no religion in this country that is more misunderstood, mis-categorized, and misidentified than Islam.

The importance of creativity in our country is greatly misunderstood.

For guitar players especially, blues is the foundation of rock and roll. You take country music and rock and roll and jazz and you mix it together, and that's my basic makeup.

The only way Democrats can govern in this country is by making common cause with moderates and independents.

No one in the modern history of this country, no president, has done more to move toward a balanced budget than has President Bill Clinton.

I am fully aware of the critical moments we face as a country.

I sing 'Blue Moon of Kentucky.' It's a country song. It's one of my favorites to sing.

I want to make the conquest of the moon the United States' goal for the 21st century and, through that goal, to make us a great and good and happy country for generations to come.

My all-time favorite rock and roll players were Scotty Moore, Chuck Berry and Franny Beecher, and I listened to the country playing of Merle Travis.

I'm very disappointed in my country right now, because I think we've kind of lost our moral compass.