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Quotes About Country

That's what's wrong with the country. There are too many 'good soldiers' accepting too many bad decisions.
~ Shirley Chisholm
You've got to go down the road you naturally go down, and for me it was pop, folk country, just feel-good music. I suppose most of my songs are very up-tempo.
~ Shane Filan
To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country.
~ George Washington
The only motive that can keep politics pure is the motive of doing good for one's country and its people.
~ Henry Ford
Every dollar that is printed should not represent a debt to private bankers. It should represent an investment potential in the common good, in the common needs of our country.
~ Cynthia McKinney
I think if you want good things to happen for a country like Haiti, then you need to provide the circumstances where the Haitians can do that.
~ Sean Penn
Libya is a good example of a country that has come to a realization that weapons of mass destruction threaten more than assure, and I hope that will be followed by others.
~ Mohamed ElBaradei
There are many places that people can produce really good food. I wouldn't limit it to an area of the country, it's what the chefs have in them.
~ Anne Burrell
I know I can serve Hawaii and our country well in the U.S. Senate, know we can mount a solid statewide campaign, know we have a good chance of prevailing.
~ Ed Case
Right now, we live in bad times in this country, and the fact that there are filmmakers addressing political and social issues is to me a good thing.
~ Errol Morris
The instruction furnished is not good enough for the youth of such a country ... There is not even any systematic instruction given on political morals: an enormous deficiency in a republic.
~ Harriet Martineau
The good thing is, we have household formation in this country. We have a country where I don't know whether it's a million households a year or more, but good form.
~ Howard Warren Buffett
We are a one party country. Half of them call themselves Democrats and the other half call themselves Republicans. All the good ideas come from the Libertarians.
~ Hugh Downs
According to the latest poll, a record 73 percent of Americans think the country is headed in the wrong direction. But the good news: Gas is so expensive that we'll never get there.
~ Jay Leno
It is the good fortune of the affluent country that the opportunity cost of economic discussion is low and hence it can afford all kinds.
~ John Kenneth Galbraith
America is a great country, and we've done a lot of good in the world. But we are a collection of people, not saints. We have our own sins to atone for.
~ Marianne Williamson
Bush is a nice fellow who gives very good parties. I just wish someone would find him a better job than running the country.
~ Murray Gell-Mann
First of all, Bill Clinton was an extremely good president and more importantly, the country was in a very good position when he actually walked away.
~ Star Jones
A true patriot will defend his country from its government.
~ Thomas Jefferson
The United States is the only country left now, bar Romania, Bulgaria and Poland, that has this all-government system.
~ John Mica
It must never be unpatriotic to support your country against your government. It must always be unpatriotic to support your government against your country.
~ Steven T. Byington
Love of country is nowhere the same as love of government.
~ James Cook
I am running for president to return our country to the principles of liberty and limited government.
~ Rand Paul
Unemployment is due to the large import of goods from Britain and other countries. The Government haven't used the powers which they have for the benefit of the country.
~ Eamon de Valera