Quotes About Country

A true patriot does not confuse government with country. A patriot's loyalty is to his country, and loyalty to country requires holding government accountable.

Anyone who studies declassified documents soon becomes aware that government secrecy is largely an effort to protect policy makers from scrutiny by citizens, not to protect the country from enemies.

We must remember that ours was intended to be a citizen government, and we must work together to restore our country and the character of our nation.

Every government, every country, has the right to exercise force when necessary.

What country is stabler than Iran? Where else in the world would an assassinated prime minister be so quickly replaced?

If we get a government that reflects more of what this country is really about, we can turn the century - and the economy - around.

Governments are the sails, the people the wind, the country is the ship and time is the sea.

Nothing distinguishes more clearly conditions in a free country from those in a country under arbitrary government than the observance in the former of the great principles known as the Rule of Law.

A great writer is, so to speak, a secret government in his country

Then I received support from the Government to compete for my country, and to represent Cuba in competition.

Government should exist in order to help fortify the country and make those who are in need better able to meet their own.

The happiness of every country depends upon the character of its people, rather than the form of its government.

The first big choice: a government with the strength to deliver stability, or a government that takes the country back to boom and bust.

I want to give my compliments to Australia. Ever since your government paid a few million dollars for a Jackson Pollack painting, I figure that it must be a marvellous country

It is only reasonable that our laws do not force our country to provide safe harbor to those individuals that are being sought out by their governments due to their terrorist ties.

The individual who refuses to defend his rights when called by his government deserves to be a slave, and must be punished as an enemy of his country and a friend to her foe

Say what you like about my bloody murderous government,' I says, 'but don't insult me poor bleedin' country.

A default of the US government would not only be very harmful here, it would probably send the country back into deep recession, but it just might crash the international financial system.

If I could have my way I would place the Deity on half-pay as the Government of this Country did the subaltern officers.

For three long years I have been going up and down this country preaching that government . . . costs too much. I shall not stop that preaching.

As our country increasingly relies on electronic information storage and communication, it is imperative that our Government amend our information security laws accordingly.

I cannot think of a country in which I would be happy with the government and dominant ideology and available propaganda.

We're a very religious country; the government's secular.

Patriotic is saying, government, you know, you're not always the solution.