Country Quotes
How can one conceive of a one party system in a country that has over 200 varieties of cheese.Charles de Gaulle
A country which proposes to make use of modern war as an instrument of policy must possess a highly centralized, all - Powerful executive, hence the absurdity of talking about the defense of democracy by force of arms. A democracy which makes or effectively prepares for modern scientific war must necessarily cease to be democratic.Aldous Huxley
The English country gentleman galloping after a fox - The unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable.Oscar Wilde
When women are depressed they either eat or go shopping. Men invade another country.Elayne Boosle
In a way the CID man was pretty lucky, because outside the hospital the war was still going on. Men went mad and were rewarded with medals. All over the world, boys on every side of the bomb line were laying down their lives for what they had been told was their country, and no one seemed to mind, least of all the boys who were laying down their young lives.Joesph Heller, Catch - 22
It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either.Mark Twain
The politician in my country seeks votes, affection and respect, in that order. ... With few notable exceptions, they are simply men who want to be loved.Edward R. Murrow
It is not unseemly for a man to die fighting in defense of his country.Homer, The Iliad
Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that his justice cannot sleep forever.Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia - Denouncing the evils of slavery
I respect every soldier, from every country, who serves beside us in the hard work of history. America is grateful, and America will not forget.George W. Bush, September 2, 2004, The Republican National Convention, N. Y.
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.Oscar Wilde
My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.Charles De Gaulle
Our country, right or wrong. When right, to be kept right, when wrong to be put right.Carl Schurz
The country needs and, unless I mistake its temper, the country demands bold, persistent experimentation. It is common sense to take a method and try it if it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.Franklin Delano Roosevelt
My country, right or wrong, is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying, My mother, drunk or sober.G. K. Chesterton
No poor bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making other bastards die for their country.General George Patton
The family is the country of the heart.Giuseppe Mazzini
The trouble with this country is that there are too many people going about saying, The trouble with this country is....Sinclair Lewis
The hand that rules the press, the radio, the screen and the far - Spread magazine, rules the country.Learned Hand
Where would this country be without this great land of ours?Ronald Reagan
I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.James Baldwin
If we abide by the principles taught by the Bible, our country will go on prospering.Daniel Webste
Science cannot stop while ethics catches up - - And nobody should expect scientists to do all the thinking for the country.Elvin Stackman
It is a sad fact that 50 percent of marriages in this country end in divorce. But hey, the other half end in death. You could be one of the lucky ones!Richard Jeni
The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.L. P. Hartley, The Go - Between
When one is in town one amuses oneself. When one is in the country one amuses other people. It is excessively boring.Oscar Wilde, Jack from The Importance of Being Earnest
Live TV died in the late 1950s, electronic bulletin boards came along in the mid - 1980s, meaning there was about a 25 - Year gap when it was difficult to put your foot in your mouth and have people all across the country know about it.Mark Leepe
Tony Montana In this country, you gotta make the money first. Then when you get the money, you get the power. Then when you get the power, then you get the women.Scarface
Humanity has won its battle. Liberty now has a country.Marquis de Lafayette
I have no relish for the country; it is a kind of healthy grave.Sydney Smith
A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.Edward Abbey
Those who have the command of the arms in a country are masters of the state, and have it in their power to make what revolutions they please. Thus, there is no end to observations on the difference between the measures likely to be pursued by a minister backed by a standing army, and those of a court awed by the fear of an armed people.Aristotle
Canada is a country so square that even the female impersonators are women.Richard Benne
For the first time in the history of our country the majority of our people believe that the next five years will be worse than the past five years.James Earl Jimmy Carter, Jr.
Once upon a time there was an old country, wrapped up in habit and caution. ... We have to transform our old France into a new country and marry it to its time.Charles De Gaulle
And so, my fellow americans: ask not what your country can do for you - Ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.John F. Kennedy, Inaugural address, January 20, 1961
Ask not what you can do for your country, ask what your country did to you.KMFDM, from "Dogma".
