Country Quotes - Page 6

• I'm weary of my lonely but
  And of its blasted tree,
  The very lake is like my lot,
  So silent constantly--
  I've liv'd amid the forest gloom
  Until I almost fear--
  When will the thrilling voices come
  My spirit thirsts to hear?

  Nathaniel Parker Willis

  Lonely, Voice, Lakes

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• Be England what she will, With all her faults she is my country still.

  Charles Churchill

  Faults, England, Stills

  The Farewell l. 27 (1764)

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• City people make most of the fuss about the charms of country life.

  Mason Cooley

  Cities, People, Charm

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• Sir, when you have seen one green field, you have seen all green fields. Let us walk down Cheapside.

  Samuel Johnson

  Green Fields, Walks, Green

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• One of the things that I think is such a constant in country music is that the song is so much a story. I believe it is supposed to be based around a story.

  Suzy Bogguss

  Song, Believe, Thinking

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• All those involved in the firebombing of Tokyo .. were war criminals interviews recorded in the movie The Fog of War.. the firebombing of Tokyo occurred before the atom bombs.. 100,000 civilians died in one night from American bombs.. 500,000 altogether over several days say some.

  Robert McNamara

  War, Night, Fog

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• Scenes must be beautiful which daily view'd
  Please daily, and whose novelty survives
  Long knowledge and the scrutiny of years.

  William Cowper

  Beautiful, Views, Years

  William Cowper, James Sambrook (2016). “William Cowper: The Task and Selected Other Poems”, p.85, Routledge

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• I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they are turned to loving, they will find that we are turned to hating.

  Alan Paton

  Hate, Heart, One Day

  Cry, the Beloved Country ch. 7 (1948)

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  I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.

  Nathan Hale

  Inspirational, Life, Memorial Day

  Before being executed as a spy by the British, 22 September 1776, in Henry Phelps Johnston 'Nathan Hale, 1776' (1914) ch. 7.

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• Second star to the right and straight on 'til morning.

  James M. Barrie

  Morning, Stars, Tinkerbell

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• The truth is, our civilization is not Christian; it is a tragic compound of great ideal and fearful practice, of loving charity and fearful clutching of possessions.

  Alan Paton

  Christian, Practice, Civilization

  Alan Paton (2003). “Cry, the Beloved Country”, p.141, Simon and Schuster

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• Men love their country, not because it is great, but because it is their own.

  Seneca the Younger

  4th Of July, Patriotic, Men

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• Without debate, without criticism no administration and no country can succeed and no republic can survive.

  John F. Kennedy

  Government, President, Criticism

  Address to the American Newspaper Publishers, delivered 27 April 1961, Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York

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• It may be true that you can't fool all the people all the time, but you can fool enough of them to rule a large country.

  Will Durant

  Time, People, Liberty

  Will Durant, Ariel Durant (2012). “The Lessons of History”, p.61, Simon and Schuster

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• I would like to be remembered not as anyone unique or special, but as part of a great team in this country that has struggled for many years, for decades and even centuries.  The greatest glory of living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time you fall.

  Nelson Mandela

  Lying, Team, Fall

  "Nelson Mandela, anti-apartheid icon and father of modern South Africa, dies" by Faith Karimi, www.cnn.com. December 5, 2013.

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• I will make such a wonderful India that all Americans will stand in line to get a visa for India

  Narendra Modi

  Powerful, Patriotic, America

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• Freedom of thought and freedom of speech in our great institutions are absolutely necessary for the preservation of our country. The moment either is restricted, liberty begins to wither and die.

  John Peter Altgeld

  Freedom Of Speech, Liberty, Moments

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• Take a walk down the street and see where this is going. You no longer feel like you are living in your own country. There is a battle going on and we have to defend ourselves. Before you know it there will be more mosques than churches!

  Geert Wilders

  Church, Battle, Mosques

  "Wilders: get rid of half of Koran!". Expatica magazine, February 13, 2007.

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• You wanna get rid of drug crime in this country? Fine, let's just get rid of all the drug laws.

  Ron Paul

  Law, Drug, Crime

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• In my country we go to prison first and then become President.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspiring, President, Firsts

  "Long Walk to Freedom". Book by Nelson Mandela, 1995.

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• Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Strong, Attachment, Political

  Thomas Jefferson (2011). “The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, Volume 7: 28 November 1813 to 30 September 1814”, p.248, Princeton University Press

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• My kind of loyalty was loyalty to one's country, not to its institutions or its office-holders.

  Mark Twain

  Loyalty, Office, Patriotism

  A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court ch. 13 (1889)

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• Public opinion in this country is everything.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Government, Political, Public Opinion

  Abraham Lincoln (1989). “Abraham Lincoln: Speeches & Writings Part 2: 1859-1865: Library of America #46”, p.57, Library of America

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• Canada will be a strong country when Canadians of all provinces feel at home in all parts of the country, and when they feel that all Canada belongs to them.

  Pierre Trudeau

  Strong, Home, Canada

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• What this country needs is a credit card for charging things to experience.

  Tom Wilson

  Funny Things, Experience, Needs

  Tom Wilson (1997). “Ziggyisms: Notable Quotes of Wisdom for Everyday Living”, p.86, Andrews McMeel Publishing

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