Country Quotes
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We protect aspirin bottles in this country better than we protect guns from accidents by children.
Gloria Estefan
Miami Sound Machine
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I see Americans of every party, every background, every faith who believe that we are stronger together: black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American; young, old; gay, straight; men, women, folks with disabilities, all pledging allegiance under the same proud flag to this big, bold country that we love. That's what I see. That's the America I know!
Barack Obama
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We don't pray for the land. We pray for the humans, all humans... starting with the president, Mohammed Morsi, and all officials, and for God to give everyone wisdom and responsibility to manage the affairs of this country and its people in true Egyptian spirit.
Pope Theodoros II
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I subconsciously mimic whomever I'm talking to, so I've been mistaken for a Canadian, a South American, and somebody from the West Country.
Chloe Pirrie
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I see Hermes, unsuspected, dying, well-beloved, saying to the people, 'Do not weep for me,This is not my true country, I have lived banished from my true country-I now go back there,I return to the celestial sphere where every one goes in his turn.'
Walt Whitman
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I am very proud of what we have built in Spain, because it is not a traditional Formula 1 country. I think we have found passionate fans, and built up a strong culture for the sport - and things are improving every day, with more and more people getting interested.
Fernando Alonso
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One of the things I'm most proud of about my country is the fact that we did lick McCarthyism back in the fifties.
Pete Seeger
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I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.
Nathan Hale
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Though the Attorney General of the United States carries many responsibilities and undertakes many tasks, there can be none more important than the pursuit of civil rights on behalf of all the people of this country.
Janet Reno
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In peace or in war I have stood by thy side - My country, for thee I have lived, would have died! But I am cast off, my career now is run, And I wander abroad like the prodigal son - Where the wild savage roves, and the broad prairies spread, The fallen - despised - will again go ahead.
Davy Crockett
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Gadhafi was a monster who ruled his country for 42 years with an iron fist and became an international pariah as a result. However, he found religion once he recognized his perilous position when the U.S. adopted an uncompromising response to international terrorism following 9/11.
Pete Hoekstra
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The world changes fast, and a lot of the old country folks have a hard time keeping up with it, and it makes them sad.
Jason Isbell
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India is such a hospitable country.
Daria Werbowy
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When I chose to disclose classified information, I did so out of a love for my country and a sense of duty to others.
Chelsea Manning
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It was in the Papal States that I studied the Roman Question. I traveled over every part of the country; I conversed with men of all opinions, examined things very closely, and collected my information on the spot.
Edmond About
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Before I begin, let me say right here and now that I'm a country boy. And, man, I mean the real backwoods! That's at the start of the start of the thing, and that's at the heart of the thing.
Ray Charles
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Betty Ford and I were colleagues for years, working together for women's rights in Washington, D.C., and elsewhere in the country.
Karen DeCrow
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Most of the big banks were shot through with short-termism, deceptive practices and self-dealing. We must institute basic changes in corporate governance and in management practice to restore responsibility and honesty for the sake of the economy and for the self-respect of the country.
Edmund Phelps
