Quotes by country

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Felix Adler
German American professor of political and social ethics 1851-1933

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Love of country is like love of woman - he loves her best who seeks to bestow on her the highest good.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
French writer and philosopher 1712-1778

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A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.
Oscar Wilde
Irish writer 1854-1900

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America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.
B. R. Ambedkar
Indian jurist, economist and politician 1891-1956

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Every man who repeats the dogma of Mill that one country is no fit to rule another country must admit that one class is not fit to rule another class.
George Ade
American humorist, playwright 1866-1944

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In the city a funeral is just an interruption of traffic; in the country it is a form of popular entertainment.
Aristide Briand
French statesman 1862-1932

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A country grows in history not only because of the heroism of its troops on the field of battle, it grows also when it turns to justice and to right for the conservation of its interests.
John Barrymore
American actor 1882-1942

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America is the country where you can buy a lifetime supply of aspirin For one dollar and use it up in two weeks.
Bert Lance
American businessman 1931-2013

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Country banks are more flexible in their lending policies than their city brethren are.
Barbara Boxer
American politician 1940-

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Every citizen of this country should be guaranteed that their vote matters, that their vote is counted, and that in the voting booth, their vote has a much weight as that of any CEO, any member of Congress, or any President.
Billy Wilder
Austrian-American filmmaker, screenwriter, producer and artist 1906-2002

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France is the country where the money falls apart and you can't tear the toilet paper.
Buffalo Bill
American soldier, bison hunter, and showman 1846-1917

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Frontiersmen good and bad, gunmen as well as inspired prophets of the future, have been my camp companions. Thus, I know the country of which I am about to write as few men now living have known it.
Ben Stein
American professor, writer

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God bless the devout Christians of this country. They are Israel's best friends on the earth.
Source: A Long Memorial Day American Spectator (1 June 2010)
Carlo Goldoni
Italian playwright and librettist 1707-1793

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He who never leaves his country is full of prejudices
Joseph Addison
English politician, writer and poet 1672-1719

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How beautiful is death, when earn'd by virtue!
Who would not be that youth? What pity is it
That we can die but once to serve our country!
Audie Murphy
American soldier, actor and songwriter 1925-1971

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I Knew why I felt at home. The spirit of freedom was hovering over that play yard as it did all over France at that time. A country was free again.