Country Quotes - Page 28

I tremble for my country when I hear of confidence expressed in me. I know too well my weakness, that our only hope is in God.

Cleaning up the country cannot be the sole responsibility of sweepers. Do citizens have no role in this? We have to change this mindset.

Women have plenty of roles in which they can serve with distinction: some of us even run countries. But generally we are better at wielding the handbag than the bayonet.

The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.

No one can make me cry Make me laugh Make me smile Or drive me mad like she does

How can great minds be produced in a country where the test of great minds is agreeing in the opinion of small minds?

The more people who own little businesses of their own, the safer our country will be, and the better off its cities and towns; for the people who have a stake in their country and their community are its best citizens.

The American flag, Old Glory, standing tall and flying free over American soil for 228 years is the symbol of our beloved country. It is recognized from near and afar, and many lives have been lost defending it.

Deception is a state of mind and the mind of the State.

Only in America can you find so many angry people claiming to love their country, while hating almost anyone in it.

Firstly, economic globalisation has brought prosperity and development to many countries, but also financial crises to Asia, Latin America and Russia, and increasing poverty and marginalisation.

And I think to be in NATO for the countries of our region, it means more guarantees for us, it means more responsibility for our common security, but it means fulfillment of all standards of civilized world, like protection of human rights and democratic mechanisms.

If this country is ever demoralized, it will come from trying to live without work.

Three chords and the truth - that's what a country song is.

We got a lot of politicians up there on Capital Hill. Ain't it funny how they prosper while the country stands still?

It is the prime responsibility of every citizen to feel that his country is free and to defend its freedom is his duty. Every Indian should now forget that he is a Rajput, a Sikh or a Jat. He must remember that he is an Indian and he has every right in this country but with certain duties.

Destroy the family, you destroy the country.

South Africa now needs skilled and educated people to say 'How do we manage and develop this democratic country?'

I think I first realized I wanted to be in country music and be an artist when I was 10. And I started dragging my parents to festivals, and fairs, and karaoke contests, and I did that for about a year before I came to Nashville for the first time. I was 11 and I had this demo CD of me singing Dixie Chicks and Leanne Rimes songs.

There are, indeed, few merrier spectacles than that of many windmills bickering together in a fresh breeze over a woody country; their halting alacrity of movement, their pleasant business, making bread all day with uncouth gesticulation; their air, gigantically human, as of a creature half alive, put a spirit of romance into the tamest landscape.

Foreign aid goes from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries.

Die young, and I shall accept your death-but not if you have lived without glory, without being useful to your country, without leaving a trace of your existence: for that is not to have lived at all.

I have rendered my country and people an enormous service. They owe me everything.

What our country deserves from everyone who enjoys its fruits and freedoms is a little more gratitude - and a lot less greed.

What if a small group of world leaders were to conclude that the principal risk to the Earth comes from the actions of the rich countries?... In order to save the planet, the group decides: Isn't the only hope for the planet that the industrialized civilizations collapse? Isn't it our responsibility to bring that about?