Country Quotes

So I went into jazz and performed in jazz clubs all over the country.

We are not out to boast that there is so much percentage of growth per year. Our real concern is how it affects the lives of people, the future of our country.

As you know, in this country Anglo-Americans are about 75 to 76 percent home ownership in this country, where Hispanics, African Americans are less than 50 percent.

How is the government going to run without people like us? We make 35 percent of the bread in this country, and that much of the margarine, and cooking oil, and all the other things.

The land is ours. It's not European and we have taken it, we have given it to the rightful people... Those of white extraction who happen to be in the country and are farming are welcome to do so, but they must do so on the basis of equality.

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

We're also the only country that has the Death Penalty. That's something to boast about, isn't it?

Morality is the custom of one's country and the current feeling of one's peers.

You know, the country is basically peaceful.

I first came to Brazil in the Sixties. Then I started coming back every year since touring most of the country. I grew to love it, the people, the music. I thought this is where I belong. I've been living in Brazil for the past 23 years. I call it my stress-free country.

We've made some mistakes in this country in times past - the Korean conflict proceeding that, some say proceeding the Persian Gulf War, where we were ambiguous as to what we would do.

I made records in the past that are as traditional as any other country records that have been made, but at the same time the records have a contemporary slant on it too.

I'm pretty grounded on my own passion - writing books, you know, doing programs, speaking around the country. And I love what I do.

I have just come out of an electoral experience with the people of my country in which I invited them to join me in a partnership for governance.

I regard the endorsement of both the objective and a method - which can differ from one country to another- of democratization by the parties in the region as a basic requisite of democratization in the Middle East.

My life has been a bit special, this is true. I participated in the liberation of my country. I was one of the organisers of its struggle for liberation. I likewise actively participated in all the struggles for liberation.

I feel it's a person's duty to participate in the governing of the country in which he lives.

I love being a part of country music. I love going out and... doing things for the first time for country music. I always enjoy that.

In Parliament we debate on and we decide the laws that are going to govern the country.

Israel is the only country in the Middle East where Arabs can be elected to the parliament in a democratic election.

America is my country and Paris is my hometown.

Courage is what preserves our liberty, safety, life, and our homes and parents, our country and children. Courage comprises all things.

My parents always asked me what I thought, listened to my opinions, articulated their diagnoses of our challenges at home and abroad, and shared their ideas for how to build a more equal and prosperous country. I always felt part of their call to serve and part of my father's journey.

I have to think of my status as a resident in this country. But I do insist that in Paraguay there was order; the judiciary had the power of complete independence; justice was fully exercised.

In the country of pain we are each alone.

Thanks to the heroic sons and daughters of this country, who have paid sacrifices, we have been able to score a number of victories which are encouraging the nation-building process we are engaged in.

I think back to some of the things Harry said and some of the things I said trying to be funny. If I said them now, it would be on the front page of every newspaper in the country.

Our country is not the only thing to which we owe our allegiance. It is also owed to justice and to humanity.

My country, France, my homeland, my land is again invaded by an overpopulation of foreigners, especially Muslims.

That's what we do in this country. That's the American Dream. That's freedom, and I'll take it any day over the supervision and sanctimony of the central planners.