Country Quotes
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- A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs. ~ German Proverb
- An old friend met in a far country is like rain after drought. ~ Chinese Proverb
- Every country is a fatherland. ~ Greek Proverb
- God made the country and man made the town. ~ William Cowper
- If the farmer is poor then so is the whole country. ~ Polish Proverb
- It is better to save your innocence at the expense of your honor than your country at the expense of your life. ~ Chinese Proverb
- It is easier to govern a country than a son. ~ Chinese Proverb
- It is the patriotic duty of every man to lie for his country. ~ Alfred Adler
- My country is the world, and my religion is to do good. ~ Thomas Paine
- My country is the world; my countrymen are mankind. ~ William Lloyd Garrison
- My country owes me nothing. It gave me, as it gives every boy and girl, a chance. It gave me schooling, independence of action, opportunity for service and honor. In no other land could a boy from a country village, without inheritance or influential friends, look forward with unbounded hope. ~ Herbert Clark Hoover
- My country wrong or right is like saying my mother, drunk or sober. ~ Gilbert K. Chesterton
- My country… gave me schooling, independence of action and opportunity for service..:. I am indebted to my country beyond any human power to repay. ~ Herbert Clark Hoover
- Next to the love of God, the love of country is the best preventive of crime. ~ George Borrow
- One country, one constitution, one destiny. ~ Daniel Webster
- Our country is great because it is built on principles of self-reliance, opportunity, innovation, and compassion for others. ~ Ronald Reagan
- Our country is where ever we are well off. ~ John Milton
- Smoke in your own country is purer than fire in a foreign land. ~ Lithuanian Proverb
- Thank God we’re living in a country where the sky’s the limit, the stores are open late and you can shop in bed thanks to television. ~ Joan Rivers
- The country where flowers are expensive lacks the foundation of culture. ~ Chinese Proverb
- The history of every country begins in the heart of a man or a woman. ~ Willa Cather
- The king inherits a country — the people only hard work. ~ Malagasy Proverb
- The love of one’s country is a splendid thing — but why should love stop at the border? ~ Pablo Casals
- The mud of one country is the medicine of another. ~ Afghan Proverb
- The stones of my native country are warmer than the ovens of Babylon. ~ Armenian Proverb
- The tar of my country is better than the honey of others. ~ Moroccan Proverb
- The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion. ~ Thomas Paine
- There’s no glory like those who save their country. ~ Lord Alfred Tennyson
- This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in. ~ Theodore Roosevelt
- Though I love my country, I do not love my countrymen. ~ Lord Byron
- To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely. ~ Edmund Burke
- When you are looking for a country with no tombstones you will find yourself in the land of cannibals. ~ Malagasy Proverb
- When you have left a country, you have left everyone. ~ Yiddish Proverb
- Where liberty is, there is my country. ~ Benjamin Franklin
- Who saves his country violates no law. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
- Without a country, I am not a man. ~ Nawaf Al-Nasir Al-Sabah
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