Quotes about One's country

Morality is the custom of one's country and the current feeling of one's peers. Votes: 4

Love for one's country is part of faith. Votes: 3

The single best augury is to fight for one's country. Votes: 3

diplomacy, n.: The patriotic art of lying for one's country. Votes: 3

Love of one's country recognizes no frontiers... of other countries. Votes: 3

One omen is best, to fight in defense of one's country. Votes: 3

In general, I do not agree with spying against one's country. Votes: 3

It is a sweet and seemly thing to die for one's country. Votes: 3

My kind of loyalty was loyalty to one's country, not to its institutions or its office-holders. Votes: 3

Virtue in a republic is the love of one's country, that is the love of equality. Votes: 3

The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border? Votes: 3

If one's patriotism is merely instinctive it is irrational and irresponsible, and consequently a danger to one's country. Votes: 3

What defines patriotism, for me, is the idea that one rises to act on behalf of one's country. Votes: 3

What is love of one's country; is it hate of one's uncountry? Then it's not a good thing. Votes: 3

To die for one's country is such a worthy fate that all compete for so beautiful a death. Votes: 3

In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate. Votes: 3

In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country of the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate. Votes: 3

Such then is the human condition, that to wish greatness for one's country is to wish harm to one's neighbors. Votes: 3

To stand well in the estimation of one's country is a happiness that no rational creature can be insensible of. Votes: 3

The only motive that can keep politics pure is the motive of doing good for one's country and its people. Votes: 3

Be discriminating when dispensing charity. In the name of charity or philanthropy, we tend to do injustice to one's country. Votes: 3

I know no better way to show true patriotism and love for one's country, than investing to create wealth and employment. Votes: 3

It is disgraceful to live as a stranger in one's country, and be an alien in any matter that affects our welfare. Votes: 3

Who would prefer peace to the glory of hunger and thirst, of wading through mud, and dying in the service of one's country? Votes: 3

'Twas for the good of my country that I should be abroad. Anything for the good of one's country-I'm a Roman for that. Votes: 3

Patriotism is not dying for one's country, it is living for one's country. And for humanity. Perhaps that is not as romantic, but it's better. Votes: 3

To be individually righteous is the first of all duties, come what may to ones self, to one's country, to society, and to civilization itself. Votes: 3

Monarchists frequently declare that without the royal family, Britain would be 'nothing.' What a woeful lack of love for one's country such statements express. Votes: 3

The highest patriotism is not a blind acceptance of official policy, but a love of one's country deep enough to call her to a higher plain. Votes: 3

One loves one's country the way one loves a family member. And sometimes that family member does really embarrassing, shitty things. But you still love them. Votes: 3

The essence of patriotism lies in a willingness to sacrifice for one's country, just as true greatness finds expression, not in blessings enjoyed, but in good bestowed. Votes: 3

To die for one's country? To die for love? To die for an ideology? But I say unto you that stay away from the death, stay alive! Votes: 3

It was a Roman who said it was sweet to die for one's country. The Greeks never said it was sweet to die for anything. They had no vital lies. Votes: 3

Patriotism is understood to be that virtue which consists in serving one's country; but in what way is this 'Patria' or country served by slaying its able bodied men in thousands? Votes: 3

Muhammad says, 'Love of one's country is a part of the faith.' But don't take that literally! Your real 'country' is where you're heading, not where you are. Don't misread that hadith. Votes: 3

Just as love for one individual which excludes the love for others is not love, love for one's country which is not part of one's love for humanity is not love, but idolatrous worship. Votes: 3

There is a higher form of patriotism than nationalism, and that higher form is not limited by the boundaries of one's country; but by a duty to mankind to safeguard the trust of civilization. Votes: 3

The advantage of having an artistic tradition is that the younger artist could see an organic link between the real life of one's country and its art work which is a sublimation of that life. Votes: 3

The soldier is the Army. No army is better than its soldiers. The Soldier is also a citizen. In fact, the highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is that of bearing arms for one's country Votes: 3

Citizens identify with something larger than themselves - if one's country is attacked, it can feel like a personal attack in a way that a fellow bank customer's account theft does not feel like a personal invasion. Votes: 3

To criticize one's country is to do it a service... Criticism, in short, is more than a right; it is an act of patriotism--a higher form of patriotism, I believe, than the familiar rituals and national adulation. Votes: 3

To criticize one's country is to do it a service.... Criticism, in short, is more than a right; it is an act of patriotism-a higher form of patriotism, I believe, than the familiar rituals and national adulation. Votes: 3

Patriotism is not endlessly bragging that out country is the best; rather it is wanting one's country to be the best that it can be and helping it to be that best, which is a very different matter. Votes: 3

For those at home, as well as for those in battle, war is curiously disabling. The mere realization that one's country is at war poisons the bloodstream, creates an incessant mood of worry that infiltrates even the most casual moments. Votes: 3

Ever since time began: What song is not about love? Whether it's about love from man to woman or parent to child, or grandmother to granddaughter... It just goes on and on. Or whether it's the love of one's country. Votes: 3

They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for one's country. But in modern war, there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason. Votes: 3

The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border? There is a brotherhood among all men. This must be recognized if life is to remain. We must learn the love of man. Votes: 3

Diplomacy, n : 1. The patriotic art of lying for one's country. 2. The art of letting someone have your way. 3. The art of saying 'nice doggy' until you can find a rock. A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age. Votes: 3

The criteria for serving one's country should be competence, courage and willingness to serve. When we deny people the chance to serve because of their sexual orientation, we deprive them of their rights of citizenship, and we deprive our armed forces the service of willing and capable Americans. Votes: 3

Just as little as terror - not even the terror of war - can save the world, just as little can hate ever be anything uplifting. Love is the only firm ground for peace - not only love for one's fellowmen, but first of all, love of one's country. Votes: 3

Not only is patriotism disdained, the very basis for pride in one's country and culture is systematically undermined in our educational institutions at all levels. The achievements of western civilization are buried in histories that portray every human sin found here as if they were peculiarities of the west. Votes: 3

One country, one constitution, one destiny. Votes: 2

Every country should have at least one King Farouk. Votes: 2

In some countries, no one knows who Idris Elba is. Votes: 2

A global democracy works only when countries trust one another. Votes: 2

I think one country with nuclear weapons is one country too many. Votes: 2

Despite all odds we have emerged as one people and one country. Votes: 2

One always likes to think that other countries are not like one's own. Votes: 2

On what rests the hope of the republic? One country, one language, one flag! Votes: 2

Georgia is not just a European country, but one of the most ancient European countries. Votes: 2

Today, Japan is one of the few countries in the world where one hears laughter everywhere. Votes: 2

The Man Without a Country, was an orator no one could silence and no one could answer. Votes: 2

The country in which reparations actually happen is a very different one than the one we live in. Votes: 2

One does not inhabit a country; one inhabits a language. That is our country, our fatherland - and no other. Votes: 2

The current total of countries in the world with First Amendments is one. You have guaranteed freedom of speech. Other countries don't have that. Votes: 2

American people have the ability to laugh at themselves. It is one of the things that makes this country the great country that it is. Votes: 2

I've liked country music for forever. And Buck Owens is just one of many country guitarists I like. I think Buck's Sixties records are really progressive. Votes: 2

The UN's unique legitimacy flows from a universal perception that it pursues a larger purpose than the interests of one country or a small group of countries. Votes: 2

One thing we have to remember as songwriters is that we have to consider that country music is the country's music. That doesn't mean that everybody's rural. Votes: 2

What is a democrat? One who believes that the republicans have ruined the country. What is a republican? One who believes that the democrats would ruin the country. Votes: 2

The air of one's native country is the most healthy air. Votes: 0

There's one political party in this country, and that's the corporate party. Votes: 0

It's all one web, sir. The prosperity of the country is one web. Votes: 0

Gary Allan has long been one of country's most reliably velvet-voiced beautiful losers. Votes: 0

Obamacare is, number one and maybe least importantly, it's costing the country a fortune. Votes: 0

In a country where only men are encouraged, one must be one's own inspiration. Votes: 0

It is bitter to think of one's best years disappearing in this unpolished country. Votes: 0

You can gerrymander one district, but it's very difficult to gerrymander the whole country. Votes: 0

If one doesn't know one's own country, one doesn't have standards for foreign countries. Votes: 0

There's not an American in this country free until every one of us is free. Votes: 0

No one loves his country for its size or eminence, but because it's his own. Votes: 0

The unity in diversity of the United States is one of the country's greatest strengths. Votes: 0

I, for one, know of no sweeter sight for a man's eyes than his own country. Votes: 0

One of the regime's most important tactics is the creation of a third force in the country. Votes: 0

Nobody in this country realizes that cap-and-trade is a tax - and it's a great big one. Votes: 0

It's obvious that five days is just enough to give one a false impression of any country. Votes: 0

If you enroll as one of God's people, then heaven is your country and God your lawgiver. Votes: 0

That's one wonderful thing about country music - it shifts, ebbs, and flows stylistically, unlike pop music. Votes: 0

South America's most populous country, Brazil, is also emerging as one of the region's most social-media savvy. Votes: 0

We all know that Social Security is one of this country's greatest success stories in the 20th century. Votes: 0

I have never understood why one's affections must be confined, as once with women, to a single country. Votes: 0

Nobody in this country realizes that cap and trade is a tax, and it's a great big one. Votes: 0

I think it's wrong that only one percent of the people should own ninety percent of the country. Votes: 0

You know the one thing that's wrong with this country? Everyone gets a chance to have their fair say. Votes: 0

America's the one country in the world where anybody who comes here does better than where they came from. Votes: 0

Although no one believes me, I have always been a country girl and still have a country girl's values Votes: 0

As one of the country's largest land-grant universities, Ohio State must play a critical role in moving our country forward. Votes: 0

It's one of the things I love most about being an author - seeing the different covers from each country. Votes: 0

Where there are two Phd's in a developing country, one is head of state and the other is in exile. Votes: 0

My editor, Robin Robertson, is one of this country's finest poets, so I listen to him when he offers advice. Votes: 0

When one man becomes more important than the country he's supposed to be leading, this will always create a problem. Votes: 0

Sometimes there are historical moments when a country's course could be turned one way or the other, when fate can be escaped. Votes: 0

When you allow racial disparity and institutional inequity to affect one part of the country, eventually it's coming back to get everyone. Votes: 0

What would you do if your country's welfare depended on labor? When a ship is in a storm it requires one captain. Votes: 0

Musicians coming together at a time of need is one of the great traditions in this country. It's like people taking charge. Votes: 0

I like for it to be mountain music or old-time country music or traditional bluegrass. Either one will fit me. It's traditional, basically. Votes: 0

In the end, for congenial sympathy, for poetry, for work, for original feeling and expression, for perfect companionship with one's friends--give me the country. Votes: 0

The world is a country which nobody ever yet knew by description; one must travel through it one's self to be acquainted with it. Votes: 0

The world is a country which nobody ever yet knew by description; one must travel through it one's self to be acquainted with it. Votes: 0

There's a void of leadership in a lot of Washington. I think one of the reasons why there's so much angst across the country. Votes: 0

The world is a country which nobody ever yet knew by description; one must travel through it one's self to be acquainted with it. Votes: 0

Manhattan's probably one of the bluest parts in the country, and Indiana's definitely one of the redder states. I have sympathy for both sides. Votes: 0

We Americans think, in every country in transition, there's a Thomas Jefferson hiding behind some rock or a James Madison beyond one sand dune. Votes: 0

Decades of Saddam’s rule made what could have been a fairly rich country, due to its oil reserves, into a very poor one. Votes: 0

There is one certain means by which I can be sure never to see my country's ruin: I will die in the last ditch. Votes: 0

Actually, it's the other way round. In a poor country, the only consolation people can have is the one that comes from their beliefs. Votes: 0

To judge therefore of Shakespeare by Aristotle's rule is like trying a man by the Laws of one Country who acted under those of another. Votes: 0

In the Islamic world, the U.S. is seen in two quite different ways. One view recognizes what an extraordinary country the U.S. is. Votes: 0

There's a new hit rock group or singer every five minutes, but with country music, you have one hit and those people love you forever. Votes: 0

Univision's close-to-50-year relationship with Hispanics makes us one of the leading media brands in this country and the gateway to connect with this consumer. Votes: 0

I love scoring goals for England and playing for England. That's one of the reasons I didn't retire - I love playing for my country. Votes: 0

In one survey, respondents listed Princeton as one of the country’s top ten law schools. The problem? Princeton doesn’t have a law school Votes: 0

For a country boy, poor as I was, whose constant worry was to be able to have enough to eat, the Army guaranteed one's survival. Votes: 0

In the long term, Israel's security rests on only one pillar: the Palestinians' acceptance of the country. It isn't the atom bomb that makes Israel secure. Votes: 0

There's a general culture in this country to cut all the trees. It makes me so angry because everyone is cutting and no one is planting. Votes: 0

One of the biggest stories in all of politics worldwide, in all of politics in this country, for decades is what's happened with the Republican Party. Votes: 0

We must openly accept all ideologies and systems as a means of solving humanity's problems. One country, one nation, one ideology, one system is not sufficient. Votes: 0

One thing I had hoped [Barack] Obama would be is a good cheerleader for the country. He's really brought the opposite in spirit to the country. Votes: 0

The young very seldom lead anything in our country today. It's been quite some time since a younger generation pushed an older one to a higher standard. Votes: 0

If there is one country and its people that have contributed most to western civilisation's man-made world continuously for the last 2000 years, it must surely be Italy. Votes: 0

Coming from the U.S., you tend to look at one homogeneous market with 350 million people. But in Europe, every country has its own customs and laws. Votes: 0

Playing the Opry, when I get the opportunity - it's one of the coolest honors for any musician in any genre, but especially for a country musician. Votes: 0

As we explore ways to bring price relief and bolster our country's energy independence, one significant energy source has emerged as a potential solution, hydrogen fuel cells. Votes: 0

Nixon's full term was one of the most successful in U.S. history, which is why he was re-elected by the largest plurality in the country's history. Votes: 0

A good banana daiquiri is hard to come by. I've only ever found one place in this country that makes a proper one, and that's in Leeds. Votes: 0

If one looks at the map of the world, it's difficult to find Iraq, and one would think it rather easy to subdue such a small country. Votes: 0

America has always fascinated me; it's a country where you can make it from one side to the other with no money, by hook or by crook. Votes: 0

When one's not writing poems - and I'm not at the moment - you wonder how you ever did it. It's like another country you can't reach. Votes: 0

I really love nature. I grew up in the country. But one of the things about nature is that it is beautiful but it's also very dangerous. Votes: 0

To have one's mother-in-law in the country when one lives in Paris, and vice versa, is one of those strokes of luck that one encounters only too rarely. Votes: 0

The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one's own country as a foreign land. Votes: 0

The U.S. has the largest prison population in the world: two million people. The country with one-twentieth of the world's population has one-fourth of those in prison. Votes: 0

I'm the crazy one? This country has gone insane. Read about it. FCC orders NBC newsrooms to partner with Soros funded non-profits. That's how the deal went through. Votes: 0

How women view religion's role in society is shaped more by their own country's culture and context than one monolithic view that religion is simply bad for women. Votes: 0

Topography is one of my chief themes in my poetry..about the country, the suburbs and the seaside... then there come's love... and increasingly; the fear of death. Votes: 0

It is extreme arrogance for one to think he...and it's usually he, is the only one who can govern his country and nobody else can do it. Votes: 0

To me, it's normal. We summered in Vermont, and me and my sister Ilyasah went to one of the top ten schools in the country [the Hackley School]. Votes: 0

I am so excited. I love IIFA. I think it's great to meet all the people from your fraternity in one place, that too out of the country. Votes: 0

The trouble is, old age is not interesting until one gets there. It's a foreign country with an unknown language to the young and even to the middle-aged. Votes: 0

It is impossible to be among the woods animals on their own ground without a feeling of expanding one's own world, as when any foreign country is visited. Votes: 0

United States could be a great country. It needs to be a great country. It's our responsibility as citizens to make that happen, every single one of us. Votes: 0

An illness is like a journey into a far country; it sifts all one's experience and removes it to a point so remote that it appears like a vision. Votes: 0

As long as a certain problem primarily affects a different country, in this case Italy, one might not put it at the very top of one's list of priorities. Votes: 0

Going to another country doesn't make any difference. I've tried all that. You can't get away from yourself by moving from one place to another. There's nothing to that. Votes: 0

I guess that's one achievement I'm really proud of. Saving Chrysler was more than jobs, more than shareholder value. Saving Chrysler was a good idea for the whole country. Votes: 0

Roosevelt was the one who had the vision to change our policy from isolationism to world leadership. That was a terrific revolution. Our country's never been the same since. Votes: 0

We don't sell a car, we sell a dream. We are Italy's national team. There are many great soccer teams in our country, but there is only one Ferrari. Votes: 0