Quotes about country
country men feet
A traveller on foot in this country seems to be considered as a sort of wild man or out-of-the way being, who is stared at, pitied, suspected, and shunned by everybody that meets him. Karl Philipp Moritz
country mean winning
The French need a thrashing. If the Prussians win, the centralisation of the state power will be useful for the centralisation of the German working class. German predominance would also transfer the centre of gravity of the workers' movement in Western Europe from France to Germany, and one has only to compare the movement in the two countries from 1866 till now to see that the German working class is superior to the French both theoretically and organisationally. Their predominance over the French on the world stage would also mean the predominance of our theory over Proudhon's, etc. Karl Marx
country struggle different
In the national struggles of the proletarians of the different countries, they point out and bring to the front the common interest of the entire proletariat, independently of all nationality.
country winning men
The Communists disdain to conceal their views and aims. They open declare that their ends can be attained only by the forcible overthrow of all existing social conditions. Let the ruling classes tremble at a Communistic revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. WORKING MEN OF ALL COUNTRIES, UNITE!
country men working-man
The working men have no country. We cannot take away from them what they have not got
country people slavery
In all of human history no country or no people have suffered such terrible slavery, conquest and foreign oppression and no country and no people have struggled so strenuously for their emancipation than Sicily and the Sicilians.
country hands titles
Titles of property, for instance railway shares, may change hands every day, and their owner may make a profit by their sale even in foreign countries, so that titles to property are exportable, although the railway itself is not.
country communication winning
Let the ruling classes tremble at a communist revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Workingmen of all countries, unite!
country shows
The country that is more developed industrially only shows, to the less developed, the image of its own future.
country rogues process
The point of serving your country is not to do your own thing or to go rogue, but to work as part of the process. Kal Penn
country people friendly
Having been on tour in countries that are extremely eco-friendly, we automatically end up doing the things that normal people do in other countries. Kaki King
country believe california
I believe in that old adage that 'as goes California, so goes the country. Kamala Harris
country jobs support
In the quest for comparative advantage, investment will flow towards those countries that can offer more output for fewer emissions. Inaction will cost jobs. Action will support jobs. Julia Gillard
country america people
In lighthearted countries, people joked about this phenomenon, but such serious, practical countries as England, America, and Germany were deeply concerned. Jules Verne
country war thinking
I was going to be a great woman novelist. Then the war came along and I think it's hard for young people today, don't you, to realize that when World War II happened we were dying to go and help our country. Julia Child
country women work
The country needs the political work of women to-day as much as it has ever needed woman in any other work at any other time. Judith Ellen Foster
country hurt cities
I don't know if it matters what country you're from, size of the city you're from, urban or rural, there are people that are hurting each other everywhere. Judd Nelson
country disease lobotomy
Liberalism is a disease cured only by a lobotomy or 90 days in a third world country. Josh Bernstein
country wind people
It's the next phase of authorship of this country's energy future. It's gonna come from the people. It's not gonna be deus ex machina or Obama ex machina, or science ex machina. It's gonna be the people. It's not going to be a wind energy company that comes in and saves the day. It's going to be the people who figure this out. Josh Fox
country frustration wake-up
There's a rising level of frustration with the disconnect between where the vast majority of conservatives are in this country and how Congress is behaving. There's going to be a wake-up call sooner or later. Pat Toomey
country race arms
It seems to me we have been in a rhetorical arms race in this country, with each side unwilling to lay down its weapons for fear - usually justified - the other side would beat them to a pulp. Pat Sajak
country thinking erosion
If you look over the course of a hundred years, I think the gradual erosion of the consensus that's held our country together is probably more serious than a few bearded terrorists who fly into buildings. Pat Robertson
country taken decision
If you go back to any period in India's history, all the hard decisions this country had to take were taken when the Congress was in power. P. Chidambaram
country kyoto world
It is possible that, post-Kyoto, the developed countries will recognise the requirements of the developing world.
country two decision
There are two options for any society: total prohibition as in a totalitarian state, or total license. Both avoid the ardours of decision. Both have the attraction of certainty. The difficult option is to decide where the line should be drawn and this, surely, is the responsiblity of any civilized and democratic country. P. D. James
country cities office
Any visitor to an historic country town or city quickly becomes aware in his or her peregrinations that the most attractive houses in the centre are invariably the offices of lawyers.
country leader political
Our democracy, our culture, our whole way of life is a spectacular triumph of the blah. Why not have a political convention without politics to nominate a leader who's out in front of nobody? Maybe our national mindlessness is the very thing that keeps us from turning into one of those smelly European countries full of pseudo-reds and crypto-fascists and greens who dress like forest elves. P. J. O'Rourke
country humorous loss
This country is so urbanized we think low-fat milk comes from cows on Nutri/System weight-loss plans.
country government citizens
Government does not cause affluence. Citizens of totalitarian countries have plenty of government and nothing of anything else.
country america suffering
Wherever there's injustice, oppression, and suffering, America will show up six months late and bomb the country next to where it's happening.
country long trying
It takes a lot of weapons to do good works (as Richard the Lionhearted could have told us). And this is not just a Somali problem. We have poverty and deprivation in our own country. Try standing unarmed on a street corner in Compton handing out twenty-dollar bills and see how long you last.
country fighting feelings
I never was interested in politics. I'm quite unable to work up any kind of belligerent feeling. Just as I'm about to feel belligerent about some country I meet a decent sort of chap. We go out together and lose any fighting thoughts or feelings. P. G. Wodehouse
country light house
The cup of tea on arrival at a country house is a thing which, as a rule, I particularly enjoy. I like the crackling logs, the shaded lights, the scent of buttered toast, the general atmosphere of leisured cosiness.