Quotes about country
country cutting people
The kind of plan that Donald [Tramp] has put forth would be trickle-down economics all over again. In fact, it would be the most extreme version, the biggest tax cuts for the top percent of the people in this country than we've ever had. Hillary Clinton
country historical democracy
There cannot be true democracy unless all citizens are able to participate fully in the lives of their country.
country believe hard-work
I believe capital gains, for the most part, should be taxed the same way we tax income from hard work, sweat, and toil. And if we do those things, we can be a country that actually can afford debt-free college again.
country people together
If you want to bring the people of this world together, you have to be willing to engage with countries that do not share our [western] democratic values. Herbert Hainer
country fighting democracy
Our country was thereby saved from the consequences of its distracting individualistic conception of democracy, and its merely legal conception of nationality. It was because the followers of Jackson and Douglas did fight for it, that the Union was preserved. Herbert Croly
country believe numbers
There are a few people, but a diminishing number, who still believe that Marxism, as an economic system, off era a coherent alternative to capitalism, and socialism has, indeed, triumphed in one country. Herbert Read
country home israel
I have on numerous occasions, as you know, expressed my sympathy in the establishment of a National Home for the Jews in Palestine and, despite the set-backs caused by the disorders there during the last few years, I have been heartened by the progress which has been made and by the remarkable accomplishments of the Jewish settlers in that country. Herbert Hoover
country responsibility cities
Many women are now holding posts of grave responsibility in city and country and state and nation, and their number must be greatly increased.
country government agency
I am willing to pledge myself that if the time should ever come that the voluntary agencies of the country together with the localand state governments are unable to find resources with which to prevent hunger and sufferingI will ask the aid of every resource of the Federal Government.... I have the faith in the American people that such a day will not come.
country ruins prosperity
[N]o country can squander itself to prosperity on the ruin of its taxpayers.
country selfish opportunity
Any practice of business which would dominate the country by its own selfish interest is a destruction of equality of opportunity. Government in business, except in emergency, is also a destruction of equal opportunity and the incarnation of tyranny through bureaucracy.
country sound fundamentals
The fundamental business of the country, that is production and distribution of commodities, is on a sound and prosperous basis.
country horse men
Every collectivist revolution rides in on a Trojan horse of "emergency". It was the tactic of Lenin, Hitler, and Mussolini. In the collectivist sweep over a dozen minor countries of Europe, it was the cry of men striving to get on horseback. And "emergency" became the justification of the subsequent steps. This technique of creating emergency is the greatest achievement that demagoguery attains.
country want may
The farmers may be the backbone of the country, but who wants to be a backbone? F. Scott Fitzgerald
country hoe care
I care not who hoes the lettuce of my country if I can eat the salad!
country believe voice
We want to believe. Young students try to believe in older authors, constituents try to believe in their Congressmen, countries try to believe in their statesmen, but they can't. Too many voices, too much scattered, illogical ill-considered criticism.
country switzerland ends
Switzerland is a country where very few things begin, but many things end.
country fun intelligent
The best of America drifts to Paris. The American in Paris is the best American. It is more fun for an intelligent person to live in an intelligent country. France has the only two things toward which we drift as we grow older—intelligence and good manners.
country beach world
The world, as a rule, does not live on beaches and in country clubs.
country suicide want
I have said, with respect to authorization bills, that I do not want the Congress or the country to commit fiscal suicide on the installment plan. Everett Dirksen
country hair avid
I keep up with everything in terms of health, fitness, nutrition, skin care, hair, nails. Really, everything. I'm an avid reader of every women's health newsletter from every hospital in the country. Evelyn Lauder
country musician realizing
Once you're in a particular country, and you're surrounded by musicians who are so adept at traditional music, you suddenly realize how much there is to explore and digest and learn and experience. Evelyn Glennie
country computer-literacy long
Cyberattacks have become a permanent fixture on the international scene because they have become easy and cheap to launch. Basic computer literacy and a modest budget can go a long way toward invading a country's cyberspace. Evgeny Morozov
country thinking revolution
Simply getting a country's population online is not going to trigger a revolution in critical thinking.
country hate czech-republic
There is this huge Roma problem in Europe. There are a lot of Romas who are discriminated against in countries like the Czech Republic or Hungary. They are an ethnic minority that in Europe everyone loves to hate.
country europe president
My homeland of Belarus is an unlikely place for an Internet revolution. The country, controlled by authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko since 1994, was once described by Condoleezza Rice as 'the last outpost of tyranny in Europe.'
country people secret
They are a very decent generous lot of people out here and they don't expect you to listen.... It's the secret of social ease in this country. They talk entirely for their own pleasure. Nothing they say is designed to be heard. Evelyn Waugh
country literature censorship
If we can't stamp out literature in the country, we can at least stop its being brought in from outside.
country new-york cities
There is practically no sense that is not violated every time we return from the country or the sea to Paris or London or New York.
country america japan
The amount of U.S. debt held by countries such as China and Japan is at a historic high, with foreign investors holding half of America's publicly held debt. This dependence raises the specter that other nations will be able to influence our policies in ways antithetical to American interests. Evan Bayh
country military should-have
Across the country military families are facing dire financial circumstances due to longer than expected tours of duties. They are being penalized for their patriotism - no one should have to choose between doing right by their country and doing right by their families.
country down-and united-states
When a population saves a lot, the funds are invested outside the country as well as inside. If the Japanese invest in the United States, it pushes their exchange rate down and makes their manufacturing more competitive. Evan Davis
country couple nice
As it happens, I have personally been something of an enthusiast for the London Olympic games, mainly on the grounds a) that a bit of wasteland will be made nice and b) that it tends to make everybody happy that their country should be the centre of world attention for a couple of weeks in their life.