Quotes about Country

But a good patriot, and a true politician, always considers how he shall make the most of the existing materials of his country. A disposition, to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman. Everything else is vulgar in the conception, perilous in the execution.

My patriotic heart beats red, white, and blue.

I believe there is yet a spirit of resistance in this country, which will not submit to be oppressed; but I am sure there is a fund of good sense in this country, which cannot be deceived.

A great name for a new country song: If I'd Shot You Sooner, I'd Be Out of Jail by Now.

A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country.

I congratulate you, my fellow-citizens, upon the high state of prosperity to which the goodness of Divine Providence has conducted our common country.

The purpose is clear. It is safety with solvency. The country is entitled to both.

I grew up in Arizona listening to Hank Williams Jr., Johnny Cash, Tammy Wynette, and Dolly Parton.

A great man, tender of heart, strong of nerve, boundless patience and broadest sympathy, with no motive apart from his country.

But my Country has in its Wisdom contrived for me the most insignificant Office that ever the invention of Man contrived or his Imagination conceived: and as I can do neither good nor Evil, I must be borne away by Others and meet the common Fate.

My country has contrived for me the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived.

Governments are the sails, the people the wind, the country is the ship and time is the sea.