500 Quotes by Country

Think of a country where people were admired for running away in battle, or where a man felt proud of double-crossing all the people who had been kindest to him. You might just as well try to imagine a country where two and two made five.

Only the desert has a fascination – to ride alone – in the sun in the forever unpossessed country – away from man. That is a great temptation.

Teach me to go to the country beyond words and beyond names.

Love your neighbor as yourself and your country more than yourself.

A country cannot simultaneously prepare and prevent war. I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. The distinctions separating the social classes are false; in the last analysis they rest on force.

Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains.

In a system of free trade and free markets poor countries – and poor people – are not poor because others are rich. Indeed, if others became less rich the poor would in all probability become still poorer.

The door of opportunity swings wide open in our country. Through it, in constant flow, go those who toil. America recognizes no aristocracy save those who work. The badge of service is the sole requirement for admission to the ranks of our nobility.

A man’s first duty is to his own conscience and honor; the party and country come second to that, and never first.