504 Quotes About Countries

What does ‘United States of America’ mean? That we’re some states, we’re united somehow, and that we’re in America. America could be anywhere on the continents of North or South America, so that’s not specific enough, and the part about the states doesn’t narrow it down, either. Mexico has united states, too. So does Canada, except they call them provinces. It’s not even a name. It’s just a vague description. It’s so generic, like naming a country ‘Country.

When we imagine an alien planet, we rarely imagine it to be divided into countries—because that would be, you know, backward.

Nationalism does nothing but teach you to hate people you never met, and to take pride in accomplishments you had no part in.

What is the sense of giving a boundary to all that, of giving it a name and ceasing to love where the name ceases to apply? What is love of one's country; is it hate of one's uncountry?

This is a life changing time, a time of restoration and peace for someone's country, that someone who is a citizen of a country with brokenness. God heals countries and now is the time to look upon him for true and permanent divine healing for nations and all people.

Good women are the backbone of countries, counties and communities. You can easily count on them.

Countries are organized crime syndicates that do business with other criminals. Whichever side you are on, you are a pawn on a chessboard.

Countries who don’t have brave prosecutors and fearless judges will instead have plenty of thieves, many killers and even stupid dictators!

The continent did not appeal: France was filled with irritating people; Spain was corrupt and unstable; Russia, impossible; Italy, absurd; Germany, rigid; Portugal, in decline. Holland, thought favorably disposed toward him, was dull. The United States of America, he decided, was a possibility.