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It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them.
A small country town is not the place in which one would choose to quarrel with a wife; every human being in such places is a spy.
We need the real, nation-wide terror which reinvigorates the country and through which the Great French Revolution achieved glory.
David Cameron was wrong on this [Brexit]. He didn't get the mood of his country right. He was very surprised to see what happened.
In a free country there is much clamor, with little suffering; in a despotic state there is little complaint, with much grievance.
It's very important to always put things in their historical contexts. It teaches important lessons about the country in question.
I still believe in this country, that it can fulfill the destiny Blake and Whitman envisioned. I still believe in American poetry.
The E.U. imports more agricultural goods from developing countries around the world than does the U.S., Canada and Japan, combined.
America is still the best country for the common man -- white or black ... if he can't make it here he won't make it anywhere else.
Black actors on the road, flying around the country working as poets. Those people are inspirations for millions of kids who write.
There should be full engagement to protect our country from a grave threat, which is the weakest foreign policy since Jimmy Carter.
Nobody respects a country with a poor army, but everybody respects a country with a good army. I raise my toast to the Finnish army
I think that what is true is that the Russians intended to meddle, and they meddled. And it could be another country in the future.
For we, the people, understand that our country cannot succeed when a shrinking few do very well and a growing many barely make it.
Financiers live in a world of illusion. They count on something which they call the capital of the country, which has no existence.
England is the most class-ridden country under the sun. It is a land of snobbery and privilege, ruled largely by the old and silly.
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.
Death is not a journey into an unknown land; it is a voyage home. We are going, not to a strange country, but to our fathers house.
We don't live in vacuums; we do care about the world, and we do want to believe our country is doing the right thing on our behalf.
Honoring the sacrifices many have made for our country in the name of freedom and democracy is the very foundation of Veterans Day.
I've swum for my country, I've swum for my coaches and my schools and my teams. I decided this time I was going to swim for myself.
I want people to think about everyone in their life, and their responsibilities to their friends, their families and their country.
Trying to predict the future is like trying to drive down a country road at night with no lights while looking out the back window.
I do not think we should tax people to a point where they are looking for tax loopholes and getting their money out of the country.
I quit Paris unwillingly, because I must part from my friends; and I quit the country unwillingly, because I must part from myself.
I address you with neither rancor nor bitterness in the fading twilight of life, with but one purpose in mind: to serve my country.
The Commons is one of the most depressing and intellectually unstimulating places in the country. [On the state of British politics
An optimist is merely an ex-pessimist with his pockets full of money, his digestion in good condition, and his wife in the country.
I am totally in favor of trade. But I want trade deals for our country that create more jobs and higher wages for American workers.
When you think about it, attention-deficit order makes a lot of sense. In this country there isn't a lot worth paying attention to.
I see little more important to the future of our country and our civilization than the full recognition of the place of the artist.
The attainment of the present status of Thailand has to depend on the ability or the actions of all the inhabitants of the country.
One of the things that bothers me most is the growing belief in the country that security is more important than freedom. It ain't.
Film is not analysis, it is the agitation of mind; cinema comes from the country fair and the circus, not from art and academicism.
Our air, water, soil, forests, oceans, rivers, lakes, scenic beauty, wildlife habitat, minerals, that is the wealth of the country.
As soon as I began to earn what might be called fairly large sums, I bought a car and began to explore the country around New York.
I just don't think America wants a female host. It's like men don't walk around in skirts in this country. Why change a good thing?
For many of us who were born and raised in this country, including me, it's sometimes easy to forget how special America really is.
The fey in this country keep to themselves, and are a separate nation, much like the American Indians, but with even more autonomy.
I want the people of New York to be an example to the rest of the country, and the rest of the world, that terrorism can't stop us.
This Sarah Palin phenomenon is very curious. I think somebody watching us from Mars — they would think the country has gone insane.
Always the eternal optimist, President Reagan instilled confidence and optimism at a time both were in short supply in our country.
If a man can say 'My life is more important than my country,' that man has succeeded in freeing himself from the chains of society!
I am very proud to be British. I'm very conscious of carrying my country with me wherever I go. I feel I need to represent it well.
America, and particularly your conservative movement, is a light and an inspiration to people in this country and across the world.
As so often before, on the courage and determination of British men and women, serving our country, the fate of many nations rests.
Sometimes faggot is the right word. There's a trend in this country to avoid words: "We can't say that one anymore it's offensive."
Ignorance of the law is no excuse in any country. If it were, the laws would lose their effect, because it can always be pretended.
A country without a border is like a person in a house without a front door. Anybody can enter and you cannot ask anybody to leave.