Ambrose Bierce Quotes, Country Quotes, War Quotes

Every patriot believes his country better than any other country . . . In its active manifestation-it is fond of killing-patriotism would be well enough if it were simply defensive, but it is also aggressive . . . Patriotism deliberately and with folly aforethought subordinates the interests of a whole to the interests of a part . . . Patriotism is fierce as a fever, pitiless as the grave and blind as a stone.

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Good roads, canals, and navigable rivers, by diminishing the expence of carriage, put the remote parts of the country more nearly upon a level with with those of the neighbourhood of the town. They are upon that the greatest of all improvements.

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Tags : Adam Smith Quotes , Country Quotes , Rivers Quotes

Today Christians ... stand at the head of [this country]... I pledge that I never will tie myself to parties who want to destroy Christianity .. We want to fill our culture again with the Christian spirit ... We want to burn out all the recent immoral developments in literature, in the theater, and in the press - in short, we want to burn out the poison of immorality which has entered into our whole life and culture as a result of liberal excess during the past ... (few) years.

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Until and unless we could disband these militias, this country won't be able to function properly.

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The man who fights against his own country is never a hero.

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Moral restrictions tend to become lax in a foreign country, since the fear of social opinion disappears.

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Tags : Mahatma Gandhi Quotes , Country Quotes , Lax Quotes

The thing which seems so glorious when viewed from the heights of the country's cause looks so muddy when seen from the bottom. One begins by getting angry and then feels disgusted.

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Tags : Rabindranath Tagore Quotes , Country Quotes , Looks Quotes

You have people around the country who are benefitting from the steps that we've taken [with Obamacare] and as long as they continue to get helped, then at least I'll know in my own mind that the work we did here had a lasting impact.

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Tags : Barack Obama Quotes , Country Quotes , Taken Quotes

I know it's going to be the private sector that leads this country out of the current economic times we're in. You can spend your money better than the government can spend your money.

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National Action Network, the group I founded, has affiliates or chapters in over 40 cities around the country.

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I have pinned my faith to the spinning wheel. On it, I believe, the salvation of this country depends.

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The more sharp weapons people have in a country, the bigger the disorder will be.

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Tags : Laozi Quotes , Country Quotes , People Quotes

Switzerland is a country where very few things begin, but many things end.

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Tags : F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes , Country Quotes , Switzerland Quotes

I asked Tom if countries always apologized when they had done wrong, and he says - "Yes; the little ones does".

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Tags : Mark Twain Quotes , Country Quotes , Apology Quotes

Iran is the only country around the negotiating table that has not been attacked by either al-Qaida or Daesh.

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Tags : Adel al-Jubeir Quotes , Country Quotes , Iran Quotes

The working class must control the factories and the country

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Tags : Alan Woods Quotes , Country Quotes , Class Quotes

Activist judges and local officials in some parts of the country are not letting up in their efforts to redefine marriage for the rest of America-and neither should defenders of traditional marriage flag in their efforts.

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Anybody who is in a position to serve this country ought to understand the consequences of words.

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Tags : George W. Bush Quotes , Country Quotes , Position Quotes

To country people Cows are mild, And flee from any stick they throw; But I’m a timid town bred child, And all the cattle seem to know.

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Tags : T. S. Eliot Quotes , Country Quotes , Children Quotes

To bear the country's disgrace is to rule the shrines of soil and grain. To bear the country's misfortunes is to be the king of the world.

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Tags : Laozi Quotes , Country Quotes , Kings Quotes