Country Quotes

The countries which we long for occupy, at any given moment, a far larger place in our actual life than the country in which we happen to be.

An ambassador is a man of virtue. sent abroad, to tell lies for the advantage of his country.

Who saves his country, saves himself, saves all things, and all things saved do bless him! Who lets his country die, lets all things die, dies himself ignobly, and all things dying curse him!

The only thing you need to know about a country is whether people are trying to get in, or get out.

Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.

It is now the moment when by common consent we pause to become conscious of our national life to rejoice in it, to recall what our country has done for each of us, and to ask ourselves what we can do for our country in return.

A man’s feet must be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.

What this country needs is a good five cent anything!

There is no such thing as a little country. The greatness of a people is no more determined by their number than the greatness of a man is determined by his height.

Those that are good manners at the court are as ridiculous in the country as the behavior of the country is most mockable at the court. (As You Like It)