Welcome to the world of Country Quotes, where the rich tapestry of rural life, rustic charm, and heartfelt sentiments come together in a collection of inspiring and thought-provoking sayings. Whether you’re a country dweller, an admirer of rural landscapes, or simply someone who appreciates the timeless beauty of countryside living, you’ll find a treasure trove of wisdom and insight within these quotes. From the simplicity of farm life to the deep connections forged in small communities, our collection captures the essence of country living and celebrates the values and experiences that make it so unique.
Below, you’ll discover a delightful array of quotes that encapsulate the warmth, simplicity, and authenticity of country living. Whether you’re looking to add a touch of rustic charm to your home decor, create a personalized greeting card, or simply find inspiration for your next adventure in the countryside, these quotes are a valuable resource. Feel free to copy them, pair them with captivating images, or enhance them with stylish fonts to create your own personalized masterpieces. So, dive into the world of Country Quotes, and let the wisdom and beauty of rural life inspire you on your journey.
A society should be judged by how it treats its children. A country that fails to invest in its children is imperilling its future. Owen Jones
Born and educated in this country, I glory in the name of Briton. George III of the United Kingdom
A lot of things I am, and a lot of things I am not. But I think I’m about as good an American as there is. I love this country. It’s been very, very good to me. And it will be good to anybody if they are willing to give of themselves. Jimmy Dean
Let us form one body, one heart, and defend to the last warrior our country, our homes, our liberty, and the graves of our fathers. Tecumseh
Would you bet your paycheck on a weather forecast for tomorrow? If not, then why should this country bet billions on global warming predictions that have even less foundation? Thomas Sowell
The love of one’s country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border? Pablo Casals
A lot of black people believe that Jews in this country have become white. They behave like white people rather than Jewish people. Toni Morrison
Cross country skiing is great if you live in a small country. Steven Wright
Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it. George Bernard Shaw
I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever. Thomas Jefferson
Texas will again lift its head and stand among the nations. It ought to do so, for no country upon the globe can compare with it in natural advantages. Sam Houston
Is it wrong for me to love my own? Is it wicked for me because my skin is red? Because I am Sioux? Because I was born where my father lived? Because I would die for my people and my country? Sitting Bull
America is known as a country that welcomes people to its shores. All kinds of people. The image of the Statue of Liberty with Emma Lazarus’ famous poem. She lifts her lamp and welcomes people to the golden shore, where they will not experience prejudice because of the color of their skin, the religious faith that they follow. Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world. Science is the highest personification of the nation because that nation will remain the first which carries the furthest the works of thought and intelligence. Louis Pasteur
Being a law enforcement officer is one of the toughest jobs that there is, but it’s also foundational to a functioning society. We rely on these brave men and women to protect and serve our country every day. Tommy Tuberville
Winning or losing of the election is less important than strengthening the country. Indira Gandhi
America is a country of inventors, and the greatest of inventors are the newspaper men. Alexander Graham Bell
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it. Mark Twain
For the first time in my adult lifetime, I am really proud of my country. And not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change. And I have been desperate to see our country moving in that direction. Michelle Obama
I’ve always believed that no officer’s life, regardless of rank, is of such great value to his country that he should seek safety in the rear… Officers should be forward with their men at the point of impact. Chesty Puller
Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what’s for lunch. Orson Welles
Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time. George W. Bush
The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion. Thomas Paine
They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for one’s country. But in modern war, there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason. Ernest Hemingway
There is nothing here that’s broken that can’t be fixed, but it won’t happen on its own. It’s going to require a huge lift by the entire country of the United States of America and people on the ground taking personal responsibility for themselves. You cannot take it as a fait accompli that the city’s going to come back. Mitch Landrieu
I don’t feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from them. There were great numbers of people who needed new land, and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves. John Wayne
I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually. James Baldwin
Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have. Winston Churchill
I can’t imagine there has ever been a more gratifying time or place to be alive than America in the 1950s. No country had ever known such prosperity. Bill Bryson
The atomic bomb made the prospect of future war unendurable. It has led us up those last few steps to the mountain pass; and beyond there is a different country. J. Robert Oppenheimer
Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic; but destroy our farms and the grass will grow in the streets of every city in the country. William Jennings Bryan
If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. Oscar Wilde
A democracy which makes or even effectively prepares for modern, scientific war must necessarily cease to be democratic. No country can be really well prepared for modern war unless it is governed by a tyrant, at the head of a highly trained and perfectly obedient bureaucracy. Aldous Huxley
An ambassador is an honest man sent abroad to lie and intrigue for the benefit of his country. Henry Wotton
Duty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be. Douglas MacArthur
I don’t hate redheads! The millionaire men – wealthy men – never pick them. Every time I offer them they say no. I could say the most gorgeous redhead in the world and they’ll say no, they don’t want it. Now if you ask an Irish guy in Ireland, he says ‘yes,’ because that’s indigenous to that country. Patti Stanger
You can’t be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer. Frank Zappa
Without a sign, his sword the brave man draws, and asks no omen, but his country’s cause. Homer
We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can’t have both. Louis D. Brandeis
The uniform makes for brotherhood, since when universally adopted it covers up all differences of class and country. Robert Baden-Powell
A Canadian is a Canadian is a Canadian. And you devalue the citizenship of every Canadian in this place and in this country when you break down and make it conditional for anyone. Justin Trudeau
Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong. James Bryce
I don’t like country music, but I don’t mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means ‘put down’. Bob Newhart
Illegal immigration is crisis for our country. It is an open door for drugs, criminals, and potential terrorists to enter our country. It is straining our economy, adding costs to our judicial, healthcare, and education systems. Timothy Murphy
The planter, the farmer, the mechanic, and the laborer… form the great body of the people of the United States, they are the bone and sinew of the country men who love liberty and desire nothing but equal rights and equal laws. Andrew Jackson
New Zealand is not a small country but a large village. Peter Jackson
Voting is the expression of our commitment to ourselves, one another, this country and this world. Sharon Salzberg
I don’t see why we need to stand by and watch a country go communist due to the irresponsibility of its people. The issues are much too important for the Chilean voters to be left to decide for themselves. Henry Kissinger
The undiscovered country from whose bourn no traveler returns. William Shakespeare
As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole world. Virginia Woolf
Every country has the government it deserves. Joseph de Maistre
Harold Wilson is going around the country stirring up apathy. William Whitelaw
We don’t need a melting pot in this country, folks. We need a salad bowl. In a salad bowl, you put in the different things. You want the vegetables – the lettuce, the cucumbers, the onions, the green peppers – to maintain their identity. You appreciate differences. Jane Elliot
Our country was founded by geniuses, but it’s being run by idiots. John Kennedy
If we love our country, we should also love our countrymen. Ronald Reagan
Too bad that all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs and cutting hair. George Burns
Canada will be a strong country when Canadians of all provinces feel at home in all parts of the country, and when they feel that all Canada belongs to them. Pierre Trudeau
We don’t sell a car, we sell a dream. We are Italy’s national team. There are many great soccer teams in our country, but there is only one Ferrari. Luca Cordero di Montezemolo
There is nothing which can better deserve your patronage, than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness. George Washington
It would be a much better country if women did not vote. That is simply a fact. In fact, in every presidential election since 1950 – except Goldwater in ’64 – the Republican would have won, if only the men had voted. Ann Coulter
We walk together, we move together, we think together, we resolve together, and together we take this country forward. Narendra Modi
This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer. Will Rogers
Humanity has won its battle. Liberty now has a country. Marquis de Lafayette
The patriot volunteer, fighting for country and his rights, makes the most reliable soldier on earth. Stonewall Jackson
Any cook should be able to run the country. Vladimir Lenin
There is a painful joke that Europeans often tell of their Gallic neighbors: God created France, the most beautiful country in the world with so much good in it, and ended up feeling guilty about it. He had to do something to make it fair. And so, he created the French people. Janine di Giovanni
There is no surer sign of decay in a country than to see the rites of religion held in contempt. Niccolo Machiavelli
True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country. Kurt Vonnegut
There’s not an American in this country free until every one of us is free. Jackie Robinson
If I were to be Miss Universe, I will use my voice to influence the youth and I would raise awareness to certain causes like HIV awareness that is timely and relevant to my country which is the Philippines. Pia Wurtzbach
A country without borders is not a country. Carlos Beruff
As soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed, and demand a rent even for its natural produce. Adam Smith
No fundamental social change occurs merely because government acts. It’s because civil society, the conscience of a country, begins to rise up and demand – demand – demand change. Joe Biden
There is nothing nobler than risking your life for your country. Nick Lampson
A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government. Edward Abbey
I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth, and I am a citizen of the world. Eugene V. Debs
Those who own the country ought to govern it. John Jay
In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of. Confucius
I have a lot of respect for Martin Luther King. I think he was one of the greatest orators that the country ever produced. Fred Hampton
One does not inhabit a country; one inhabits a language. That is our country, our fatherland – and no other. Emil Cioran
Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country. Bertrand Russell
War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it. George Orwell
What’s great about this country is that America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest. You can be watching TV and see Coca-Cola, and you can know that the President drinks Coke. Liz Taylor drinks Coke, and just think, you can drink Coke, too. Andy Warhol
I was called a terrorist yesterday, but when I came out of jail, many people embraced me, including my enemies, and that is what I normally tell other people who say those who are struggling for liberation in their country are terrorists. Nelson Mandela
Every man who repeats the dogma of Mill that one country is no fit to rule another country must admit that one class is not fit to rule another class. B. R. Ambedkar
I spent thirty-three years and four months in active military service as a member of this country’s most agile military force, the Marine Corps. I served in all commissioned ranks from Second Lieutenant to Major-General. Smedley Butler
Mathematics knows no races or geographic boundaries; for mathematics, the cultural world is one country. David Hilbert
Where you see wrong or inequality or injustice, speak out, because this is your country. This is your democracy. Make it. Protect it. Pass it on. Thurgood Marshall
There is scarcely anything to which I am so feelingly alive as the honour and welfare of my country, and, as a poet, I have no higher enjoyment than singing her sons and daughters. Robert Burns
A man’s feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world. George Santayana
There are seasons in every country when noise and impudence pass current for worth; and in popular commotions especially, the clamors of interested and factious men are often mistaken for patriotism. Alexander Hamilton
The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against all hazards: And it is our duty to defend them against all attacks. Samuel Adams
My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. John F. Kennedy
Memorial Day isn’t just about honoring veterans, its honoring those who lost their lives. Veterans had the fortune of coming home. For us, that’s a reminder of when we come home we still have a responsibility to serve. It’s a continuation of service that honors our country and those who fell defending it. Pete Hegseth
I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country. Nathan Hale
In this enlightened age, there are few I believe, but what will acknowledge, that slavery as an institution is a moral & political evil in any country. It is useless to expatiate on its disadvantages. Robert E. Lee
The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his. George S. Patton
Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country. Theodore Roosevelt
Where liberty is, there is my country. Benjamin Franklin
