I believe that Ronald Reagan will someday make this country what it once was... an arctic wilderness.
Steve MartinI know of no country in which there is so little independence of mind and real freedom of discussion as in America.
Alexis de TocquevilleI believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments.
Franklin D. RooseveltIt is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.
Mark TwainPatriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.
George Bernard ShawThis country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.
Will RogersAll travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.
Samuel JohnsonIn the country, the darkness of night is friendly and familiar, but in a city, with its blaze of lights, it is unnatural, hostile and menacing. It is like a monstrous vulture that hovers biding its time.
W. Somerset MaughamHere on the pulse of this new day, You may have the grace to look up and out, And into your sister's eyes into, Your brother's face your country, And say simply, Very simply, With hope, Good Morning.
Maya AngelouCompany cultures are like country cultures. Never try to change one. Try instead to work with what you've got.
Peter Drucker