I don't like being flattered. It doesn't suit my English sensibilities. Remember, we are the great country of understatement.
To wait for hours to buy a train ticket or to see a doctor is accepted as a normal way of doing things. Privacy is not a great preoccupation, and this is a very crowded country.
Young people have been at the forefront of every great social movement in our country's history.
Bubbles was a very good dancer. Tremendous dancer. He was one of our leading dancers of the country at that time. And, of course, he didn't have much of a voice.
It used to be that Democrats and Republicans would disagree, but they could be social to each other. There were times during the year that we acted together in the good of the country.
A good historian is timeless; although he is a patriot, he will never flatter his country in any respect.
I have no other view than to promote the public good, and am unambitious of honors not founded in the approbation of my Country.
I mean, the country was founded on free enterprise. There's good things about it, and there's obviously bad things about it.
Democrats with a good understanding of the need for strong energy policy in our country, especially in these difficult economic times, recognized the importance of the Keystone XL pipeline.
America is always a good target for a populist. In many countries, particularly authoritarian systems, if you want to get an extra bonus, you bash the Americans.
I think it's a very good thing to leave your country and look at it from afar.
When good people in any country cease their vigilance and struggle, then evil men prevail.
A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards.
I lived in Paris when I was 20 and 21, and actually knew people that worked for the government there, that talked about terrorism in the country 20 years ago.
At the beginning of the new century, it is the common aspiration of the peoples of the two countries to deepen mutual understanding, enhance trust, develop friendship and strengthen cooperation.
The Pledge of Allegiance reflects the truth that faith in God has played a significant role in America since the days of the founding of our country.
An accurate knowledge of the past of a country is necessary for everyone who would understand its present, and who desires to judge of its future.
There used to be a cruel joke that said Brazil is the country of the future, and always will be; Obama is the Brazil of today's politicians. He has obviously achieved nothing.
There are countries that are near ours which are in the situation which we all know. I want to say that this is not the case of Spain now and it will not be in the future.
I think I'm going to be making country records for as long as I can see into the future. It's much more down-home and real.
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.
