Home / Topics / Country Quotes

Country Quotes

Browse 19754 quotes about Country.

Country Quotes

“In English-speaking countries, the connection between heresy and homosexuality is expressed through the use of a single word to denote both concepts: buggery. ... Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (Third Edition) defines "buggery" as "heresy, sodomy.”

Country Use Concepts Connections Thirds Homosexuality Dictionary Heresy Single Word English Speaking

Book:The Manufacture of Madness: A Comparative Study of the Inquisition and the Mental Health Movement

Source: The Manufacture of Madness: A Comparative Study of the Inquisition and the Mental Health Movement

“I don't reject the concept of preemptive war. I'm a mother of five. I have five grandchildren. And I always say: Think of a lioness. Think of a mother bear. You come anywhere near our cubs, you're dead. And so, in terms of any threat to our country, people have to know we'll be there to preemptively strike. But what the president [Bush] did was, on the basis of no real intelligence for an imminent threat to our country, chose to go into a war for reasons that are still unknown to us.”

“Someone who thinks well of himself is said to have a healthy self-concept and is envied. Someone who thinks well of his country is called a patriot and is applauded. But someone who thinks well of his species is regarded as hopelessly naïve and is dismissed.”

Thinking Wells Said Self Country Healthy Concepts Species Patriot Envied Self Concept

Book:The Brighter Side of Human Nature: Altruism and Empathy in Everyday Life

Source: The Brighter Side of Human Nature: Altruism and Empathy in Everyday Life