Country Values Quotes

Patriotism is proud of a country’s virtues and eager to correct its deficiencies; it also acknowledges the legitimate patriotism of other countries, with their own specific virtues. The pride of nationalism, however, trumpets its country’s virtues and denies its deficiencies, while it is contemptuous toward the virtues of other countries. It wants to be, and proclaims itself to be, “the greatest,” but greatness is not required of a country; only goodness is.

What makes our country unique is its commitment to being open, to making its leaders accountable.

There needs to be an allegiance to the United States and what this country stands for.

Well, it gives, certainly to my father, who is the one that suffered the most in our family, and understanding of how the ideals of a country are only as good as the people who give it flesh and blood.

I've never had a problem with people expressing themselves. It's one thing great about our country.

A person that wants to come to our country must share our Canadian values.

Let us not act out of fear and misunderstanding, but out of the values of inclusion, diversity, and regard for all that make our country great.

If those are not your values, if you want a country which has Sharia law or a theocratic state, then Australia is not for you

The U.K. has some of the best protections in law for religious groups in the world. They aren't perfect, but they provide a strong basis for religious groups to be free from fear of discrimination. I'm proud of this because it underpins what is decent about our country.

Although no one believes me, I have always been a country girl and still have a country girl's values

People can voice their different points of view. We are also a country where there will be criticism.

Some people say I'm not country, but they don't really know how I grew up.

I think we should not do what the Republicans did, which is to spend eight years saying they would do absolutely nothing because we do stand for the country.

We're a humane country. We got to make sure that we find the intelligence. We have do it [protecting our boundaries] in a humane way following the law.

I've always believed that immigration is really about who we are as a country and what we're willing to stand up for.

People are wanted on the farms to raise corn and grow stock for the markets; but they are wanted there far more for the training of manhood and womanhood in moral worth, in religious sensibility, in all the traits of a strong, upright personality. In the future as never heretofore, our cities with their multiplying wealth and lavish luxury are likely to need the country for that steady renewal of their better life which shall keep them from relaxing into sensuality and sinking into decay.

You see a lot of people out there that say they're country, and they do their little things that are stereotypical country things, but being country is a way of life.

Growing up in east Tennessee gave me my country roots, my twang, and a lot of my stories.

Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong.

There is no sense and no sanity in objecting to the desecration of the flag while tolerating and justifying and encouraging as a daily business the desecration of the country for which it stands.

How we treat the least of our brethren,... that's the measure of this country.

I guess you could say I'm what this country is all about.

Deporting asylum seekers back to violence does not reflect the values of our country.

I respect and admire the Mormon faith. And I am eternally grateful that we live in a country where we have the freedom to worship as we choose.

Tax policy should reflect a country's values and address its problems.