country

England, with all thy faults I love thee still, My country!

God made the country, and man made the town.

I nauseate walking; 'tis a country diversion, I loathe the country.

I know that I shall meet my fate Somewhere among the clouds above; Those that I fight I do not hate, Those that I guard I do not love; My country is Kiltartan Cross, My countrymen Kiltartan's poor.

That is no country for old men. The young In one another's arms, birds in the trees - Those dying generations-at their song, The salmon-falls, the mackerel-crowded seas, Fish, flesh, or fowl, commend all summer long Whatever is begotten, born, and dies. Caught in that sensual music all neglect Monuments of unaging intellect.

There is something frank and joyous and young in the open face of the country. It gives itself ungrudgingly to the moods of the season, holding nothing back.

What the country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds.

Things in our country run in spite of government, not by aid of it.

Banking and after-dinner speaking are two of the most nonessential industries we have in this country. I am ready to reform, if they are.

Will Rogers used to say he wouldn't run for president no matter how badly the country needed a comedian.