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  • Jack was unexpectedly moved when he swore allegiance to the king and country. He had served both for years, could easily have laid down his life. Yet it was different to pledge his loyalty and best efforts toward governing this nation. Dying was easier than making good laws. -- Mary Jo Putney
  • I am, as far as my politics reaches, 'King and Country' - no 'Innovations in Religion and Government' say I. -- John Clare
  • I still like the King's Road. It is very alive; it is a hustle of things from different countries and so on. It is lovely. -- Mary Quant
  • Corporations are like countries now, there's a king, there are serfs, there's a court, basically everything but moats. They're feudal societies, and there are good ones and bad ones. -- Tony Gilroy
  • Amnesty is the magnet. Other magnets that you mentioned are anchor babies who get benefits in this country and employer deductions for employees, even if they are here illegally, which Mr. King is addressing. -- Virgil Goode
  • What began as a revolt in response to the King of Great Britain's repeated injuries against the colonies, soon became a passionate and glorious call to fight for the beginnings of a new country. -- John Linder
  • My greatest happiness is to serve my gracious King and Country and I am envious only of glory; for if it be a sin to covet glory I am the most offending soul alive. -- Horatio Nelson
  • I believe our country has to do whatever we can do to protect ourselves-we're king of the hill. We need to protect democracy and the lives of those who live in the free world. -- Rick Yune
  • I want to be a traditional king first and foremost, building on the tradition of my predecessors standing for continuity and stability in this country, but also a 21st-century king who can unite, represent and encourage society. -- Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange
  • In my country, at that time, being a champion of chess was like being a King. At that time I was a King - and when you are King you feel a lot of responsibility, but there is nobody there to help you. -- Boris Spassky
  • My favorite country blues player was Big Bill Broonzy. City blues was Freddie King, but I liked them all - Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Ralph Willis, Lonnie Johnson, Brownie McGhee and the three Kings, B.B., Albert and Freddie. Jazz-wise, I listened to Django, Barney Kessel and Wes Montgomery. -- Alvin Lee
  • Saudi Arabia isn't the enemy, but it is a problem. It could make so much positive difference in the Islamic world if it used its status to soothe Sunni-Shiite tensions and encourage tolerance. For a time, under King Abdullah, it seemed that the country was trying to reform, but now under King Salman, it has stalled. -- Nicholas Kristof
  • The Man Without a Country, was an orator no one could silence and no one could answer. -- Thomas Starr King
  • If you see oppression of the poor, and justice and righteousness trampled in a country, do not be astounded. -- King Solomon
  • I love to sing big rock and roll songs; I love to sing country-pop stuff, and then I love to sing soft, sadder beautiful songs. -- Elle King
  • When I was in the country and I was trying to play, nobody seemed to pay too much attention to me. People used to say, 'That's just that ole blues singer.' -- B. B. King
  • Nor do we begin to have a clear appreciation of what the increase in consumption of alcoholic beverages in wartime means in increased risk, and in loss of efficiency to the fighting and working forces of the country. -- William Lyon Mackenzie King
  • Since the outbreak of war, there has been in our country a steady increase in the consumption of spirits, wine and beer. It is estimated that in dollar volume, the annual outlay is now practically double what it was before the war. -- William Lyon Mackenzie King
  • How do I love Tim McGraw? Let me count the ways: I love that he's a country boy with a city sensibility. I love that he refuses to be pegged, and his duet with Nelly proves it. And I really love that he had the brains to marry Faith Hill. -- Gayle King
  • The Democrats in the Senate adopted a resolution, an amendment, saying that there should be no Guantanamo detainees brought into this country. So, more and more, we're finding the American people on one side, the ACLU and the troglodytes from the New York Times on the other, where they belong. -- Peter T. King
  • I was 18, at art school, and saw this cute boy playing banjo. I was obsessed. I taught myself how to play. I listened to a lot of country and just messed around. The second song I wrote on the banjo was 'Good to Be a Man.' That what's got me signed. -- Elle King
  • Every country should have at least one King Farouk. -- Gore Vidal
  • Whoever is king, is also the father of his country. -- William Congreve
  • In the country of the story the writer is king. -- Shirley Jackson
  • The king must die so that the country can live. -- Maximilien Robespierre
  • In the country of the blind the one eyed man is king. -- Desiderius Erasmus
  • In the country of the blind, the one-eyed king can still goof up. -- Laurence J. Peter
  • I admire King Hussein his courage in leading his country for a long time. -- Yitzhak Rabin
  • In Denmark, the king's faith became the religion of the country, and we are still happy with that today. -- Margrethe II of Denmark
  • It doesn't matter whether you're the king of a country or... a fabulous Beatle; it's what's inside that counts. -- George Harrison
  • Beware of being too rational. In the country of the insane, the integrated man doesn't become king. He gets lynched. --
  • There is an old saying that there is no country as unhappy as one that need heroes.(King Pelles the Sure) -- Peter S. Beagle
  • If you're demanding a rodeo jester be thrown in the dungeons for mocking the king, don't pretend you support a free country. -- Steve Stockman
  • A King should sacrifice the best affections of his heart for the good of his country; no sacrifice should be above his determination. -- Napoleon Bonaparte
  • As all who come into the country must obey the King, so all who come into an university must be of the Church. -- James Boswell
  • My first allegiance is not to a flag, a country, or a man...not to democracy, or blood; it's to a King & a Kingdom -- Derek Webb
  • Your fey cousin here has the miraculous ability to hold his liquor--and mine, and yours, and the king's, and half the country's, I expect. -- Alethea Kontis
  • Today, she had yielded the sovereignty of her country to Eugenides, who had given up everything he had ever hoped for, to be her King. -- Megan Whalen Turner
  • We're leaving this Hell of a mess before long and we're going to go to our Country and our City to be with our King! -- David Berg
  • When England was a kingdom, we had a king. When we were an empire, we had an emperor. Now we're a country, and we have Margaret Thatcher. -- Kenny Everett
  • To bear the country's disgrace is to rule the shrines of soil and grain. To bear the country's misfortunes is to be the king of the world. -- Laozi
  • I wanted to be a King who would found a New World, not in some misty country far across the seas, but right here, right now, at home. -- Cressida Cowell
  • The children will not leave unless I do. I shall not leave unless their father does, and the King will not leave the country in any circumstances whatever -- Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
  • We wouldn't be as far along as a country if we didn't take on some of Martin Luther King's ways that he instilled in us. -- Rodney King
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