#old country

Once upon a time there was an old country, wrapped up in habit and caution. We have to transform our old France into a new country and marry it to its time. ↗

— Charles de Gaulle

#country #france #habit #into #marry

France cannot be destroyed. She is an old country who, despite her misfortunes, has, and always will have, thanks to her past, a tremendous prestige in the world, whatever the fate inflicted upon her. ↗

— Pierre Laval

#cannot #country #despite #destroyed #fate

And the whole thing is that you're treated like a step-child. Here it was down here, everything in the black, because they were stealing, basically. Stealing from us old country boys down here. ↗

— Waylon Jennings

#because #black #country #down #everything

I venture to allude to the impression which seemed generally to prevail among their brethren across the seas, that the Old Country must wake up if she intends to maintain her old position of pre-eminence in her colonial trade against foreign competitors. ↗

— King George V

#against #among #brethren #colonial #competitors

India is a curious place that still preserves the past, religions, and its history. No matter how modern India becomes, it is still very much an old country. ↗

— Anita Desai

#country #curious #history #how #india

In America, as opposed to the old country, success was based on merit. ↗

— Rand Paul

#based #country #merit #old #old country