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"My country, right or wrong," is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except a desperate case. It read more
"My country, right or wrong," is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except a desperate case. It is like saying, "My mother, drunk or sober.".
My kind of loyalty was loyalty to one's country, not to its institutions or its officeholders. The country is the read more
My kind of loyalty was loyalty to one's country, not to its institutions or its officeholders. The country is the real thing, the substantial thing, the eternal thing; it is the thing to watch over, and care for, and be loyal to institutions are extraneous, they are its mere clothing, and clothing can wear out, become ragged, cease to be comfortable, cease to protect the body from winter, disease, and death.
The chief foundations of all states... are good laws and good arms. And as there cannot be good laws where read more
The chief foundations of all states... are good laws and good arms. And as there cannot be good laws where there are not good arms... where there are good arms there must be good laws...
Denial ain't just a river in Egypt.
Denial ain't just a river in Egypt.
Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just.
Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just.
New Zealand is a country of thirty thousand million sheep, three million of whom think they are human.
New Zealand is a country of thirty thousand million sheep, three million of whom think they are human.
Countries are well cultivated, not as they are fertile, but as they are free.
Countries are well cultivated, not as they are fertile, but as they are free.
The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.
The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.
In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something read more
In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.
