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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.
Our country. In her intercourse with foreign nations may she always be in the right; but our country right or read more
Our country. In her intercourse with foreign nations may she always be in the right; but our country right or wrong!
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.
Let it be borne on the flag under which we rally in every exigency, that we have one country, one read more
Let it be borne on the flag under which we rally in every exigency, that we have one country, one constitution, one destiny.
So long as you are ready to die for humanity, the life of your country is immortal.
So long as you are ready to die for humanity, the life of your country is immortal.
The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed read more
The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.
My countrymen should have nerves of steel, muscles of iron, and minds like thunderbolt.
My countrymen should have nerves of steel, muscles of iron, and minds like thunderbolt.
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.
"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.".
