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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.
Denial ain't just a river in Egypt.
Denial ain't just a river in Egypt.
For Africa to me... is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where read more
For Africa to me... is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where he is going unless he knows exactly where he has been and exactly how he arrived at his present place.
Official dignity tends to increase in inverse ratio to the importance of the country in which the office is held.
Official dignity tends to increase in inverse ratio to the importance of the country in which the office is held.
Our country is the world--our countrymen are mankind.
Our country is the world--our countrymen are mankind.
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.
Every man has two countries, his own and France.
Every man has two countries, his own and France.
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.
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.
