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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.
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!
Our country is the world--our countrymen are mankind.
Our country is the world--our countrymen are mankind.
All those involved in the firebombing of Tokyo
.. were war criminals
interviews recorded in the movie The Fog
of read more
All those involved in the firebombing of Tokyo
.. were war criminals
interviews recorded in the movie The Fog
of War..
(the firebombing of Tokyo occurred before the atom bombs..
100,000 civilians died in one night from American bombs..
500,000 altogether over several days say some).
I have no country to fight for: my country is the earth, and I am a citizen of the world.
I have no country to fight for: my country is the earth, and I am a citizen of the world.
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.
God grant, that not only the Love of Liberty, but a thorough Knowledge of the Rights of Man, may pervade read more
God grant, that not only the Love of Liberty, but a thorough Knowledge of the Rights of Man, may pervade all the Nations of the Earth, so that a Philosopher may set his foot anywhere on its Surface, and say, "This is my Country.".
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.
You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline - it helps if you have read more
You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline - it helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer
