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.
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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.".
Our country is the world--our countrymen are mankind.
Our country is the world--our countrymen are mankind.
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.
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.
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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...
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There ought to be a system of manners in every nation which a well-formed mind would be disposed to relish. To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.
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.
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The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.
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.
