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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.
How can a man be said to have a country when he has not right of a square inch of read more
How can a man be said to have a country when he has not right of a square inch of it.
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.
There is no such thing as a little country. The greatness of a people is no more determined by their read more
There is no such thing as a little country. The greatness of a people is no more determined by their number than the greatness of a man is determined by his height.
Canada is the essence of not being. Not English, not American, it is the mathematic of not being. And a read more
Canada is the essence of not being. Not English, not American, it is the mathematic of not being. And a subtle flavour - we're more like celery as a flavour.
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.
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).
Even as a tree has a single trunk, but many branches and leaves, there is one religion but any number read more
Even as a tree has a single trunk, but many branches and leaves, there is one religion but any number of faiths
"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.".