'My country, right or wrong' is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying except in a desperate case. read more

'My country, right or wrong' is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying 'My mother, drunk or sober.'

The chief foundations of all states... are good laws and good arms. And as there cannot be good laws where read more

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...

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.

There is no greater sign of a general decay of virtue in a nation, than a want of zeal in read more

There is no greater sign of a general decay of virtue in a nation, than a want of zeal in its inhabitants for the good of their country.

The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.

The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.

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.

Every man has two countries, his own and France.

Every man has two countries, his own and France.

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.

Denial ain't just a river in Egypt.

Denial ain't just a river in Egypt.