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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.
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.
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.".
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.
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.
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).
Every man has two countries, his own and France.
Every man has two countries, his own and France.