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    Official dignity tends to increase in inverse ratio to the importance of the country in which the office is held.

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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.

by Maya Angelou Found in: Country Quotes,
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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.

by Giuseppe Mazzini Found in: Country Quotes,
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"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.".

by Gilbert K. Chesterton Found in: Country Quotes,
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The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed read more

The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.

by Lord Acton Found in: Country Quotes,
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Let it be borne on the flag under which we rally in every exigency, that we have one country, one read more

Let it be borne on the flag under which we rally in every exigency, that we have one country, one constitution, one destiny.

by Daniel Webster Found in: Country Quotes,
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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...

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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.

by Thomas Jefferson Found in: Country Quotes,
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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.

by Victor Hugo Found in: Country Quotes,
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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!

by Stephen Decatur Found in: Country Quotes,
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