It is now the moment when by common consent we pause to become conscious of our national life to rejoice in it, to recall what our country has done for each of us, and to ask ourselves what we can do for our country in return.
Country Quotes
A man’s feet must be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.
What this country needs is a good five cent anything!
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.
Those that are good manners at the court are as ridiculous in the country as the behavior of the country is most mockable at the court. (As You Like It)
For in a warm climate, no man will labor for himself who can make another labor for him. This is so true, that of the proprietors of slaves a very small proportion indeed are ever seen to labor. And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm […]
Who is here so vile that will not love his country? (Julius Caesar)
My affections were first for my own country, then, generally, for all mankind.
I vow to thee, my country – all earthly things above Entire and whole and perfect, the service of my love, The love that asks no questions; the love that stands the test, That lays upon the altar the dearest and the best; The love that never falters, the love that pays the price, The […]
It is ridiculous to imagine, that the friendship of nations, whether civil or barbarous, can be gained and kept but by kind treatment; and surely they who intrude, uncalled, upon the country of a distant people, ought to consider the natives as worthy of common kindness, and content themselves to rob without insulting them. The […]
