My kind of loyalty was loyalty to one’s country, not to its institutions or its officeholders. The country is the real thing, the substantial thing, the eternal thing; it is the thing to watch over, and care for, and be loyal to institutions are extraneous, they are its mere clothing, and clothing can wear out, […]
Country Quotes
There ought to be a system of manners in every nation which a well-formed mind would be disposed to relish. To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.
I would die for my country but I could never let my country die for me.
Loyalty to the country always. Loyalty to the government when it deserves it.
I nauseate walking; ’tis a country diversion; I loathe the country.
The country only has charms for those not obligated to stay there.
I asked Tom if countries always apologized when they had done wrong, and he says – “Yes; the little ones does.”
God made the country, and man made the town.
What this country needs is a really good 5-cent cigar.
I would not change my native land, for rich Peru with all her gold.
