Whilst in Prussia poets only speak of the love of country as one of the dearest of all human affections, here there is no man who does not feel, and describe with rapture, how much he loves his country.
Karl Philipp Moritz
Related Some reformers may urge that in the ages distant future, patriotism, like the habit of monogamous ma... THEODORE ROOSEVELT Honestly, I've never seen a guy coming over, put in a situation like that where he's so much out of ... DAINIUS ZUBRUS I don't know if I have a favorite color. KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl. KATE MIDDLETON What exile from his country is able to escape from himself?
[Lat., Patriae quis exul se quoque fug... HORACE (QUINTUS HORATIUS FLACCUS) Land of my sires! what mortal hand
Can e'er untie the filial band
That knits me to thy rugged... SIR WALTER SCOTT My dear, my native soil!
For whom my warmest wish to Heav'n is sent,
Long may thy hardy sons o... ROBERT BURNS So the loud torrent, and the whirlwind's roar,
But bind him to his native mountains more. OLIVER GOLDSMITH To be really cosmopolitan a man must be at home even in his own
country.
- Thomas W. Higginso... THOMAS W. HIGGINSON My foot is on my native heath, and my name is MacGregor. SIR WALTER SCOTT The infant, on opening his eyes, ought to see his country, and to
the hour of his death never lose ... ALEXANDER POPE Who dare to love their country, and be poor. ALEXANDER POPE Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee,
Our hearts, our hopes, our prayers, our tears,
Our f... HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW They love their land, because it is their own,
And scorn to give aught other reason why;
Would... FITZ-GREENE HALLECK He made all countries where he came his own. JOHN DRYDEN And nobler is a limited command,
Given by the love of all your native land,
Than a successive ... JOHN DRYDEN Oh, Christ! it is a goodly sight to see
What Heaven hath done for this delicious land! LORD BYRON (GEORGE GORDON NOEL BYRON) There ought to be system of manners in every nation which a
well-formed mind would be disposed to r... EDMUND BURKE From the lone shielding on the misty island
Mountains divide us, and the waste of seas--
But s... UNATTRIBUTED AUTHOR Our country is that spot to which our heart is bound.
[Fr., La patrie est aux lieux ou l'ame est e... VOLTAIRE (FRANCOIS MARIE AROUET VOLTAIRE) I can't but say it is an awkward sight
To see one's native land receding through
The growing w... LORD BYRON (GEORGE GORDON NOEL BYRON) Yon Sun that sets upon the sea
We follow in his flight;
Farewell awhile to him and thee,
... LORD BYRON (GEORGE GORDON NOEL BYRON) You deserve to be with somebody, who knows you're the one, from that very first moment he lays eyes ... C. JOYBELL C. No one perfectly loves God who does not perfectly love some of his creatures. MARGUERITE DE VALOIS Are you ready for the rapture of the church Are you ready for Heaven Our Lord Jesus Christ... DORIS IJEOMA BASIL I can love a person in this life only insofar as he tries to advance in the praise and service of Go... SAINT IGNATIUS What people love about Santorum is he is who is he. He speaks his words. He loves God. He loves his ... FOSTER FRIESS If a man decides that it is better for him to resist the demands of a present feeble love, in the na... LEO TOLSTOY May it not be that he loves chaos and destruction (there can be no disputing that he does sometimes ... FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY The hardworking men and women of this country identify with my father. He is tough, and he is persev... IVANKA TRUMP He who is void of virtuous attachments in private life is, or very soon will be, void of all regard ... SAMUEL ADAMS Feast of Matthew, Apostle & Evangelist He is the true Gospel-bearer that carries it in his hands,... DESIDERIUS ERASMUS The man who loves other countries as much as his own stands on a level with the man who loves other ... THEODORE ROOSEVELT Whoever knows it also knows that in love there is no More and no Less; but that he who loves can onl... MAX MULLER I couldn’t peel my eyes off her face or her body. Even if she had asked me not to follow her, I wo... ANGELA RICHARDSON The heart is deceitful and wicked in everyone; the Holy Spirit changes even the most wretched sinner... NORM TOMLINSON Woe unto you if you have come to this world just to fear man,for man is nothing but ordinary dust wi... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) The power of man;Man does not only have the power to accomplish great & unbelievable things in life,... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Love is the only way to grasp another human being in the innermost core of his personality. No one c... VIKTOR FRANKL He is the only God man has ever heard of who loves sinners. False gods—the gods of human manufactu... BRENNAN MANNING There is no greater glory than to die for love. GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ Together they had overcome the daily incomprehension, the instantaneous hatred, the reciprocal nasti... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ She would defend herself, saying that love, no matter what else it might be, was a natural talent. S... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ Love of country is like love of woman - he loves her best who seeks to bestow on her the highest goo... FELIX ADLER Love of country is like love of woman - he loves her best who seeks to bestow on her the highest goo... FELIX ADLER Love of country is like love of woman--he loves her best who seeks to bestow on her the highest good... FELIX ADLER Love of country is like love of woman -- he loves her best who seeks to bestow on her the highest go... FELIX ADLER Patriotism has its roots deep in the instincts and the affections. Love of country is the expansion ... D. D. FIELD The Conob Indians of northern Guatemala... describe love as "my soul dies." Love is such that, witho... EUGENE A. NIDA Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid f... H. L. MENCKEN Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country it is a sign that he expects to be paid fo... HENRY LOUIS MENCKEN All kinds of beauty do not inspire love; there is a kind that only pleases the sight but does not ca... MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA Every man has a right to one country. He has a right to love and serve that country and to feel that... THEODORE ROOSEVELT There was a house at the foot of the tower, close to the thunder of the waves breaking against the c... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ Somebody once asked,how can I Love another? The reply he got was,do you love yourself? He replied ye... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) The only civilized country is one in which no man is afraid of the tax collector JUAN DE MAIRENA The appetite for power, even for universal power, is only insane when there is no possibility of ind... SIMONE WEIL There is only one classroom in which to learn: 1. The work of God. 2. The will of God. 3. The trustw... ELISABETH ELLIOT No one can feel as the owner of the country and no one can feel excluded from the right of property.... ALVARO VELEZ No one can feel as the owner of the country and no one can feel excluded from the right of property.... ALVARO URIBE No one can feel as the owner of the country and no one can feel excluded from the right of property.... ALVARO URIBE VELEZ Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it. POPE JOHN PAUL II Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war, on... POPE JOHN PAUL II Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry a... POPE JOHN PAUL II Wars generally do not resolve the problems for which they are fought and therefore... prove ultimate... POPE JOHN PAUL II I kiss the soil as if I placed a kiss on the hands of a mother, for the homeland is our earthly moth... POPE JOHN PAUL II The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a pro... POPE JOHN PAUL II From now on it is only through a conscious choice and through a deliberate policy that humanity can ... POPE JOHN PAUL II Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song. POPE JOHN PAUL II An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a lie guarded. POPE JOHN PAUL II Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it. POPE JOHN PAUL II The great danger for family life, in the midst of any society whose idols are pleasure, comfort and ... POPE JOHN PAUL II Today, for the first time in history, a Bishop of Rome sets foot on English soil. This fair land, on... POPE JOHN PAUL II Pervading nationalism imposes its dominion on man today in many different forms and with an aggressi... POPE JOHN PAUL II The historical experience of socialist countries has sadly demonstrated that collectivism does not d... POPE JOHN PAUL II To maintain a joyful family requires much from both the parents and the children. Each member of the... POPE JOHN PAUL II Young people are threatened... by the evil use of advertising techniques that stimulate the natural ... POPE JOHN PAUL II When freedom does not have a purpose, when it does not wish to know anything about the rule of law e... POPE JOHN PAUL II You will reciprocally promise love, loyalty and matrimonial honesty. We only want for you this day t... POPE JOHN PAUL II The future starts today, not tomorrow. POPE JOHN PAUL II The unworthy successor of Peter who desires to benefit from the immeasurable wealth of Christ feels ... POPE JOHN PAUL II Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create. POPE JOHN PAUL II Marriage is an act of will that signifies and involves a mutual gift, which unites the spouses and b... POPE JOHN PAUL II The United Nations organization has proclaimed 1979 as the Year of the Child. Are the children to re... POPE JOHN PAUL II Violence and arms can never resolve the problems of men. POPE JOHN PAUL II Have no fear of moving into the unknown. Simply step out fearlessly knowing that I am with you, ther... POPE JOHN PAUL II There are people and nations, Mother, that I would like to say to you by name. I entrust them to you... POPE JOHN PAUL II I have a sweet tooth for song and music. This is my Polish sin. POPE JOHN PAUL II There can be no two opinions as to what a highbrow is. He is the man or woman of thoroughbred intell... VIRGINIA WOOLF Blessed is the servant who loves his brother as much when he is sick and useless as when he is well ... SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI Blessed is the servant who loves his brother as much when he is sick and useless as when he is well ... ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI Blessed is the servant who loves his brother as much when he is sick and useless as when he is well ... FRANCIS OF ASSISI A true preacher of God does not condemn those who are uneducated and illiterate in all aspects of le... RYAN ALCACHUPAS ORCULLO I hear of a convention to be held at Baltimore, or elsewhere, for the selection of a candidate for t... HENRY DAVID THOREAU Life begins somewhere and ends somewhere with time but to get somewhere with the life you have depen... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Who did not love with his whole being and did not wait whole life for the one he loves, does not kno... MARIANA FULGER Now: unlike ourselves, the Father of Jesus loves men and women, not for what He finds in them, but f... JAMES BURTSCHAELL We must face the recognition that what the early Christians saw in Jesus Christ, and what we must ac... H. RICHARD NIEBUHR Only he can understand what a farm is, what a country is, who shall have sacrificed part of himself ... ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPERY The love of their country is with them only a mode of flattering its master; as soon as they think t... MARQUIS DE CUSTINE
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KARL MARLANTES I mean, if you're proud of what you've done when you've served in the military, well the... KARL MARLANTES I mean... if you're raised as a decent human being, killing somebody is against every moral thin... KARL MARLANTES The Marine Corps taught me how to kill, but it didn't teach me how to deal with killing. KARL MARLANTES When I first got back from the war, I said, 'I'm gonna write the Great American Novel about ... KARL MARLANTES I grew up in Oregon, where as a teenager I worked with my grandfather Axel on his i shing boat at th... KARL MARLANTES Vietnam was the first time that Americans of different races had to depend on each other. In the Sec... KARL MARLANTES We all want to be special, to stand out; there's nothing wrong with this. The irony is that ever... KARL MARLANTES War is society's dirty work, usually done by kids cleaning up failures perpetrated by adults. KARL MARLANTES It takes people a while to trust you. KARL MALONE I just think we want to stay healthy, and I don't think we think about a sense of urgency. We re... KARL MALONE I have many friends and family members who have served (or are currently serving) in our nation'... KARL MALONE To catch the ball, face up, look at all of my options and then pass. I was playing hot potato. I did... KARL MALONE All records are not made to be broken. KARL MALONE I just want to make a name for myself and get to the next level. KARL MALONE When I said I retired from basketball playing, I have retired. You will not see me play again. That ... KARL MALONE You're a professional. You don't need for me to break a film down for you. If you want to st... KARL MALONE You don't try to do more than you should. KARL MALONE I think we're a deeper team, a better team, we still have work to do... nothing is guaranteed, b... KARL MALONE You take the good with the bad and try not to listen to everything said about you because you know i... KARL MALONE Forget the technique. Hit the guy across from you. Don't let somebody come in your space. KARL MALONE I spent a lot of time doing things other people wanted me to do, so I'm doing what I want to do ... KARL MALONE I don't know what my label is. I just think of myself as a plain forward. I like to think I have... KARL MALONE Marijuana is not tested for, and yet that is the big thing guys are getting in trouble with in the l... KARL MALONE I never felt I had the kind of relationship with Magic that I could just pick up the phone and call ... KARL MALONE You have injuries that bother you when you're not playing. When that horn blows, you don't f... KARL MALONE Everything I've been through, everything I'm about to go through in my career and my life, i... KARL MALONE You work for whatever you get in life. KARL MALONE Misery loves company. This is a Hollywood soap opera, and I'm not going to be a star in another ... KARL MALONE For me to be here tonight, everything had to be perfect. I had to get drafted by Utah, had to play w... KARL MALONE They changed the floor back to old school. They changed the uniform back to old school. Somebody tel... KARL MALONE I'll make the right decision, whichever one it is. I have to be 100 percent, not 95 or 99. KARL MALONE I have my life on a track that I want it on, and I don't want to get off. KARL MALONE Somebody tell the damn players to start playing like old school. KARL MALONE Sometimes, you follow your dreams. I say to the young people, 'If you have a dream, chase it.... KARL MALONE My father was a milkman. So, I delivered milk. KARL MALDEN I'm a workaholic. I love every movie I've been in, even the bad ones, every TV series, every... KARL MALDEN Workers, comrades, and you, women of the people, let not this festival of May, the second during the... KARL LIEBKNECHT To the socialist no nation is free whose national existence is based upon the enslavement of another... KARL LIEBKNECHT This republic represents the greatest basis for that universal socialist order, the creation of whic... KARL LIEBKNECHT Just as invasion is the true and tried weapon in the hands of capital against the class struggle, so... KARL LIEBKNECHT International socialism recognizes the right of free independent nations, with equal rights. KARL LIEBKNECHT In the present imperialistic milieu there can be no wars of national self-defense. KARL LIEBKNECHT Yes, Socialists should defend their country in great historical crises. KARL LIEBKNECHT The failure of the Russian Socialist Republic will be the defeat of the proletariat of the whole wor... KARL LIEBKNECHT