I would remind my countrymen that they are to be men…

I would remind my countrymen, that they are to be men first, and Americans only at a late and convenient hour. No matter how…

— Henry David Thoreau

I am a citizen of the world first, and of this country at a later and more convenient hour.

— Henry David Thoreau

When the time of danger comes, all Americans, whatever their social standing, whatever their creed, whatever the training they have received, no matter from…

— Theodore Roosevelt

All men - whether they go by the name of Americans or Russians or Chinese or British or Malayans or Indians or Africans -…

— Norman Cousins

I wish my countrymen to consider that whatever the human law may be, neither an individual nor a nation can ever commit the leastact…

— Henry David Thoreau

My countrymen should have nerves of steel, muscles of iron, and minds like thunderbolt.

— Swami Vivekananda

[Grew up in Hawaii] that gave [Barack Obama] a kind of optimism, an ability to see things, you know, and frankly, an ability to…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

While only one day of the year is dedicated solely to honoring our veterans, Americans must never forget the sacrifices that many of our…

— Randy Neugebauer

One of his officers, Henry Lee, summed up contemporary public opinion of Washington: First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts…

— George Washington

There still remains one effort of magnanimity, one sacrifice of prejudice and passion, to be made by the individuals throughout the nation who have…

— John Quincy Adams

Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our…

— Samuel Adams

It would be a tragic mistake for us out here to imagine that Bush represents the hearts and the minds of the majority of…

— Breyten Breytenbach

As a Nobel Prize winner I cannot but regret that the award was never given to Mark Twain, nor to Henry James, speaking only…

— Ernest Hemingway

The institutions under which we live, my countrymen, secure each person in the perfect enjoyment of all his rights.

— John Tyler

...it was a huge creature, luminous, ghastly, and spectral. I have cross-examined these men, one of them a hard-headed countryman, one a farrier, and…

— Arthur Conan Doyle