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...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

In Lincoln's day a President's religion was a very private affair. There were no public prayer meetings, no attempts to woo the Religious Right.…

— David Herbert Donald

Those who visit foreign nations, but who associate only with their own countrymen, change their climate, but not their customs 'caelum non animum mutant':…

— Charles Caleb Colton

To be a good patriot, a man must consider his countrymen as God's creatures, and himself as accountable for his acting towards them.

— George Berkeley

“At a certain time in our existential experience, we must just not want better for ourselves, but for our country and the success of…

— Henry Johnson Jr

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

I congratulate you, my brave countrymen and fellow soldiers, on the spirit and success with which you have executed this important part of our…

— James Wolfe