A stranger, if just, is not only to be preferred before a…

But my thoughts ran a wool-gathering; and I did like the countryman, who looked for his ass while he was mounted on his back.

— Miguel de Cervantes

“Those who are given special gifts from the Kinsman have a great responsibility to use them faithfully. That doesn't mean ye won't fail. It…

— Dawn Ford

A kinsman, a friend, or whom you intreate, take not to serve you, if you will be served neately.

— George Herbert

A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats.

— Benjamin Franklin

“An argument ensued about abundance, leisure, work, nature, and what a second girl kept calling 'the American way.' When I asked her what she…

— David Guterson

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