“those who now rule our nation are the antitheses of virtually everything this country, and all of its great thinkers and founders… — Joseph Befumo Copy Share Image
“I like to know about the world beyond our shores. About faraway countries where people behave differently. I like to hear about… — Romesh Gunesekera Copy Share Image
“People change, you know. When you leave your country, you are like a plant taken out of soil. Some people turn hard,… — Abraham Verghese Copy Share Image
“Consumerism and nationalism work extra hours to make us imagine that millions of strangers belong to the same community as ourselves, that… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
The best thing about this country is the difference in all of us. We all come from different backgrounds. It's a really… — Jimmy Barnes Copy Share Image
As the writer of the lyric of the song 'God's Country,' I am outraged by the suggestion that somehow I am connected… — Yip Harburg Copy Share Image
I represent my country, but I also represent the continent of Africa when I play in Europe. That's why it's important to… — Yaya Toure Copy Share Image
At its core, our military is comprised of service members who are proud of their country and are willing to go to… — Ted Lieu Copy Share Image
“The Americans are very patriotic, and wish to make their new citizens patriotic Americans. But it is the idea of making a… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
The people cannot be all, and always, well informed. The part which is wrong will be discontented, in proportion to the importance… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“The spirit of nationality is no better than the spirit of caste. Nationality has sentiment, pride, and fanaticism for its basis, and… — M.S.S. Pandian Copy Share Image
It had been happy for me if I could have lived a private life in peace and plenty, enjoying all the happiness… — Nathanael Greene Copy Share Image
Whatever new threats and challenges may emerge, our nation will be able to face them squarely, deal with them, and yet allow… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
If the author of the Declaration of Independence were to utter such a sentiment today, the Post Office Department could exclude him… — Frank I. Cobb Copy Share Image
“And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country” that… — Robert A. Caro Copy Share Image
Empathy - that is, caring about people and acting responsibly on that care, not just for yourself, but for others - this… — George Lakoff Copy Share Image
The Indian community in the U.K. has a unique place in our diaspora. U.K. is the first country which has an Indian… — Preneet Kaur Copy Share Image
It was very liberating, living in a foreign country, a place where everything was new and strange - the food, the customs,… — Deborah Moggach Copy Share Image
The reason is that for many years I have avoided reading anything whatsoever that approaches my own line of country, out of… — Leslie Charteris Copy Share Image
“I had chosen to leave, and live alone in a foreign country. And in fleeing thousands of miles across the Pacific, I… — Alison Singh Gee Copy Share Image
“She recognized in Kelsey the nationalism of liberal Americans who copiously criticized America but did not like you to do so; they… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
Growing up outside your own country makes you feel that you don't belong when you return, so you feel free to make… — Claire Denis Copy Share Image
Our young people have come to look upon war as a kind of beneficent deity, which not only adds to the national… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We're more than friends and neighbors and allies; we are kin, who together have built the most productive relationship between any two… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Don't spend your time in drilling soldiers, who may turn out hirelings after all, but give to undrilled peasantry a country to… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
It is sweet and right to die for the homeland, but it is sweeter to live for the homeland, and the sweetest… — Horace Copy Share Image
The sight of nature fascinates, the family tie has a sweet enchantment and patriotism gives the religious spirit a fiery devotion to… — Bruno Bauer Copy Share Image
“The heart is a small and lonesome place she is a country her eyes hold the river I used to swim her… — Kwame Alexander Copy Share Image
The enemies of the country and of freedom of the people have always denounced as bandits those who sacrifice themselves for the… — Emiliano Zapata Copy Share Image
“Far from marking the end of nationalism, the IPL is the ultimate triumph of that principle: a global tournament in which the… — Gideon Haigh Copy Share Image
Too often in Washington we tend to see foreign policy as an abstraction, with little understanding of what we are committing our… — Chuck Hagel Copy Share Image
Our government has kept us in a perpetual state of fear - kept us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervor -… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
There is nothing like walking to get the feel of a country. A fine landscape is like a piece of music; it… — Paul Scott Mowrer Copy Share Image
This is an amazing country, for all of its faults. My feeling is, dig in and let's try to change the world.… — Susan Sarandon Copy Share Image
Our country is not the only thing to which we owe our allegiance. It is also owed to justice and to humanity.… — James Bryce Copy Share Image
My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim's… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
My horizons are also broadened by working with so many people around Europe. They taught me what I never would have learned… — Malgorzata Szumowska Copy Share Image
When people travel here from across the country, they shed jealousies and politics and prejudices. The mighty climb down. The humble are… — Hugh Sidey Copy Share Image
“It is unquestionably true that almost any English intellectual would feel more ashamed of standing to attention during 'God save the King'… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
People all over the world know me as an Indian artist. I could have chosen any other country and wouldn't have had… — Adnan Sami Copy Share Image
