Best Countrymen Sayings

115 Countrymen quotes by 95 unique authors

My countrymen have the right to shake my hand and talk to me if they so wish. Don't forget that their support and their reading… — Naguib Mahfouz
It is the quality of patriotism to be jealous and watchful, to observe all secret machinations, and to see publick dangers at a distance. The… — Samuel Johnson
Spare me the political events and power struggles, as the whole earth is my homeland and all men are my fellow countrymen. — Khalil Gibran
The only authors whom I acknowledge as American are the journalists. They, indeed, are not great writers, but they speak the language of their countrymen,… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Before this address to my countrymen is closed, I beg leave to observe, that as a new century has dawned upon us, the mind is… — Mercy Otis Warren
I am encouraged as I look at some of those who have listened to their "different drum": Einstein was hopeless at school math and commented… — Madeleine L'Engle
Why, of all places in Johannesburg, the Indian location should be chosen for dumping down all kaffirs of the town, passes my comprehension. Of course,… — Mahatma Gandhi
Being a patriot doesn’t mean prioritizing service to government above all else. Being a patriot means knowing when to protect your country, knowing when to… — Edward Snowden
I would remind my countrymen, that they are to be men first, and Americans only at a late and convenient hour. No matter how valuable… — Henry David Thoreau
The thoughts of great men are the common heritage of humanity and let our countrymen receive inspiration and guidance from these thoughts. — Bhagat Puran Singh
In its essence, Martin Luther King Jr.'s ‘I Have a Dream' speech is one citizen's soul-searing plea with his countrymen––Whites and Blacks––to recognize that racial… — Aberjhani
The ‘absorbent mind’ welcomes everything, puts its hope in everything, accepts poverty equally with wealth, adopts any religion and the prejudices and habits of its… — Maria Montessori
In my humble opinion, non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good. But in the past, non-cooperation has been deliberately… — Mahatma Gandhi
The last best hope of earth, two trillion dollars in debt, is spinning out of control, and all we can do is stare at a… — Gore Vidal
I have seen things few of my countrymen have. The first time I went on an aeroplane I couldn't work out how the lavatories worked… — Haile Gebrselassie
Literature is my calling To hold up the mirror to my countrymen comes natural to me; and in the open field of invention I am… — Thomas Edward Brown
My countrymen have commissioned a bust of the Republic. It will be placed on the fountain of my native town. — Camille Claudel
I want to take this opportunity to express, one more time, my deep sadness to those countrymen who feel, rightly, that they were victims of… — Jean-Claude Duvalier
In times of war, it is often best to look to our history to see how past generations of Americans dealt with the loss of… — Virginia Foxx
The only census of the senses, so far as I am aware, that ever before made them more than five, was the Irishman's reckoning of… — Lord Kelvin
Peace in the Middle East is of prime importance to the Philippines, due to the presence of around 2 million of our countrymen working in… — Benigno Aquino III
Past records of inter-Korean relations show that confrontation between fellow countrymen leads to nothing but war. — Kim Jong-un
The privileged individuals and families who comprise the global elite will happily bankrupt their own countrymen, decimate their own community and evict their neighbors from… — James Morcan
The longer I live, the more I have come to value the gift of eloquence. Every American youth, if he desires for any purpose to… — George Frisbie Hoar
Lesson number one in trying to develop the ability of independent thought: Understand that EVERYTHING the government says has the potential to be lies and… — Derek R. Audette

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