His Country Quotes
258 His Country quotes by 193 unique authors
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Today, the Iraqi citizen sees that America is coming and wants to occupy his country and kill him, and he is willing to experience for…
— Bashar al-Assad
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A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.
— Edward Abbey
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He who is void of virtuous attachments in private life is, or very soon will be, void of all regard for his country. There is…
— Samuel Adams
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It is the patriotic duty of every man to lie for his country.
— Alfred Adler
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Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.
— Ambrose Bierce
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Cervantes smiled Spain's chivalry away; A single laugh demolished the right arm Of his country.
— Lord Byron
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Every post is honourable in which a man can serve his country.
— George Washington
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The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for…
— Sun Tzu
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The point I wish to make is that those things cause the soldier to remember that the people at home are behind him. You do…
— John J. Pershing
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Death is something inevitable. When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people and his country, he can rest…
— Nelson Mandela
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It is alleged by men of loose principles , or defective views of the subject, that religion and morality are not necessary or important qualifications…
— Noah Webster
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When a teacher of the future comes to point out to the youth of America how the highest rewards of intellect and devotion can be…
— Elihu Root
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The bond between a man and his profession is similar to that which ties him to his country; it is just as complex, often ambivalent,…
— Primo Levi
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Let our pupil be taught that he does not belong to himself, but that he is public property. Let him be taught to love his…
— Benjamin Rush
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No one could ever meet death for his country without the hope of immortality.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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He is the richest man who enriches his country most; in whom the people feel richest and proudest; who gives himself with his money; who…
— Orison Swett Marden
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However horrible the incidents of war may be, the soldier who is called upon to offer and to give his life for his country is…
— Douglas MacArthur
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The liberty of a people consists in being governed by laws which they have made themselves, under whatsoever form it be of government; the liberty…
— Abraham Cowley
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He that would travel for the entertainment of others, should remember that the great object of remark is human life. Every nation has something peculiar…
— Samuel Johnson
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A man may have to die for our country: but no man must, in any exclusive sense, live for his country. He who surrenders himself…
— C.S. Lewis
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The individual who refuses to defend his rights when called by his government deserves to be a slave, and must be punished as an enemy…
— Andrew Jackson
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There is scarce any one invention, which this nation has produced in our age, but it has some way or other been set forward by…
— Robert Hooke
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There is a debt of service due from every man to his country, proportioned to the bounties which nature and fortune have measured to him.
— Thomas Jefferson
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I acknowledge that such a debt [of service to my fellow-citizens] exists, that a tour of duty in whatever line he can be most useful…
— Thomas Jefferson
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The man who loves his country on its own account, and not merely for its trappings of interest or power, can never be divorced for…
— Thomas Jefferson
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