My Countrymen Quotes

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Though I love my country, I do not love my countrymen. — Lord Byron
While I am deeply sensible to the high compliment of a re-election; and duly grateful, as I trust, to Almighty God for having directed my… — Abraham Lincoln
I sincerely wish you may find it convenient to come here. the pleasure of the trip will be less than you expect, but the utility… — Thomas Jefferson
Against the vast majority of my countrymen, even at this moment, in the name of humanity and civilization, I protest against our share in the… — Bertrand Russell
My countrymen should have nerves of steel, muscles of iron, and minds like thunderbolt. — Swami Vivekananda
I am really sorry to see my countrymen trouble themselves about politics. If men were wise, the most arbitrary princes could not hurt them. If… — William Blake
My detention has been worth every second if only to prove my innocence to those who truly matter most my countrymen. — Joseph Estrada
Let no man dare, when I am dead. to charge me with dishonor; let no man attaint my memory by believing that I could have… — Robert Emmet
A jury of my countrymen, it is true, have found me guilty of the crime of which I stood indicted. For this I entertain not… — Thomas Francis Meagher
I have heard your orators speak on many questions. One among them the so-called vital question of money which is above all things the most… — Virchand Gandhi
Each of us, helplessly and forever, contains the other-male in female, female in male, white in black, and black in white. We are part of… — James A. Baldwin
I write to please myselfâ€”of course, that is a given. But beyond this reach for pleasure, I know that I write for my countrymen, that… — F. Sionil JosÃ©
A masculine education cannot spare from professional study and the necessary acquisition of languages, the time and attention which I have bestowed on the compositions… — Anna Seward
I find along with many virtues in my countrymen there is a jealousy, a soreness, and readiness to take offence, as if they were the… — Edmund Burke
I believe there are few events in my life which have not happened to many; it is true the incidents of it are numerous, and,… — Olaudah Equiano
In offering to you, my countrymen, these counsels of an old and affectionate friend, I dare not hope they will make the strong and lasting… — George Washington
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
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
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
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

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