Patriotism Quote by George Gissing Download Open image ““Of the country poor, at a somewhat”” — George Gissing ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Patriotism Poverty
“A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilisation.” — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“The wider the spread between the wealthy few and the impoverished many, the worse the social problems: a statement which appears to be true… — Tony Judt Copy Share Image
“The more I thought about it, the more I realized that the measure of a country isn't in how its richest citizens fare, but… — Abigail Reynolds Copy Share Image
“Many of those living in poverty in this country, in fact, would be considered quite wealthy by poor people in other countries.” — Ben Carson Copy Share Image
“When a Westerner meets someone from a poor country, he feels deep contempt. He assumes that the poor man's head must be full of… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
“The poor have been rebels, but they have never become anarchists: they have got more interest than anyone in there being some decent government.… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“You can't do much for the poor, as they are not in with the right people.” — Will Cuppy Copy Share Image
“If it is true that one is poor on account of all the things one wants, the ambitious and the avaricious languish in extreme… — Jean de La Bruyère Copy Share Image
“America is particularly boastful of her great power, her enormous national wealth. Poor America, of what avail is all her wealth, if the individuals… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
Money is made at Christmas out of holly and mistletoe, but who save the vendors would greatly care if no green branch were procurable?… — George Gissing Copy Share Image
It is familiarity with life that makes time speed quickly. When every day is a step in the unknown, as for children, the days… — George Gissing Copy Share Image
Time is money says the proverb, but turn it around and you get a precious truth. Money is time. — George Gissing Copy Share Image
Perhaps it is while drinking tea that I most of all enjoy the sense of leisure. — George Gissing Copy Share Image
The mind which renounces, once and for ever, a futile hope, has its compensation in ever-growing calm. — George Gissing Copy Share Image
“I don't advise. You mutn't give any weight to what I say, except in so far as your own judgment approves it.” — George Gissing Copy Share Image
“The truth was that nature had endowed them with a larger share of brains than was common in their circle, and had added that… — George Gissing Copy Share Image
Money is made at Christmas out of holly and mistletoe, but who save the vendors would greatly care if no green branch were procurable? — George Gissing Copy Share Image
I have the happiness of a passing moment, and what more can mortal ask? — George Gissing Copy Share Image
For the man sound of body and serene of mind there is no such thing as bad weather; every day has its beauty, and… — George Gissing Copy Share Image
Human creatures have a mervellous power of adapting themselves to necessity. — George Gissing Copy Share Image
You have expressive nationalism, I mean very identity driven, which shaped each other a lot of that in the Middle East. — Subrahmanyam Jaishankar Copy Share Image
I am not a nationalist in any way, and I hate flag waving, and I don't think much good has come out of nationalism.… — Stellan Skarsgard Copy Share Image
In this choice of inheritance we have given to our frame of polity the image of a relation in blood; binding up the constitution… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
She might be without country, without nation, but inside her there was still a being that could exist and be free, that could simply… — Sharon Maas Copy Share Image
To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Patriotism is a fierce love for the nation’s soul - its land, its people, its core, coupled with a burning contempt for a government… — Njau Kihia Copy Share Image
Cricket, politics, and cinema is what a majority in our country are most passionate about. They have the power to divide the best of… — Vijay Deverakonda Copy Share Image
“A man full of warm, speculative benevolence may wish his society otherwise constituted than he finds it; but a good patriot, and a true… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
The Patriot Act is certainly a concern; all of those things are dangerous. I think more important than me preaching is that we as… — George Clooney Copy Share Image
