Affection Quote by John Kenneth Galbraith

We are not commanded (or forbidden) to love our mates, our children, our friends, our country because such affections come natural ...

— Anonymous

Some reformers may urge that in the ages distant future, patriotism, like the habit of monogamous marriage, will become a needless and obsolete virtue;…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Woman has nothing but her affections,--and this makes her at once more loving and less loved.

— Florence Nightingale

It is a law of nature that we defend ourselves from one affection only by means of another.

— Paul Valery

My affections were first for my own country, then, generally, for all mankind

— Thomas Jefferson

“...to be able to impose on the public in such a case; but it is sometimes a disadvantage to be so very guarded. If…

— Jane Austen

Personal affection is a luxury you can have only after all your enemies are eliminated. Until then, everyone you love is a hostage, sapping…

— Orson Scott Card

As a general principle, I should put it that a man's country is where the things he loves are most respected. Circumstances may have…

— Albert J. Nock

American women today want too much liberty; that's why they're unhappy. Because when an American man meets a woman, he treats her like a…

— Katy Jurado

It sometimes is a disadvantage to be so very guarded. If a woman conceals her affection from the object of it, she may loose…

— Jane Austen

Perhaps I'm just fickle by nature and get tired of countries the way other women do of husbands or lovers.

— Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Displayers of affection at public place. Do not understand the warmth of love.

— Mak_786