Countries

"I respect a person who's willing to die for his country, but I admire a person who is prepared to kill for his country."

"There came to the beach a poor Exile of Erin, The dew on his thin robe was heavy and chill; For his country he sigh'd, when at twilight repairing, To wander alone by the wind-beaten hill."

"From the lone shielding on the misty island Mountains divide us, and the waste of seas— But still the blood is strong, the heart is Highland, And we in dreams behold the Hebrides."

"Patria est, ubicunque est bene."

"He made all countries where he came his own."

"They love their land, because it is their own, And scorn to give aught other reason why; Would shake hands with a king upon his throne, And think it kindness to his majesty."

"To be really cosmopolitan a man must be at home even in his own country."

"Patriæ quis exul se quoque fugit."

"Who dare to love their country, and be poor."

"Un enfant en ouvrant ses yeux doit voir la patrie, et jusqu'à la mort ne voir qu'elle."

"It was always accounted a virtue in a man to love his country. With us it is now something more than a virtue. It is a necessity. When an American says that he loves his country, he means not only that he loves the New England hills, the prairies glistening in the sun, the wide and rising plains, the great mountains, and the sea. He means that he loves an inner air, an inner light in which freedom lives and in which a man can draw the breath of self-respect. Men who have offered their lives for their country know that patriotism is not the fear of something; it is the love of something."

"La patrie est aux lieux où l'âme est enchainée."