"My country, right or wrong," is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except a desperate case. It read more

"My country, right or wrong," is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except a desperate case. It is like saying, "My mother, drunk or sober.".

Our country is the world--our countrymen are mankind.

Our country is the world--our countrymen are mankind.

Countries are well cultivated, not as they are fertile, but as they are free.

Countries are well cultivated, not as they are fertile, but as they are free.

The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed read more

The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.

New Zealand is a country of thirty thousand million sheep, three million of whom think they are human.

New Zealand is a country of thirty thousand million sheep, three million of whom think they are human.

So long as you are ready to die for humanity, the life of your country is immortal.

So long as you are ready to die for humanity, the life of your country is immortal.

'My country, right or wrong' is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying except in a desperate case. read more

'My country, right or wrong' is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying 'My mother, drunk or sober.'

How can a man be said to have a country when he has not right of a square inch of read more

How can a man be said to have a country when he has not right of a square inch of it.

Even as a tree has a single trunk, but many branches and leaves, there is one religion but any number read more

Even as a tree has a single trunk, but many branches and leaves, there is one religion but any number of faiths