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Canada is the essence of not being. Not English, not American, it is the mathematic of not being. And a read more
Canada is the essence of not being. Not English, not American, it is the mathematic of not being. And a subtle flavour - we're more like celery as a flavour.
You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline - it helps if you have read more
You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline - it helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer
The chief foundations of all states... are good laws and good arms. And as there cannot be good laws where read more
The chief foundations of all states... are good laws and good arms. And as there cannot be good laws where there are not good arms... where there are good arms there must be good laws...
My countrymen should have nerves of steel, muscles of iron, and minds like thunderbolt.
My countrymen should have nerves of steel, muscles of iron, and minds like thunderbolt.
Our country is the world--our countrymen are mankind.
Our country is the world--our countrymen are mankind.
There ought to be a system of manners in every nation which a well-formed mind would be disposed to relish. read more
There ought to be a system of manners in every nation which a well-formed mind would be disposed to relish. To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.
Official dignity tends to increase in inverse ratio to the importance of the country in which the office is held.
Official dignity tends to increase in inverse ratio to the importance of the country in which the office is held.
God grant, that not only the Love of Liberty, but a thorough Knowledge of the Rights of Man, may pervade read more
God grant, that not only the Love of Liberty, but a thorough Knowledge of the Rights of Man, may pervade all the Nations of the Earth, so that a Philosopher may set his foot anywhere on its Surface, and say, "This is my Country.".
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.
