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.

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.

For Africa to me... is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where read more

For Africa to me... is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where he is going unless he knows exactly where he has been and exactly how he arrived at his present place.

In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something read more

In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.

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.

Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just.

Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just.

There is no such thing as a little country. The greatness of a people is no more determined by their read more

There is no such thing as a little country. The greatness of a people is no more determined by their number than the greatness of a man is determined by his height.

All those involved in the firebombing of Tokyo
.. were war criminals
interviews recorded in the movie The Fog
of read more

All those involved in the firebombing of Tokyo
.. were war criminals
interviews recorded in the movie The Fog
of War..
(the firebombing of Tokyo occurred before the atom bombs..
100,000 civilians died in one night from American bombs..
500,000 altogether over several days say some).

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