"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.".

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.

There is no greater sign of a general decay of virtue in a nation, than a want of zeal in read more

There is no greater sign of a general decay of virtue in a nation, than a want of zeal in its inhabitants for the good of their country.

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

Our country. In her intercourse with foreign nations may she always be in the right; but our country right or read more

Our country. In her intercourse with foreign nations may she always be in the right; but our country right or wrong!

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.

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.

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.

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.