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Letter "H" » His country
«This will end the mythology of the dumb little Dutch boy with his stupid finger in the dike to save his country.»
Author: Louis van Gesteren
| About:
Ending
| Keywords:
dike, dikes, Dutch, His country, mythology, the Dutch
«The bond between a man and his profession is similar to that which ties him to his country; it is just as complex, often ambivalent, and in general it is understood completely only when it is broken: by exile or emigration in the case of one's country, by retirement in the case of a trade or profession.»
Author: Primo Levi
(Author, Chemist, Writer)
| Keywords:
ambivalent, bond, emigration, exile, His country, just in case, One Country, retirement, similar, ties
«The brave man inattentive to his duty, is worth little more to his country than the coward who deserts in the hour of danger.»
«The individual who refuses to defend his rights when called by his government deserves to be a slave, and must be punished as an enemy of his country and a friend to her foe»
Author: Andrew Jackson
(President)
| About:
Government,
Individuality,
Right
| Keywords:
foe, His country, punished, refuses
«Whoever makes two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow where only one grew before, deserves better of mankind, and does more essential service to his country than the whole race of politicians put together»
Author: Jonathan Swift
(Author, Satirist)
| About:
Mankind,
Politicians
| Keywords:
blades, corn, corns, deserves, essential service, grass, grew, grow together, His country, Politicians, put together
«PLEBEIAN, n. An ancient Roman who in the blood of his country stained nothing but his hands. Distinguished from the Patrician, who was a saturated solution.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
ancient Romans, An Ancient, distinguished, His country, patrician, plebeian, roman, saturate, saturated
«Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| About:
Voting
| Keywords:
freeman, freemen, His country, wreck
«The true democrat is he who with purely nonviolent means defends his liberty and, therefore, his country's and ultimately that of the whole of mankind»
Author: Mahatma Gandhi
(Philosopher)
| About:
Democracy
| Keywords:
country, defends, democrat, His country, liberty, mankind, nonviolent, purely, the true, ultimately
«The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign, is the jewel of the kingdom.»
Author: Sun Tzu
(Author, General)
| Keywords:
Advances, country, coveting, covets, disgrace, disgraced, disgraces, do good, fame, fearing, general, His country, jewel, kingdom, protect, retreated, retreating, retreats, sovereign, sovereigns, The General, The Kingdom
«The pacifist is as surely a traitor to his country and to humanity as is the most brutal wrongdoer»
Author: Theodore Roosevelt
(President)
| About:
Pacifism
| Keywords:
brutal, His country, pacifist, pacifists, traitor, wrongdoer, wrongdoers
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