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- It is now the moment when by common consent we pause to become conscious of our national life and to rejoice in it, to recall what our country has done for each of us, and to ask ourselves what we can do for our country in return.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841 - 1935), Jr.
- There is one certain means by which I can be sure never to see my country's ruin -- I will die in the last ditch.
- William Of Orange
- What can I wish to the youth of my country who devote themselves to science? ...Thirdly, passion. Remember that science demands from a man all his life. If you had two lives that would not be enough for you. Be passionate in your work and in your searching.
- Ivan Pavlov (1849 - 1936)
- No poor bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making other bastards die for their country.
- General George Patton
- Here is an artificial city which has been pumped up under forced draught, inflated like a balloon, stuffed with rural humanity like a goose with corn...endeavoring to eat up this too rapid avalanche of anthropoids, the sunshine metropolis heaves and strains, sweats and becomes pop-eyed, like a young boa constrictor trying to swallow a goat. It has never imparted an urban character to its incoming population for the simple reason that it has never had any character to impart. On the other hand, the place has the manners, culture and general outlook of a huge country village.
- Morrow Mayo
- I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.
- Nathan Hale (1755 - 1776), last words, 22 September 1776
- This country has been strip-mined by rich and powerful interests. If you dont like what they're doing, don't just sit there. Vote them out.
- Ralph Nader (1934 - ), Playboy Interview - June 1992
- The trouble with this country is that there are too many people going about saying, "The trouble with this country is...."
- Sinclair Lewis (1885 - 1951)
- Statistics show that we lose more fools on this day than on all other days of the year put together. This proves, by the numbers left in stock, that one Fourth of July per year is now inadequate, the country has grown so.
- Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
- I honestly believe that in my lifetime we will see a country once again governed by Christians...and Christian values. What Christians have got to do is take back this country, one precinct at a time, one neighborhood at a time, and one state at a time.
- Ralph Reed, Executive Director, the Christian Coalition
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