— Thomas Aquinas Italian Dominican scholastic philosopher of the Roman Catholic Church 1225 - 1274
Trans. J.G. Dawson (Oxford, 1959), 44, 2 in O’Donovan, pp. 329-30
— Andrew Jackson American general and politician, 7th president of the United States 1767 - 1845
Context: Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defense and is conscious that he gains protection while he gives it.
Excellent Quotations for Home and School Selected for the use of Teachers and Pupils (1890) by Julia B. Hoitt, p. 218.
— Julio Cortázar Argentinian writer 1914 - 1984
— Johann Gottfried Herder German philosopher, theologian, poet, and literary critic 1744 - 1803
Vol. 1, p. 13; translation vol. 1, p. 18.
— Theodor Mommsen German classical scholar, historian, jurist, journalist, politician, archaeologist and writer 1817 - 1903
The History Of Rome, Volume 2. Chapter 6. Translated by W.P.Dickson
— Emil M. Cioran Romanian philosopher and essayist 1911 - 1995
— Thomas Overbury (1581–1613) English poet and essayist 1581 - 1613
Miscellaneous Works: An Affectate Traveller.
— Bahá'u'lláh founder of the Bahá'í Faith 1817 - 1892
Context: It is not for him to pride himself who loveth his own country, but rather for him who loveth the whole world. The earth is but one country and mankind its citizens. <!-- p. 250
— Edward Hall Alderson Lawyer and jurist 1787 - 1857
Hilton v. Eckersley (1856), 6 Ellis &B. 74.
— William Cobbett English pamphleteer, farmer and journalist 1763 - 1835
P. 59.
— Vita Sackville-West English writer and gardener 1892 - 1962
Context: The country habit has me by the heart,
For he's bewitched for ever who has seen,
Not with his eyes but with his vision, Spring
Flow down the woods and stipple leaves with sun,
As each man knows the life that fits him best,
The shape it makes in his soul, the tune, the tone,
And after ranging on a tentative flight
Stoops like the merlin to the constant lure.
"Winter", p. 5
— Gjorge Ivanov President of Macedonia 1960
On the refugee crisis, quoted on Express.co.uk, 'Don't come to Europe' Austria takes out ADVERTS begging Afghan migrants to stay at home http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/648941/Refugee-crisis-Europe-Austria-ADVERTS-begging-Afghan-migrants-stay-home, March 14, 2016.
