wisdom Quotes
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If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin.
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Die young, and I shall accept your death, but not if you have lived without glory, without being useful to your country, without leaving a trace of your existence: for that is not to have lived at all.
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When old words die out on the tongue, new melodies break forth from the heart; and where the old tracks are lost, new country is revealed with its wonders.
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A man may climb Everest for himself, but at the summit he plants his country’s flag.
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A map of the world that does not include Utopia is not worth even glancing at, for it leaves out the one country at which Humanity is always landing. And when Humanity lands there, it looks out, and, seeing a better country, sets sail. Progress is the realisation of Utopias.
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We can have no ‘50-50’ allegiance in this country. Either a man is an American and nothing else, or he is not an American at all.
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What the political left, even in democratic countries, share is the notion that knowledgeable and virtuous people like themselves have both a right and a duty to use the power of government to impose their superior knowledge and virtue on others.
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There can be no greater issue than that of conservation in this country.
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The true patriot is motivated by a sense of responsibility and out of self interest for himself, his family, and the future of his country to resist government abuse of power. He rejects the notion that patriotism means obedience to the state.
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I’d like to be a queen in people’s hearts but I don’t see myself being queen of this country.