UK Quotes
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I must keep alive in myself the desire for my true country, which I shall not find till after death; I must never let it get snowed under or turned aside; I must make it the main object of life to press on to that other country and to help others to do the same.
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A man may have to die for our country: but no man must, in any exclusive sense, live for his country. He who surrenders himself without reservation to the temporal claims of a nation, or a party, or a class is rendering to Caesar that which, of all things, most emphatically belongs to God: himself.
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Death is not a journey into an unknown land; it is a voyage home. We are going, not to a strange country, but to our fathers house.
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The real tragedy of England, as I see it, is the tragedy of ugliness. The country is so lovely: the man-made England is so vile.
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In love of home, the love of country has its rise.
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It has been convincingly demonstrated that countries where there are high rates of poverty, or high rates of economic inequality, are the countries with the highest rates of religious beliefs.
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Do not criticize your government when out of the country. Never cease to do so when at home.
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There are too many people who imagine that there is something sophisticated about always believing the best of those who hate your country, and the worst of those who defend it.
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Every country is like a particular type of person. America is like a belligerent, adolescent boy, Canada is like an intelligent, 35 year old woman. Australia is like Jack Nicholson.
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People are really rather afraid that this country might be rather swamped by people with a different culture.