“For them (the peoples of the Soviet Union) We cherish the warmest paternal affection. We are well aware that not a few of them groan beneath the yoke imposed on them by men who in very large part are strangers to the real interests of the country. We recognize that many others were deceived by fallacious hopes. We blame only the system with its authors and abettors who considered Russia the best field for experimenting with a plan elaborated years ago, and who from there continue to spread it from one of the world to the other.” MenWorldYearsWellsRealCountryInterestPlansFieldsYears AgoBlameUnionsAffectionJewStrangerSpreadRussiaCherishSovietSoviet UnionDeceivedYoke Author:Pope Pius XI
“I have never understood why one's affections must be confined, as once with women, to a single country.” CountryUnderstoodAffectionNationalismConfined Book:A life in our times: memoirs Source: A life in our times: memoirs
“A King should sacrifice the best affections of his heart for the good of his country; no sacrifice should be above his determination.” ShouldHeartCountryPoliticsPowerSacrificeKingsDeterminationAffection Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“The country was made without lines of demarcation, and it is no man's business to divide it... Do not misunderstand me, but understand me fully with reference to my affection for the land. I never said the land was mine to do with it as I chose. The one who has the right to dispose of it is the one who created it. I claim a right to live on my land and accord you the privilege to live on yours.” MenMadeSaidCountryLinesLandMinesClaimsPrivilegeAffectionDividesAccordUnderstand Me Author:Chief Joseph
“You, your families, your friends and your countries are to be exterminated by the common decision of a few brutal but powerful men. To please these men, all the private affections, all the public hopes, all that has been achieved in art, and knowledge and thought and all that might be achieved hereafter is to be wiped out forever. Our ruined lifeless planet will continue for countless ages to circle aimlessly round the sun unredeemed by the joys and loves, the occasional wisdom and the power to create beauty which have given value to human life.” MenHumansHas BeensArtCountryMightAgeJoyValuesGivenDecisionPowerfulCommonSunForeverPlanetsPleaseAnd LoveRoundsAffectionCirclesHuman LifeOur FamilyBrutalRuinedOccasionalHereafterLifelessPowerful Man Author:Bertrand Russell
“Toronto as a city carries out the idea of Canada as a country. It is a calculated crime against the aspirations of the soul and the affection of the heart.” HeartIdeasSoulCountryCitiesCrimeAffectionAspirationCanadaCarrieToronto Author:Aleister Crowley