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“I will tell you what I will do and what I will not do. I will not serve that in which I no longer believe, whether it calls itself my home, my fatherland, or my church: and I will try to express myself in some mode of life or art as freely as I can and as wholly as I can, using for my defense the only arms I allow myself to use -- silence, exile, and cunning.”

Life Trying Believe Art I Can Use Home Political Church Silence Expression Arms Defense Young Man Exile Cunning Self Expression Fatherland

Author:James Joyce

“The hand that gives is among the hand that takes. Money has no fatherland, financiers are without patriotism and without decency, their sole object is gain.”

Giving Hands Objects Gains Sole Decency Fatherland Financiers

Author:Napoleon Bonaparte

“So it is the human condition that to wish for the greatness of one's fatherland is to wish evil to one's neighbors. The citizen of the universe would be the man who wishes his country never to be either greater or smaller, richer or poorer.”

Men Humans Country Would Be Universe Evil Wish Greater Conditions Greatness Citizens Neighbor Nationalism Human Condition Fatherland

Author:Voltaire

“There's no bigger task than protecting the homeland of our country.”

Country Tasks Bigger Our Country Patriot Homeland Fatherland Motherland

Author:George W. Bush

“The feeling of patriotism - It is an immoral feeling because, instead of confessing himself a son of God . . . or even a free man guided by his own reason, each man under the influence of patriotism confesses himself the son of his fatherland and the slave of his government, and commits actions contrary to his reason and conscience.”

Men Reason Feelings Government Action Influence Son Conscience Slave Contrary Commit Patriotism Patriot Immoral Free Man Scoundrels Confessing Fatherland

Book:I Cannot be Silent: Writings on Politics, Art and Religion by Leo Tolstoy

Source: I Cannot be Silent: Writings on Politics, Art and Religion by Leo Tolstoy

“[America is] a rebellious nation. Our whole history is treason; our blood was attained before we were born; our creeds were infidelity to the mother church; our constitution treason to our fatherland.”

Whole America Mother Nations Born Church Blood Constitution Betrayal Creeds Infidelity Rebellious Treason Fatherland

Author:Theodore Parker

“...the existence and increase of our race and nation, the sustenance of its children and the purity of its blood, the freedom and independence of the Fatherland, and the nation's ability to fulfill the mission appointed to it by the Creator of the universe.”

World Children War Universe Nations Ability Race Existence Blood Increase Independence Creator Missions War Of The Worlds Purity World War 2 Sustenance Fatherland

Author:Adolf Hitler

“You see, it's been our misfortune to have the wrong religion. Why didn't we have the religion of the Japanese, who regard sacrifice for the Fatherland as the highest good? The Mohammedan religion [Islam] too would have been more compatible to us than Christianity. Why did it have to be Christianity with its meekness and flabbiness?”

Has Beens Christianity Sacrifice Highest Regard Islam Misfortunes Compatible Meekness Fatherland

Author:Adolf Hitler

“One does not inhabit a country; one inhabits a language. That is our country, our fatherland - and no other.”

Doe Country Language Our Country Fatherland

Author:Emile M. Cioran

“What we have to fight for...is the freedom and independence of the fatherland, so that our people may be enabled to fulfill the mission assigned to it by the Creator.”

People May Fighting Military Independence Creator Missions Catholicism Mein Kampf Fatherland

Book:Mein Kampf: My Struggle: (Vol. I & Vol. II) - (Complete & Illustrated Edition)

Source: Mein Kampf: My Struggle: (Vol. I & Vol. II) - (Complete & Illustrated Edition)

“Once again the songs of the fatherland roared to the heavens along the endless marching columns, and for the last time the Lord's grace smiled on His ungrateful children.”

Children Lasts Song Heaven Religious Lord Grace Endless Gods Will Catholicism Last Time Columns Ungrateful Belief In God Mein Kampf Fatherland

Book:Mein Kampf

Source: Mein Kampf

“A self-respecting man is a man without a country. A fatherland is birdlime.”

Men Self Country Fatherland

Author:Emile M. Cioran

“To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.”

Men Whole Earth Wise Good Man Fatherland

Author:Democritus

“You have delivered up our holy German Fatherland to one of the greatest demagogues of all time. I solemnly prophesy that this accursed man will cast our Reich into the abyss and bring our nation to inconceivable misery. Future generations will damn you in your grave for what you have done.”

Men Done Politics Nations Generations Holy Misery Historical Casts Graves All Time Damn Abyss Future Generation Fatherland Damn You

Author:Ian Kershaw

“I consider it to be the meaning of my whole life and my obligation to serve my fatherland and our people.”

People Whole Whole Life Obligation Fatherland

Author:Vladimir Putin

“My fatherland has always the first claim on me.”

Firsts Claims Fatherland

Book:Mozart: The Man and the Artist, as Revealed in His Own Words

Source: Mozart: The Man and the Artist, as Revealed in His Own Words

“So I do not consider myself a chronicler of my fatherland or even a chronicler of Havana”

Fatherland Havana

Author:Guillermo Cabrera Infante

“Our German Fatherland to which I hope will be granted... to become in the future as closely united, as powerful, and as authoritative as once the Roman world-empire was, and that, just as in the old times they said, Civis romanus sum, hereafter, at some time in the future, they will say, I am a German citizen.”

World Said United Powerful Citizens Granted Empires They Said Hereafter Old Time Fatherland

Author:Wilhelm II

“And when statesmen or others worry him [the scientist] too much, then he should leave with his possessions. With a firm and steadfast mind one should hold under all conditions, that everywhere the earth is below and the sky above and to the energetic man, every region is his fatherland.”

Men Should Mind Earth Science Worry Too Much Sky Conditions Scientist Possession Firm Regions Statesmen Energetic Steadfast Fatherland

Author:Tycho Brahe

“A state always calls itself fatherland when it is ready for murder.”

States Ready Murder Fatherland

Author:Friedrich Durrenmatt

“Above all, be suspicious of your fatherland. Nobody is more inclined to become a murderer than a fatherland.”

Murderer Suspicious Fatherland

Author:Friedrich Durrenmatt

“When a young man, I read somewhere the following: God the Almighty said, 'All that is too complex is unnecessary, and it is simple that is needed.' So this has been my lifetime motto – I have been creating weapons to defend the borders of my fatherland, to be simple and reliable.”

Men Has Beens Said Young Simple Needed Creating Weapons Lifetime Complexes Following Borders Young Man Almighty Unnecessary Motto Fatherland Ak 47 Following God

Author:Mikhail Kalashnikov

“We need to develop respect for our history, despite all of its flaws, and love for the Fatherland. We need to pay the utmost attention to our common moral values and consolidate Russian society on this basis. I think that this is an absolute priority.”

Thinking Needs Values Common Pay Attention Moral And Love Bases Absolutes Priorities Despite Flaws Moral Values Fatherland

Author:Vladimir Putin

“Some fatherlands are difficult. Germany is one of them. But it is our fatherland. Here is where we live and work.”

Difficult Germany Fatherland

Author:Gustav Heinemann

“My whole life was service to people and the Fatherland.”

People Whole Whole Life Fatherland

Author:Wilhelm Frick

“Hold high the brow serene, O youth, where now you stand; Let the bright sheen Of your grace be seen, Fair hope of my fatherland!”

Grace Youth Fairs Brows Serene Fatherland

Author:Jose Rizal

“I am driven out of fatherlands and motherlands. Thus I now love only my children's land, yet undiscovered, in the farthest sea; for this I bid my sails search and search.”

Children Sea Land Future Driven My Children Sail Fatherland Motherland

Book:The Portable Nietzsche

Source: The Portable Nietzsche

“It is not the rich man you should properly call happy, but him who knows how to use with wisdom the blessings of the gods, to endure hard poverty, and who fears dishonor worse than death, and is not afraid to die for cherished friends or fatherland.”

Knows Men Should Hard Use Dies Poverty Know How Rich Blessing Endure Not Afraid Rich Man Dishonor Fatherland

Author:Horace

“Something new has happened: For the first time in German history our fatherland is guided by a plan that considers only the needs of the people, and aims at building prosperity and reconstructing of our fatherland.”

People Needs Firsts Plans Happened Building First Time Aim Prosperity Something New Reconstruction Fatherland German History Reconstructing

Author:Walter Ulbricht

“... the basic principles of the military services are unchangeable. Courage and candor, obedience and comradeship, love of fatherland and loyalty to the State: these are ever the distinguishing characteristics of the soldier and sailor. Building character through intelligent training and education is always the first and greatest goal.”

Source: My life

“I have loved my German people and my fatherland with a warm heart.”

People Heart Warm Fatherland Warm Heart

Author:Ernst Kaltenbrunner

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