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“It is not for him to pride himself who loveth his own country, but rather for him who loveth the whole world.”

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Author:Bahá'u'lláh

“Thousand got away to other countries; thousands returned to Spain tempted by false promises of kindness. By the tens of thousands, these Spaniards died of neglect in the concentration camps.”

Country Kindness Promise Thousand Died Concentration Neglect Camps Other Countries Tempted Spain Concentration Camp Spaniards False Promises

Author:Martha Gellhorn

“[On Italy:] ... the country where kindness to strangers is a religion, you can't turn your head without seeing something beautiful, and you can't get a bad meal if you try.”

Ifs Trying Country Beautiful Turns Kindness Seeing Stranger Meals Something Beautiful

Book:The Best of Mary McGrory: A Half-Century of Washington Commentary

Source: The Best of Mary McGrory: A Half-Century of Washington Commentary

“Rendering thanks to my Creator for my existence and station among His works, for my birth in a country enlightened by the Gospel and enjoying freedom, and for all His other kindnesses, to Him I resign myself, humbly confiding in His goodness and in His mercy through Jesus Christ for the events of eternity.”

Country Jesus Enjoy Christ Existence Kindness Events Birth Goodness Jesus Christ Mercy Eternity Creator Thanks Enlightened Stations Rendering Confiding

Author:John Dickinson

“It created in me a yearning for all that is wide and open and expansive. Something that will never allow me to fit in in my own country, with its narrow towns and narrow roads and narrow kindnesses and narrow reprimands.”

Country America My Own Kindness Fit Towns Wide Yearning

Author:Anthony Hopkins

“I found incredible kindness, dignity and hospitality in both Iraq and Afghanistan - am only alive because of it - the most worthwhile lesson of a twenty month walk to these countries was a deepening appreciation of the kindness of strangers.”

Country Kindness Dignity Incredibles Appreciation Stranger Afghanistan Hospitality

Author:Rory Stewart

“I have never been able to let Iraq go. It is a part of me. Even under Saddam Hussein, even despite what the country went through, and despite how violent and tribal it can be, there is still a certain purity to the kindness of the population.”

Country Kindness Violent Purity

Author:Arwa Damon

“The earth is but one country and mankind its citizens.”

Country Earth Humanity Peace Kindness Mankind Citizens Nationalism Patriotic Patriot Global Citizen World Citizen Patriotism And Nationalism Country Love Baha Baha I

Author:Bahá'u'lláh

“I feel that compassionate thought is the most precious thing there is. It is something that only we human beings can develop. And if we have a good heart, a warm heart, warm feelings, we will be happy and satisfied ourselves, and our friends will experience a friendly and peaceful atmosphere as well. This can be experienced community to community, country to country, continent to continent.”

“Most people no longer believe that buying sneakers made in Asian sweatshops is a kindness to those child laborers. Farming is similar. In every country on earth, the most human scenario for farmers is likely to be feeding those who live nearby-if international markets would allow them to do it. Food transport has become a bizarre and profitable economic equation that's no longer really about feeding anyone ... If you care about farmers, let the potatoes stay home.”

“I wish our country could be a free and happy one. Every citizen need not go against their conscience and can find their own place by their virtue and talents; a simple and happy society, where the goodness of humanity is expanded to the maximum, and the evilness of humanity is constrained to the maximum; honesty, trust, kindness, and helping each other are everyday occurrences in life; there is not so much anger and anxiety, a pure smile on everyone’s face.”

Needs Country Helping Faces Humanity Wish Simple Kindness Virtue Talent Honesty Citizens Pure Goodness Anxiety Conscience Everyday Our Country Minimum Maximum Helping Each Other Evilness

Author:Xu Zhiyong

“They love their land, because it is their own, And scorn to give aught other reason why; Would shake hands with a king upon his throne, And think it kindness to his majesty. - Fitz”

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Author:Fitz-Greene Halleck

“A patriot is he whose public conduct is regulated by one single motive, the love of his country; who, as an agent in parliament, has, for himself, neither hope nor fear, neither kindness nor resentment, but refers every thing to the common interest”

Country Interest Common Kindness Agents Motive Patriotism Resentment Patriot Parliament Common Interests

Book:The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and Genius

Source: The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and Genius