Countrymen Quotes

• My God! How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!

  Thomas Jefferson

  Freedom, 4th Of July, Patriotic

  Thomas Jefferson (1829). “Memoirs, correspondence and private papers of Thomas Jefferson, ed. by T.J. Randolph”, p.239

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  If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animated contest of freedom - go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen!

  Samuel Adams

  Love, Peace, Freedom

  Samuel Adams' Speech delivered at the State House in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, August 1, 1776.

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• Our country is the world-our countrymen are all mankind.

  William Lloyd Garrison

  Country, Revenge, Patriotism

  'The Liberator' 15 December 1837 Prospectus

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• Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.

  William Shakespeare

  Tragedy, Cassius, Ears

  Julius Caesar act 3, sc. 2, l. 74 (1599)

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• Though I love my country, I do not love my countrymen.

  Lord Byron

  Love, Country, Patriotic

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• Everyone loathes his own country and countrymen if he is any sort of artist.

  Lawrence Durrell

  Country, Patriotic, Artist

  Letter to Henry Miller, 1948.

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• For Brutus is an honourable man;
  So are they all, all honourable men.

  William Shakespeare

  Memorable, Men, Brutus

  'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 3, sc. 2, l. [79]

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• I - and there are hundreds of thousands of Irishmen who felt on this subject as I do - have always liked my Celtic countrymen and disliked the English nation; it is a national trait of character, and I cannot help it.

  Douglas Hyde

  Character, Helping, Celtic

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• A jury of my countrymen, it is true, have found me guilty of the crime of which I stood indicted. For this I entertain not the slightest feeling of resentment towards them.

  Thomas Francis Meagher

  Feelings, Resentment, Host

  W F. Lyons, Thomas Francis Meagher (1871). “Brigadier-general Thomas Francis Meagher: his political and military career; with selections from his speeches and writings”, p.13

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• Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears.

  Mark Antony

  Ambition, Loss, Dogs Of War

  "Fictional character: Mark Anthony". "Mark Anthony’s Speech at Funeral in Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare", www.cbsenext.com. October 17, 2013.

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• My countrymen have the right to shake my hand and talk to me if they so wish. Don't forget that their support and their reading of my works is what brought me the Nobel prize.

  Naguib Mahfouz

  Book, Reading, Hands

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• Before this address to my countrymen is closed, I beg leave to observe, that as a new century has dawned upon us, the mind is naturally led ot contemplate the great events that have run parallel with and have just closed the last.

  Mercy Otis Warren

  Running, Mind, Events

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• My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar

  Mark Antony

  Heart, Coffins, Julius

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• Literature is my calling To hold up the mirror to my countrymen comes natural to me; and in the open field of invention I am not without hopes of giving them pleasure.

  T. E. Brown

  Mirrors, Giving, Calling

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• When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept: Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honourable man.

  William Shakespeare

  Ambition, Men, Ambitious

  'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 3, sc. 2, l. [97]

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• Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.

  William Shakespeare

  Rome, Cassius, Ides Of March

  'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 3, sc. 2, l. [22]

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• O Judgment ! Thou art fled to brutish beasts, and men have lost their reason !

  William Shakespeare

  Art, Men, Beast

  'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 3, sc. 2, l. [110]

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• While only one day of the year is dedicated solely to honoring our veterans, Americans must never forget the sacrifices that many of our fellow countrymen have made to defend our country and protect our freedoms.

  Randy Neugebauer

  Country, Veterans Day, Military

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• Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.

  William Shakespeare

  Ambition, Stuff, Ides Of March

  'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 3, sc. 2, l. [97]

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• If we love our country, we should also love our countrymen.

  Ronald Reagan

  Love, Country, Memorial Day

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• The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.

  William Shakespeare

  Life, Wisdom, Men

  1599 Antony. Julius Caesar, act 3, sc.2, l.74-86.

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• I should have forfeited my own self-respect, and perhaps the good opinion of my countrymen, if I had failed to resent such an injury by calling the offender in question to a personal account.

  Preston Brooks

  Respect, Self, Should Have

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• Against the vast majority of my countrymen, even at this moment, in the name of humanity and civilization, I protest against our share in the destruction of Germany. A month ago Europe was a peaceful comity of nations; if an Englishman killed a German, he was hanged. Now, if an Englishman kills a German, or if a German kills an Englishman, he is a patriot, who has deserved well of his country.

  Bertrand Russell

  Country, War, Europe

  Bertrand Russell (1994). “Prophecy and Dissent, 1914-16”, p.7, Psychology Press

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• Now let it work. Mischief, thou art afoot. Take thou what course thou wilt.

  William Shakespeare

  Art, Work, Plebeians

  'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 3, sc. 2, l. [265]

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• Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand?

  William Shakespeare

  Character, Hands, Play

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 2, sc. 1, l. 33

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