Loyalty to the family must be merged into loyalty to the community, loyalty to the community into loyalty to the nation, and loyalty to the nation into loyalty to mankind. The citizen of the future must be a citizen of the world.
Thomas CochraneAbout author
- Author's profession: Politician
- Nationality: english
- Born: December 14, 1775
- Died: October 31, 1860
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