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Fatherland Quotes

Friedrich Durrenmatt quote: "Above all, be suspicious of your fatherland. Nobody is more..."
Above all, be suspicious of your fatherland. Nobody is more inclined to become a murderer than a fatherland. Friedrich Durrenmatt
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. Walter Ulbricht
Gustav Heinemann quote: "Some fatherlands are difficult. Germany is one of them. But it..."
Some fatherlands are difficult. Germany is one of them. But it is our fatherland. Here is where we live and work. Gustav Heinemann
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. Napoleon Bonaparte
I would give something to know for precisely whom the deeds were really done, of which it is publicly stated they were done 'for the Fatherland'. Georg C. Lichtenberg
You have asked me what I would do and what I would not do. I will not serve that in which I no longer believe whether it call 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 defence the only arms I allow myself to use--silence, exile, and cunning. James Joyce
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. Horace
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. James Joyce
Rostov kept thinking about that brilliant feat of his, which, to his surprise, had gained him the St. George Cross and even given him the reputation of a brave man - and there was something in it that he was unable to understand. "So they're even more afraid than we are!" he thought. "So that's all there is to so-called heroism? And did I really do it for the fatherland? And what harm had he done, with his dimple and his light blue eyes? But how frightened he was! He thought I'd kill him. ... Leo Tolstoy
Homer quote: "One omen is best; Defending the fatherland"
One omen is best; Defending the fatherland Homer
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. Voltaire
If these hands, used to fighting, would be acceptable to His Holiness, we most thankfully dedicate them to the service of him who deserves so well of the Church and of the fatherland. Giuseppe Garibaldi
Wilhelm Frick quote: "My whole life was service to people and the Fatherland."
My whole life was service to people and the Fatherland. Wilhelm Frick
Friedrich Durrenmatt quote: "A state always calls itself fatherland when it is ready for..."
A state always calls itself fatherland when it is ready for murder. Friedrich Durrenmatt
Fritz Todt quote: "These roads do not serve transportation alone, they also bind..."
These roads do not serve transportation alone, they also bind our Fatherland. Fritz Todt

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