Browsing Quotes With Tag: patriotism (3)
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I still wish for an America that matches the marketing material.
Speaker: Dan CarlinPosted: 22 Apr 2019 at 7:30 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
What do they know of England who only England know?
Source: Letters to a Young ContrarianPosted: 12 Jan 2014 at 3:45 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
How does one hate a country, or love one? Tibe talks about it; I lack the trick of it. I know people, I know towns, farms, hills and rivers and rocks, I know how the sun at sunset in autumn falls on the side of a certain plowland in the hills; but what is the sense of giving a boundary to all that, of giving it a name and ceasing to love where the name ceases to apply? What is love of one’s country; is it hate of one’s uncountry? Then it’s not a good thing. Is it simply self-love? That’s a good thing, but one mustn’t make a virtue of it, or a profession… Insofar as I love life, I love the hills of the Domain of Estre, but that sort of love does not have a boundary-line of hate. And beyond that, I am ignorant, I hope.
Speaker: Ursula K. Le GuinSource: the Left Hand of DarknessPosted: 21 Sep 2013 at 7:13 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment!