"National pride is to countries what self-respect is to individuals: a necessary condition for self-improvement."

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Source : Richard Rorty (1998). “Against bosses, against oligarchies: a conversation with Richard Rorty”, Prickly Pear (UK)

Richard Rorty

#Country Quotes #Pride Quotes #Self Quotes

“To read Lucia St. Clair Robson is to learn while being thoroughly entertained. Last Train from Cuernavaca puts us through the tragic violence and political treachery of the Mexican Revolution and its consequences so intimately that we feel hunger, lust, thirst, grief, and saddle sores, and admire anew the awesome durability and courage of the people of Mexico-- especially the women.”
“The print on canvas is the closest to the original work. I personally sign them as well.”
“Younger colleagues tended to draw untested self-confidence from their bonuses and prestigious degrees.”

Source : Ron Suskind (2012). “Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President”, p.84, Harper Collins
“Journey with me to a true commitment to our environment. Journey with me to the serenity of leaving to our children a planet in equilibrium.”
“Where religion speaks, reason has only a right to hear.”

Source : François duc de La Rochefoucauld, Stanisław I Leszczyński (King of Poland) (1851). “Moral Reflections, Sentences and Maxims of Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld”, p.153
“I am a woman with a calling for social struggle and public service.”
“I came to America, and I made good. It's an old story, but it hasn't been told in a long time. Usually, it's, 'I'm an immigrant, I came here and got persecuted.' My story is I came here, I worked hard, and it worked out all right. So it's still available.”
“Achilles, without his heel, you wouldn't even know his name today.”

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