"A Country is not a mere territory; the particular territory is only its foundation. The Country is the idea which rises upon that foundation; it is the sentiment of love, the sense of fellowship which binds together all the sons of that territory."

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Source : Giuseppe Mazzini (2005). “The Duties of Man and Other Essays”, p.58, Cosimo, Inc.

Giuseppe Mazzini

#Love Quotes #Country Quotes #Son Quotes

“No one loves a country as much as someone who has chosen to live in it.”
“Modern wars are seldom fought without hatred between nations; this serves more or less as a substitute for hatred between individuals.”
“Beauty is the product of the dominant ideology. (Thus when ideology changes, the ideal body follows.) We can see that in the history of art.”
“In 2006, the Secure Fence Act was signed into law, requiring the Department of Homeland Security to build upward of 700 miles of double layered fencing along the U. S-Mexico border. While the Obama administration is quick to state that the targets have been met, only a small fraction - in fact, less than 40 miles - of the newly implemented infrastructure is double-layered.”
“TECHNICALITY, n. In an English court a man named Home was tried for slander in having accused his neighbor of murder. His exact words were: "Sir Thomas Holt hath taken a cleaver and stricken his cook upon the head, so that one side of the head fell upon one shoulder and the other side upon the other shoulder." The defendant was acquitted by instruction of the court, the learned judges holding that the words did not charge murder, for they did not affirm the death of the cook, that being only an inference.”
“The federal government would give money to the states. States would be able to negotiate at local rates. It's not Medicaid. People didn't want it to be Medicaid in Washington, either.”
“I got introduced to audiobooks because of having a baby”
“Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.”

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