Countries Quotes
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![Graham Greene](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1254688603i/2533._UX200_CR0,31,200,200_.jpg)
“I don't care a damn about men who are loyal to the people who pay them, to organizations...I don't think even my country means all that much. There are many countries in our blood, aren't there, but only one person. Would the world be in the mess it is if we were loyal to love and not to countries?”
― Our Man in Havana
― Our Man in Havana
![Frédéric Bastiat](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1244626107i/89275._UX200_CR0,17,200,200_.jpg)
“When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it.”
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“Nationalism does nothing but teach you to hate people you never met, and to take pride in accomplishments you had no part in.”
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“The most dangerous people in the world are not the tiny minority instigating evil acts, but those who do the acts for them. For example, when the British invaded India, many Indians accepted to work for the British to kill off Indians who resisted their occupation. So in other words, many Indians were hired to kill other Indians on behalf of the enemy for a paycheck. Today, we have mercenaries in Africa, corporate armies from the western world, and unemployed men throughout the Middle East killing their own people - and people of other nations - for a paycheck. To act without a conscience, but for a paycheck, makes anyone a dangerous animal. The devil would be powerless if he couldn't entice people to do his work. So as long as money continues to seduce the hungry, the hopeless, the broken, the greedy, and the needy, there will always be war between brothers.”
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![Stefan Molyneux](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1388630101i/882627._UX200_CR0,38,200,200_.jpg)
“The world, viewed philosophically, remains a series of slave camps, where citizens – tax livestock – labor under the chains of illusion in the service of their masters.”
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![Criss Jami](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1620861879i/4860176._UX200_CR0,16,200,200_.jpg)
“The greater ignorance towards a country is not ignoring what its politicians have to say, it is ignoring what the inmates in its prisons have to say.”
― Killosophy
― Killosophy
“Understanding languages and other cultures builds bridges. It is the fastest way to bring the world closer together and to Truth. Through understanding, people will be able to see their similarities before differences.”
― Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
― Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
![Mokokoma Mokhonoana](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1674037554i/7152008._UX200_CR0,0,200,200_.jpg)
“He who is ready to die for his country is a fool. For he didn’t choose where he was born; and where he was born didn’t choose him.”
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![Abhaidev](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1621070216i/14177542._UX200_CR0,28,200,200_.jpg)
“Borderless world is a good idea. But unless all countries of the world agree on that, it is mere idealism. A fancy idea which looks good only on paper.”
― The Influencer: Speed Must Have a Limit
― The Influencer: Speed Must Have a Limit
![Ally Carter](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1421526957i/56224._UX200_CR0,23,200,200_.jpg)
“I'm a man without a country. Or I'm a man with too many countries-you pick. Ultimately, in both global politics and the high school power hierarchy, they amount to the same thing.”
― All Fall Down
― All Fall Down
![Santosh Kalwar](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1275309637i/2894169._UX200_CR0,54,200,200_.jpg)
“Asia is an entertainment, Europe is a dream, America is an imprisonment and Rest is a nightmare.”
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![Amit Kalantri](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1613203563i/6590179._UX200_CR0,50,200,200_.jpg)
“War is not just the shower of bullets and bombs from both sides, it is also the shower of blood and bones on both sides.”
― Wealth of Words
― Wealth of Words
![Edmund de Waal](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1306873655i/471230._UX200_CR0,51,200,200_.jpg)
“It makes me wonder what belonging to a place means. Charles died a Russian in Paris. Viktor called it wrong and was a Russian in Vienna for fifty years, then Austrian, then a citizen of the Reich, and then stateless. Elisabeth kept Dutch citizenship in England for fifty years. And Iggie was Austrian, then American, then an Austrian living in Japan.
You assimilate, but you need somewhere else to go. You keep your passport to hand. You keep something private.”
― The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Family's Century of Art and Loss
You assimilate, but you need somewhere else to go. You keep your passport to hand. You keep something private.”
― The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Family's Century of Art and Loss
![Martin Luther King Jr.](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1198518558i/23924._UX200_CR0,21,200,200_.jpg)
“Racism is no mere American phenomenon. Its vicious grasp knows no geographical boundaries. In fact, racism and its perennial ally—economic exploitation—provide the key to understanding most of the international complications of this generation.”
― Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?
― Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?
![Martin Luther King Jr.](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1198518558i/23924._UX200_CR0,21,200,200_.jpg)
“There is the convenient temptation to attribute the current turmoil and bitterness throughout the world to the presence of a Communist conspiracy to undermine Europe and America, but the potential explosiveness of our world situation is much more attributable to disillusionment with the promises of Christianity and technology.”
― Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?
― Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?
![Aida Mandic](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1628959104i/17046592._UY200_CR33,0,200,200_.jpg)
“The Dark Cloud
Is the tragic event that you see that was presented on the news
Is the horrifying excuse for a father that made you change many views
Is the vow that was cynical, two-faced, and did not have heart
Is the bridge between countries that completely fell apart”
― The Dark Cloud
Is the tragic event that you see that was presented on the news
Is the horrifying excuse for a father that made you change many views
Is the vow that was cynical, two-faced, and did not have heart
Is the bridge between countries that completely fell apart”
― The Dark Cloud
![Georgi Gospodinov](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1451248558i/325732._UY200_CR41,0,200,200_.jpg)
“Happy countries are all alike; each unhappy country is unhappy in its own way, as has been written.”
― Time Shelter
― Time Shelter
“To my African brother and sisters.
If you manage to go overseas or to other countries.
When you get there .Please don’t ruin it for other Africans .
Don’t say or do things that will make other Africans not be allowed .
Don’t be a curse to other Africans and don’t let other African be cursed because of you.”
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If you manage to go overseas or to other countries.
When you get there .Please don’t ruin it for other Africans .
Don’t say or do things that will make other Africans not be allowed .
Don’t be a curse to other Africans and don’t let other African be cursed because of you.”
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“When a country just emerges from poverty, it possesses cheap labor; it's the best period for everyone, including the poor. This sweet spot occurs only once in a civilization. China was in that position two decades ago, and now it's India and Bangladesh. Enjoy this advantageous position as long as it lasts. The labor costs will soon rise, and we will face the same fate as the West. On paper, these countries may have higher GDP and better HDI, but in reality, people cannot afford basic necessities such as food, housing, healthcare, and education.”
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“Taking a side in a war. It is like saying I told you so. It doesn't make the situation better, but it escalates it.”
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![Mehmet Murat ildan](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1371463140i/3164882._UX200_CR0,0,200,200_.jpg)
“When you judge and criticise any country, never ever forget to honour all the good things done by that country!”
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![Mehmet Murat ildan](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1371463140i/3164882._UX200_CR0,0,200,200_.jpg)
“A person who does not think even one step ahead in life will never share the same fate with a person who thinks at least ten steps ahead! The same goes for countries!”
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![Richard Blanco](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1384877706i/507874._UX200_CR0,29,200,200_.jpg)
“Then countries—your invention—maps
jigsawing the world into colored shapes
caged in bold lines to say: you’re here,
not there, you’re this, not that, to say:
yellow isn’t red, red isn’t black, black is
not white, to say: mine, not ours, to say
war, and believe life’s worth is relative.”
― How to Love a Country
jigsawing the world into colored shapes
caged in bold lines to say: you’re here,
not there, you’re this, not that, to say:
yellow isn’t red, red isn’t black, black is
not white, to say: mine, not ours, to say
war, and believe life’s worth is relative.”
― How to Love a Country
![Richard Blanco](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1384877706i/507874._UX200_CR0,29,200,200_.jpg)
“To love a country as if you’ve lost one: as if
it were you on a plane departing from America
forever, clouds closing like curtains on your country,
the last scene in which you’re a madman scribbling
the names of your favorite flowers, trees, and birds
you’d never see again, your address and phone number
you’d never use again, the color of your father’s eyes,
your mother’s hair, terrified you could forget these.
To love a country as if I was my mother last spring
hobbling, insisting I help her climb all the way up
to the U.S. Capitol, as if she were here before you today
instead of me, explaining her tears, cheeks pink
as the cherry blossoms coloring the air that day when
she stopped, turned to me, and said: You know, mijo,
it isn’t where you’re born that matters, it’s where
you choose to die—that’s your country.”
― How to Love a Country
it were you on a plane departing from America
forever, clouds closing like curtains on your country,
the last scene in which you’re a madman scribbling
the names of your favorite flowers, trees, and birds
you’d never see again, your address and phone number
you’d never use again, the color of your father’s eyes,
your mother’s hair, terrified you could forget these.
To love a country as if I was my mother last spring
hobbling, insisting I help her climb all the way up
to the U.S. Capitol, as if she were here before you today
instead of me, explaining her tears, cheeks pink
as the cherry blossoms coloring the air that day when
she stopped, turned to me, and said: You know, mijo,
it isn’t where you’re born that matters, it’s where
you choose to die—that’s your country.”
― How to Love a Country
![Richard Blanco](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1384877706i/507874._UX200_CR0,29,200,200_.jpg)
“How could you, America? With no answer for
all I knew of country was my hurt and rage.
But home was home: I dusted off the secrets,
cleaned up the lies, nailed the creaky floors
down, set a fire, and sat with history books
I’d never opened, listened to songs I’d never
played, pulled out the old map from a dark
drawer, redrew it with more colors, less lines.
I stoked the fire, burning on until finally: Okay,
nothing’s perfect, I understood, I forgive you,
I said—and forgiveness became my country.”
― How to Love a Country
all I knew of country was my hurt and rage.
But home was home: I dusted off the secrets,
cleaned up the lies, nailed the creaky floors
down, set a fire, and sat with history books
I’d never opened, listened to songs I’d never
played, pulled out the old map from a dark
drawer, redrew it with more colors, less lines.
I stoked the fire, burning on until finally: Okay,
nothing’s perfect, I understood, I forgive you,
I said—and forgiveness became my country.”
― How to Love a Country
![Don DeLillo](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1401807364i/233._UY200_CR2,0,200,200_.jpg)
“t is interesting, he says, how weapons reflect the soul of the maker. The Soviets always wanted bigger yield, bigger stockpiles. They had to convince themselves they were a superpower. Throw-weight. What is throw-weight? We don’t know exactly but we agree it sounds like hurled bulk, the hurled will of the collective. Soviet long-range missiles had greater throw-weight. They had to convince themselves with numbers and bulk and mass. “And the U.S.?” I say. Eyes flicking my way, happy as carnival lights. It was the U.S., Viktor says, that designed the neutron bomb. Many buzzing neutrons, very little blast. The perfect capitalist tool. Kill people, spare property.”
― Underworld
― Underworld
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