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My Countrymen Quotes

I - and there are hundreds of thousands of Irishmen who felt on this subject as I do - have always liked my Celtic countrymen and disliked the English nation; it is a national trait of character, and I cannot help it Picture Quote #1

My countrymen, I am wholeheartedly thankful to you today for proving that change isn’t coming but it has ALREADY COME! Picture Quote #1

I would remind my countrymen, that they are to be men first, and Americans only at a late and convenient hour. No matter how valuable law may be to protect your property, even to keep soul and body together, if it do not keep you and humanity together Picture Quote #1

My God! How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy! Picture Quote #1

My country is the world; my countrymen are mankind Picture Quote #1

Though I love my country, I do not love my countrymen Picture Quote #1

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I congratulate you, my brave countrymen and fellow soldiers, on the spirit and success with which you have executed this important part of our enterprise Picture Quote #1

Spare me the political events and power struggles, as the whole earth is my homeland and all men are my fellow countrymen Picture Quote #1

My confidence is that there will for a long time be virtue and good sense enough in our countrymen to correct abuses Picture Quote #1

My countrymen should have nerves of steel, muscles of iron, and minds like thunderbolt Picture Quote #1

Will you, my countrymen, the descendants of these men, warmed by their blood, inheriting their language, and having the principles for which they struggled confided to your care, allow them to be violated in your hands? Picture Quote #1

My countrymen have the right to shake my hand and talk to me if they so wish. Don’t forget that their support and their reading of my works is what brought me the Nobel prize Picture Quote #1

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My countrymen have commissioned a bust of the Republic. It will be placed on the fountain of my native town Picture Quote #1

Literature is my calling To hold up the mirror to my countrymen comes natural to me; and in the open field of invention I am not without hopes of giving them pleasure Picture Quote #1

I should have forfeited my own self-respect, and perhaps the good opinion of my countrymen, if I had failed to resent such an injury by calling the offender in question to a personal account Picture Quote #1

Suicide is possible, but not probable; hanging, I trust, is even more unlikely; for I hope that, by the time I die, my countrymen will have become civilised enough to abolish capital punishment Picture Quote #1

This is a letter of hate. It is for you my countrymen, I mean those men of my country who have defiled it. The men with manic fingers leading the sightless, feeble, betrayed body of my country to its death Picture Quote #1

Faced by the bewilderment of my countrymen, by the disintegration of a government in thrall to the enemy, by the fact that the institutions of my country are incapable, at the moment, of functioning, I General de Gaulle, a French soldier and military leader, realize that I now speak for France Picture Quote #1

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I sincerely wish you may find it convenient to come here. the pleasure of the trip will be less than you expect, but the utility greater. it will make you adore your own country, it’s soil, it’s climate, it’s equality, liberty, laws, people and manners. my god! how little do my countrymen know Picture Quote #1

I don’t want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve immortality through not dying. I don’t want to live on in the hearts of my countrymen; I want to live on in my apartment Picture Quote #1

Let no man dare, when I am dead. to charge me with dishonor; let no man attaint my memory by believing that I could have engaged in any cause but that of my country’s liberty and independence, or that I could have become the pliant minion of power in the oppression or the miseries of my countrymen Picture Quote #1

My detention has been worth every second if only to prove my innocence to those who truly matter most my countrymen Picture Quote #1

Before this address to my countrymen is closed, I beg leave to observe, that as a new century has dawned upon us, the mind is naturally led ot contemplate the great events that have run parallel with and have just closed the last Picture Quote #1

I have seen things few of my countrymen have. The first time I went on an aeroplane I couldn’t work out how the lavatories worked up in the sky Picture Quote #1

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A masculine education cannot spare from professional study and the necessary acquisition of languages, the time and attention which I have bestowed on the compositions of my countrymen Picture Quote #1

A jury of my countrymen, it is true, have found me guilty of the crime of which I stood indicted. For this I entertain not the slightest feeling of resentment towards them Picture Quote #1

What work's, my countrymen, in hand? Where go you with bats and clubs? The matter? Speak, I pray you Picture Quote #1

O what a fall was there, my countrymen! Then I, and you, and all of us fell down, whilst bloody treason flourished over us Picture Quote #1

I am really sorry to see my countrymen trouble themselves about politics. If men were wise, the most arbitrary princes could not hurt them. If they are not wise, the freest government is compelled to be a tyranny. Princes appear to me to be fools. Houses of Commons and Houses of Lords appear to me to be fools; they seem to me to be something else besides human life Picture Quote #1

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I - and there are hundreds of thousands of Irishmen who felt on this subject as I do - have always liked my Celtic countrymen and disliked the English nation; it is a national trait of character, and I cannot help it. (My Countrymen Quotes) My countrymen, I am wholeheartedly thankful to you today for proving that change isn’t coming but it has ALREADY COME! (My Countrymen Quotes) I would remind my countrymen, that they are to be men first, and Americans only at a late and convenient hour. No matter how valuable law may be to protect your property, even to keep soul and body together, if it do not keep you and humanity together (My Countrymen Quotes) My God! How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy! (My Countrymen Quotes) My country is the world; my countrymen are mankind (My Countrymen Quotes) Though I love my country, I do not love my countrymen (My Countrymen Quotes) I congratulate you, my brave countrymen and fellow soldiers, on the spirit and success with which you have executed this important part of our enterprise (My Countrymen Quotes) Spare me the political events and power struggles, as the whole earth is my homeland and all men are my fellow countrymen (My Countrymen Quotes) My confidence is that there will for a long time be virtue and good sense enough in our countrymen to correct abuses (My Countrymen Quotes) My countrymen should have nerves of steel, muscles of iron, and minds like thunderbolt (My Countrymen Quotes) Will you, my countrymen, the descendants of these men, warmed by their blood, inheriting their language, and having the principles for which they struggled confided to your care, allow them to be violated in your hands? (My Countrymen Quotes) My countrymen have the right to shake my hand and talk to me if they so wish. Don’t forget that their support and their reading of my works is what brought me the Nobel prize (My Countrymen Quotes) My countrymen have commissioned a bust of the Republic. It will be placed on the fountain of my native town (My Countrymen Quotes) Literature is my calling To hold up the mirror to my countrymen comes natural to me; and in the open field of invention I am not without hopes of giving them pleasure (My Countrymen Quotes) I should have forfeited my own self-respect, and perhaps the good opinion of my countrymen, if I had failed to resent such an injury by calling the offender in question to a personal account (My Countrymen Quotes) Suicide is possible, but not probable; hanging, I trust, is even more unlikely; for I hope that, by the time I die, my countrymen will have become civilised enough to abolish capital punishment (My Countrymen Quotes) This is a letter of hate. It is for you my countrymen, I mean those men of my country who have defiled it. The men with manic fingers leading the sightless, feeble, betrayed body of my country to its death (My Countrymen Quotes) Faced by the bewilderment of my countrymen, by the disintegration of a government in thrall to the enemy, by the fact that the institutions of my country are incapable, at the moment, of functioning, I General de Gaulle, a French soldier and military leader, realize that I now speak for France (My Countrymen Quotes) I sincerely wish you may find it convenient to come here. the pleasure of the trip will be less than you expect, but the utility greater. it will make you adore your own country, it’s soil, it’s climate, it’s equality, liberty, laws, people and manners. my god! how little do my countrymen know (My Countrymen Quotes) I don’t want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve immortality through not dying. I don’t want to live on in the hearts of my countrymen; I want to live on in my apartment (My Countrymen Quotes) Let no man dare, when I am dead. to charge me with dishonor; let no man attaint my memory by believing that I could have engaged in any cause but that of my country’s liberty and independence, or that I could have become the pliant minion of power in the oppression or the miseries of my countrymen (My Countrymen Quotes) My detention has been worth every second if only to prove my innocence to those who truly matter most my countrymen (My Countrymen Quotes) Before this address to my countrymen is closed, I beg leave to observe, that as a new century has dawned upon us, the mind is naturally led ot contemplate the great events that have run parallel with and have just closed the last (My Countrymen Quotes) I have seen things few of my countrymen have. The first time I went on an aeroplane I couldn’t work out how the lavatories worked up in the sky (My Countrymen Quotes) A masculine education cannot spare from professional study and the necessary acquisition of languages, the time and attention which I have bestowed on the compositions of my countrymen (My Countrymen Quotes) A jury of my countrymen, it is true, have found me guilty of the crime of which I stood indicted. For this I entertain not the slightest feeling of resentment towards them (My Countrymen Quotes) What work's, my countrymen, in hand? Where go you with bats and clubs? The matter? Speak, I pray you (My Countrymen Quotes) O what a fall was there, my countrymen! Then I, and you, and all of us fell down, whilst bloody treason flourished over us (My Countrymen Quotes) I am really sorry to see my countrymen trouble themselves about politics. If men were wise, the most arbitrary princes could not hurt them. If they are not wise, the freest government is compelled to be a tyranny. Princes appear to me to be fools. Houses of Commons and Houses of Lords appear to me to be fools; they seem to me to be something else besides human life (My Countrymen Quotes)