country

The Country is both the Philosopher's Garden and his Library, in which he Reads and Contemplates the Power, Wisdom and Goodness of God.

The country life is to be preferred, for there we see the works of God, but in cities little else but the works of men.

I do not prize the word 'cheap.' It is not a word of hope, nor a word of cheer. It is not a word of inspiration. It is the badge of poverty. The signal of distress. Cheep merchandise means cheap men, cheap men means a cheap country.

A man's country is the world.

My country is the world; my countrymen are mankind.

Our country is the world; our countrymen are all mankind.

Our country is the world; our countrymen are mankind.

Of all tyrannies a country can suffer, the worst is the tyranny of the majority.

When I am in the country, I wish to vegetate like the country.

The cry has been that when war is declared, all opposition should therefore be hushed. A sentiment more unworthy of a free country could hardly be propagated. If the doctrine be admitted, rulers have only to declare war and they are screened at once from scrutiny. . . . In war, then, as in peace, assert the freedom of speech and of the press. Cling to this as the bulwark of all our rights and privileges.