I think on-stage nudity is disgusting, shameful and damaging to all things American. But if I were 22 with a great body, it would be artistic, tasteful, patriotic and a progressive religious experience. Shelley Winters US movie actress (1922 - ) Respect a man, he will do the more. James Howell Once the game is over, the King and the pawn go back in the same box. Italian Proverb When a whole nation is roaring Patriotism at the top of its voice, I am fain to explore the cleanness of its hands and purity of its heart. Ralph Waldo Emerson, Journals, 1824 US essayist & poet (1803 - 1882) When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home. Sir Winston Churchill British politician (1874 - 1965) "My country, right or wrong," is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying, "My mother, drunk or sober." G. K. Chesterton English author & mystery novelist (1874 - 1936) After being Turned Down by numerous Publishers, he had decided to write for Posterity. George Ade, "Fables in Slang", 1899 US dramatist & humorist (1866 - 1944) I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country. Nathan Hale, last words, 22 September 1776 (attributed) US martyr & patriot in American Revolution (1755 - 1776) When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers. Oscar Wilde, An Ideal husband, 1893 Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 - 1900) Train up a fig tree in the way it should go, and when you are old sit under the shade of it. Charles Dickens English novelist (1812 - 1870) |