Corneliu Zelea Codreanu Quotes

From being a patriotic myth, the Russian people have become an awful reality.

A nation's life is about as long as its reverential memory.

I'm English and love England. Whenever I'm there, I'm always seeing the present but feeling its past.

In the Russian experience, although the Russian state is oppressive, it is their state, it is part of their fabric, and so the relation between Russian citizens and their state is complicated.

I feel like the people from Iceland have a different relationship with their country than other places. Most Icelandic people are really proud to be from there, and we don't have embarrassments like World War II where we were cruel to other people.

The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs.

Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts - the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book of their art.

I went further and further back through the centuries to get a sense of perspective but now at least I understand why Irish history evokes such strong passions and emotions.

Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong.

Persia is 7,000 years old and will fight to survive.

The conviction of our Ukrainian nation is embedded in the pages of its history.

So I think that I can say, as the President of Poland, we're proud that I am coming from Poland, which is different and what's more important, much better than before.

The traditions of a nation are very important and the anthem written by Francis Scott Key in the early days of our nation should always be revered.

The higher American patriotism, on the other hand, combines loyalty to historical tradition and precedent with the imaginative projection of an ideal national Promise.

Palestine is our unforgettable historic home. The very name would be a force of marvelous potency for summoning our people together.

Our American heritage is greater than any one of us. It can express itself in very homely truths; in the end it can lift up our eyes beyond the glow in the sunset skies.

Just as the British subject loves England despite her faults, so we must insist that all Germans who were part of the old Germany and helped shape her, recognize the greatness and worthiness of present-day Germany.

A nation’s attitude toward its own history is like a window into its own soul.

A nation is a work of art and a work of time.

It is the honor and soul of England which is at stake!

Happy is the nation without a history.

For my part, I do not believe that the country is in danger. I think England is safe in the race of men who inhabit her; that she is safe in something much more precious than her accumulated capital — her accumulated experience; she is safe in her national character, in her fame, in the traditions of a thousand years, and in that glorious future which I believe awaits her.

No nation is formed within a night, one generation's era of even two. A nation can be described as the continuous string of many generations that time, this pitiless, thoughtless sword of nature, separates their physical connections along the course of their history.

Nothing is so retentive as a nation's memory.

No people can live in the past - not even in its own past. But if it no longer has a link with its history, it must of necessity perish. Persia, crowded with hardship and glory, ordeals and hopes. With the help of the Almighty, the lessons of the past constitute the best guide for the citizens of the future.