Daniel Libeskind Quotes

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.

I want to live in a country that is not just a place but also an idea, and Jerusalem is the heart of the idea. There may be practical considerations, but a country cannot exist without an ethos, and Jerusalem is an ethos.

Canada is the only country in the world that knows how to live without an identity.

Some fatherlands are difficult. Germany is one of them. But it is our fatherland. Here is where we live and work.

We must teach our people the greatness of China's historical culture. In our educational program we must stress Chinese history and geography so that all may know and appreciate China's civilization of five thousand years and the far-flung boundaries of our ancient race. This will engender a greater faith in our own future.

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

It’s a little strange, this obsession with the flag. It’s incomprehensible to someone who comes from a country where the flag has, so to speak, disappeared, where any nostalgia and concern for it is a sign of an attachment to the past…

States that have experienced revolutions or have acquired their independence from empires - such as the U.S. or Australia - tend to celebrate their constitutional documents and put them on show in special galleries so that every citizen can become familiar with them. In the U.K., this is not properly done.

Britain has a great sense of its own national pride. It's like the monarchy is the embodiment of that pride.

Most national holidays in most countries rest on selective memories of the past.

Inaugural speeches are supposed to be huge and stirring. Presidents haul our heroes onstage, from George Washington to Martin Luther King Jr. George W. Bush brought the Liberty Bell. They use history to make greatness and achievements seem like something you can just take down from the shelf.

There are times this stony heart of mine feels a burst of British pride.

I sing the Italian anthem with all my soul, with my whole body.

Art in America should be American, drawn from American sources, memorializing American achievement.

My pride at wearing the Irish shirt was always 100 per cent genuine. It was a great honour for myself and my family and something I will always cherish.

It is a poor observance of our first century as a nation if we run up a flag of surrender with three dying maple leaves on it.

Celebration of Independence Day with great pomp and show was quite appropriate when we were fighting for independence which we had neither seen nor handled. Now we have handled it and we seem to be disillusioned. At least - I am, even if you are not. What are we celebrating today? Surely, not our disillusionment.

There's something about the pipes that just connects with Scots, they go mental for it - it's in our DNA somehow.

In 'Purab Aur Paschim,' there's one of the nicer patriotic scenes which is patriotic without going jingoistic. There's a scene set in a rotating restaurant, where Pran, who has left India, is completely running India down and Manoj Kumar is taking up for India. And there's that song 'Jab Zero Diya.'

We are all proud to be British. But we also feel more local and regional allegiances.

As citizens and children of India - whether we live at home or abroad - we must ask ourselves how we can add to our country's pride.

American art ought to be monumental, in keeping with American life.

There are great legends and great fighters in the history of Mexico, and there will be more to come.

I just care about the heart and soul of our country and the direction it's headed in.

Philippines, what an amazing honor it has been to carry your name across my chest and to embody you in all aspects.