Alexandra Fuller Quotes

I love America the way I love my family - I was born into it. And there's no escape out of it.

I was asked to play for Italy, and I was very appreciative. I was 19, and I said, 'No, thank you.' It was very hard, but I am Argentinian, and it would have been deceit.

If I have to lay an egg for my country, I'll do it.

We strain to tell Americans and aliens in this country that there's nothing unique about America, nothing unique about American civilization, nothing that requires their allegiance, nothing of great value that they should sacrifice for.

I'm not really clear what the whole deal is with flags. I like my flag, but I wouldn't die for it. There's issues of identity, of course. That's going to always come in. I, for example, don't want to be called a 'North Britisher.' I want to be Scottish.

I like traditions, and the national anthem is important.

America took me into her bosom when there was no longer a country worthy of the name, but in my heart I am German - German in my soul.

Now here I am playing a passionate young Irishman who would die for what he believes in.

And my father, after all, was a nationalist.

The national team comes before everything.

Jack doesn't belong anymore to just a family. He belongs to the country.

I love this country, but the union jack leaves me cold.

I'm not a monarchist. But I'm English. And I have an irrational emotion for my country.

In spite of all temptations of belonging to many nations, I've remained an Indian.

What supposedly bound that Commonwealth together was a mysterious shared identity - Britishness.

I don't like the showy nationalism - a tattoo, wrapping yourself in a flag - that doesn't matter to me. The way to show your patriotism and commitment is to go and support or play for your team.

I care about Bahrain.

The Pledge of Allegiance is an important expression of our shared values, and it should be preserved in its current form. I fully support the Pledge of Allegiance and urge my colleagues to do the same.

And one cannot discharge the duty of loyalty without the patient and an open minded study of the institution that marked the country and defined its character.

Loyalty, in the heart and understanding of an Englishman, is a rational attachment to the guardian of the laws.

My course is clear. A British subject I was born, and a British subject I will die.

I wish to be no less than national in all the positions I may take.

We are a purely idealistic Nation, but let no one confuse our idealism with weakness.

Knowledge and German destiny must come to power above all in the adherence to tradition, and will do so only when teachers and students alike suspend knowledge as their innermost need, and participate in the destiny of Germany in its most extreme need.

For Conservatives, all disputes over law, liberty and justice are addressed to a historic and existing community. The root of politics, they believe, is attachment - the motive in human beings that binds them to the place, the customs, the history and the people who are theirs.