Paul von Hindenburg Quotes

Names and individuals are unimportant when Germany's final fate is at stake.

There is a serious, immediate and extraordinarily grave threat to the continued existence of this country.

Uncritical American boosterism - automatic endorsement of every government action - is myopic and self-defeating.

Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.

Every nation has a vision it lives for and is prepared to make all sacrifices. One may call it National purpose, … It is something which does not change. If it changes, a nation dies. It is supreme and therefore the nation acts and reacts with the limits laid down by it. It is the vision which allows a nation to build its future.

We prefer the well-being of our country over the well-being of an individual or group.

Freedom is not free. It is more important to protect the sovereignty of this country than to be playing any sport or athletic event.

Americans will stomach long wars only when the nation’s survival is clearly at stake.

This thing called nationalism is a treasure that a country uses to try to develop and a nationality uses to try to survive. China has lost this treasure.

I've always affirmed, nobody's ambition is worth the blood of any Nigerian.

To have united the purposes of an entire Nation, is the great historical achievement of the man in whose strong hands our President has placed the fate of our people.

My question about everything I do is, does it make our country stronger?

No one has the right to detract the attention of the nation from the defence of the country.

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

Any effort which wittingly or unwittingly draws a wedge between the people and Armed Forces of Pakistan undermines the larger national interest.

Individuals must die that the nation may live.

It is a hard and difficult thing to do to create a nation

Our nation has a message. That is why it can never be an average nation. Throughout history our nation has either soared to the heights or fallen into the abyss through the envy, conspiracy and enmity of others.

Even when it's true, it sounds bad for any President to claim that criticism of him is damaging to the country's interest.

Let us abandon this narrow conception of patriotism, which consists of the doctrine, "My country right or wrong." There is a nobler doctrine, ... "My country must always be right.

There can be no such thing as offending national honor. One may offend national pride or injure national interest.

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.

Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred.

As far as we can look back into history, the downfall of any nation can be traced from the moment that nation became timid about spending its best blood.

By "nationalism" I mean the habit of identifying oneself with a single nation or other unit, placing it beyond good and evil and recognising no other duty than that of advancing its interests.