Brian Lara Quotes

What, then, unites nations? Interest and sentiment.

Mexico is becoming the northern part of Latin America, not the U.S.A.'s southern outpost.

Let there be no illusions about the difficulty of forming this kind of a national community. It's tough, difficult, not easy. But a spirit of harmony will survive in America only if each of us remembers that we share a common destiny.

A flag should unite those over whom it flies.

A nation is a historical group of men of recognizable cohesion, held together by a common enemy.

We are all Americans, sir.

The motherland is the common mother, the unity within which isolated the individuals penetrate and become enmeshed. It is the holy name that expresses the voluntary fusion of all interests into one interest, of all lives into one lasting and perpetual life.

A national festival is an occasion to refine and rebuild the national character.

We West Indian cricketers are always proud to play for the West Indies and we know we are made up of different islands and different cultures but we have to be able to mesh together, to come together and perform as a team.

I think patriotism, by its very definition, is love of country. But we seem to have become a country where the highest thing we're reaching for is tolerance.

I believe the friendship of the Games still exists. There is a tremendous camaraderie and atmosphere at the Olympic and Commonwealth Games - where else could you go and sit down and have breakfast with a Russian weightlifter, an East German sprinter, and an Indian fencer and talk about different cultures and problems?

Patriotism is love of country. But you can't love your country without loving your countrymen and countrywomen. We don't always have to agree, but we must empower each other, we must find the common ground, we must build bridges across our differences to pursue the common good.

We've got to be Americans first. We've got to pull together and unite.

The SCO countries have been connected historically through shared commonalities, which we are constantly rejuvenating.

The national team has always lent its image to help Italy's problems over the years... The national team is more about uniting than dividing.

One of the things that we're missing from our political dialogue right now is the idea that the United States is a home. It is more than an accounting sheet. It is more than the sum of its G.D.P., its total tax collections, or its total outlays. America is a family.

There's something really beautiful about people from all different walks of life... who are bound together by this big idea about American identity and American unity and American interests.

They're strange, the Aussies. Because if they like you, they say, 'Oh, he's an Aussie.' And I keep saying, 'I'm not, I'm from Preston.' There's nothing Australian about me. Don't start claiming me just because I've got a job over here.

I truly believe that music or art, in general, is the only thing that can unify a world that is plagued by war and violence, and I believe that it should be taken to more people.

While I will give my best for the benefit of Telangana, I will continue to remain a dear Tamil sister to all in Tamil Nadu.

After I arrived in the United States, I realized that in the army, Israelis learn how to be part of something bigger than themselves.

We can remember what brings us together as a country.

If you represent our country, it should represent us. It's supposed to be a two-way thing, but we live and we learn, and it's getting better.

There are Jews who came from 102 countries and speak 81 languages - how do you consolidate them into one nation? This is where I saw my role.

America is a collection of people from different races, religions, and backgrounds - that is part of what makes us great. But a common language is what brings all of those people together to form a community.