Robert Charles Winthrop Quotes


Our country - whether bounded by the St. John's and the Sabine, or however otherwise bounded or described, and be the measurements more or less; - still our country, to be cherished in all our hearts, and to be defended by all our hands.


Citations

Winthrop, Robert Charles. Addresses and Speeches on Various Occasions. Little, Brown, and Company, 1852, p. 433.

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What is particularly interesting about this quotation is that at the time, this was a common concern by political and social thinkers of the West. Here however, we learn that there was apparently the same concern and problem ongoing in the Muslim Middle East.


Robert Charles Winthrop
Robert Charles Winthrop
  • Born: May 12, 1809
  • Died: November 16, 1894
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Politician

Robert Charles Winthrop was an American lawyer and philanthropist and one time Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. He was a descendant of John Winthrop.