Henry Charles Lea Quotes

Nations consist of people. And with their effort, a nation can accomplish all it could ever want.

When I wear the national team shirt, its sole contact with my skin makes it stand on an end.

We ought to be beating our chests every day. We ought to look in the mirror, stick out our chests, suck in our bellies, and say, 'Damn, we're Americans,' and smile.

Show me the race or nation without a flag, and I will show you a people without any pride.

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.

National honor is national property of the highest value.

It is the honor and soul of England which is at stake!

National pride is to countries what self-respect is to individuals—a necessary condition for self improvement.

We are very clear that we will go to any lengths for the sake of protecting our national pride.

I'm a huge patriot, and what holds a lot of value for me is to be part of Team U.S.A.

To play for the national team is the most beautiful thing there is.

I wanted to make America proud.

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.

We live in a great country. It's time again to get religion about it.

There is no force like success, and that is why the individual makes all effort to surround himself throughout life with the evidence of it; as of the individual, so should it be of the nation.

Nations whose nationalism is destroyed are subject to ruin.

I love my country more than anything else.

There's intense national feeling in America that could be called patriotism.

For you are the makers of the flag and it is well that you glory in the making.

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

Country is not a mere zone of territory. The true country is the idea to which it gives birth ... the sense of communion which united in one all the sons of that territory.

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.

It is nationalism which engenders nations, and not the other way round.