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Quotes About Homeland

Not being at home in one's homeland; [...] being exiled in the place one belongs.
~ Toni Morrison
Canada is the homeland of equality, justice and tolerance.
~ Kim Campbell
Under the auspices of peace, our comprehensive renaissance will be built, and it will be a model for those who wish to emulate it in the greater Arab homeland.
~ King Hussein I
Mi patria escabrosa y recóndita, siempre esperando por mí. Riachuelos por cuya corriente huyen los peces rojos del pretérito imperfecto, montañas dentadas de gerundios, cuestas a rribas flanqueadas por signos de admiración y puntos suspensivos, angostos desfiladeros donde se hila la oración compuesta, árboles frondosos de adjetivos o desnudos de ellos, praderas atisbadas en sueños y a las que sólo se llega por el puente inestable del condicional.
~ Carmen Martín Gaite
Everything belongs to the fatherland when the fatherland is in danger.
~ Georges Jacques Danton
The more I see of other countries the more I love my own.
~ Mme. De Stael
Divizije, pukovnije, batoljoni, ?ete, jedinice svih vrsta pomiješat ?e se u gomili lijesova. Potom ?e ih ukrcati u veliki brod koji ?e tromo isploviti iz luke da bi vratio u domovinu ovu armiju svedenu sada na nekoliko tona kalcija i fosfora.
~ Ismail Kadare
THE OLD COUNTRY, 1731 F
~ J.R. Ward
Obviously, 'Homeland' is not just a spy thriller. It's more than that, but 'Tyrant' will be a bit more of a palace drama. It'll be about the families, but there will be political intrigue as well.
~ Adam Rayner
I was born in a big city - Ivano-Frankivsk in Ukraine - but when I was a child, my father moved us back to his homeland in Minsk.
~ Svetlana Alexievich
I have three homes: my Belarusian land, the homeland of my father, where I have lived my whole life; Ukraine, the homeland of my mother, where I was born; and Russia's great culture, without which I cannot imagine myself. All are very dear to me.
~ Svetlana Alexievich
I love Australia. I love coming here, I love playing here and I love the support. It's my passion to hopefully one day be able to represent the green and gold. That's the ultimate goal.
~ Alex de Minaur
The Russian Federation's practice of instant citizenship, whereby Russian passports are distributed willy-nilly to ethnic Russians abroad so they can be 'protected' in their current homeland, is unacceptable. Passports are travel documents, not a tool to justify aggression.
~ Toomas Hendrik Ilves
Sci-fi fans are a different breed. They are so loyal, it's unbelievable. They've seen every sci-fi thing I've done, and then they started watching 'Homeland' because I was in it.
~ Morena Baccarin
There is no telling how many wars it will take to secure freedom in the homeland.
~ George W. Bush
The Americans won't win. They're not fighting for their homeland. They just want to be good. In order to be good, they just have to fight awhile and then leave.
~ Denis Johnson, Tree of Smoke
This land, which we have watered with our tears and our blood, is now our mother country, and we are well satisfied to stay where wisdom abounds and gospel is free.
~ Richard V. Allen
People don't leave their homeland simply because governments stage events. One's native land is not like the soil we put in flowerpots, where we pour water and fertilizer and then change the soil after an interval.
~ Taslima Nasrin
I would never rule out returning to Spain. I have good memories, and I would like to go back at some point.
~ Raul Jimenez
I love my homeland, but it's an absurd country. Politics in the Philippines is like spectator sports!
~ Miguel Syjuco
It's not just the small-potatoes post-9/11 Homeland spending that feels a little off mission. It's the big-ticket stuff too.
~ Rachel Maddow
Our beautiful homeland is enough for us, Arabs and Jews. If we turn her into a battlefield, she will spit us out.
~ Ayman Odeh
Isn't that the ultimate homeland security, standing up and defending marriage?
~ Rick Santorum
An evil exists that threatens every man, woman, and child of this great nation. We must take steps to ensure our domestic security and protect our homeland.
~ Adolf Hitler