Skip to content

Where liberty is, there is my country.

— Algernon Sidney

Another quote →

Topics

Patriotism

More quotes by Algernon Sidney

If his Majesty is resolved to have my head, he may make a whistle of my arse if he pleases.

That which is not just, is not Law; and that which is not Law, ought not to be obeyed.

Discourses Concerning Government (1689)

God helps those who help themselves.

Discourses Concerning Government (1689)

Men lived like fishes; the great ones devoured the small.

Discourses Concerning Government (1689)

This shows that liars ought to have good memories.

All Algernon Sidney quotes →

You may also like

I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.

Nathan Hale

It is not easy to see how the more extreme forms of nationalism can long survive when men have seen the Earth in its true perspective as a single small globe against the stars.

Arthur C. Clarke The Exploration of Space (1951)

Our country – In her intercourse with foreign nations may she always be in the right, and always successful, right or wrong.

Stephen Decatur

No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.

Barbara Ehrenreich

Attribution

Quote text and notes from Wikiquote: Algernon Sidney (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Source quality and labels are our own summary of what Wikiquote records.