The Quotes canon
Sourced and curated.
Every quote has been curated by hand and carefully authenticated.
Browse all 10,075 quotes or apply filters in different categories to narrow your search.
Browse all 10,075 quotes or apply filters in different categories to narrow your search.
Edith Cavell1 quote
I realise that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards any one. — Edith Cavell · 1915Francis Bacon1 quote
If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world. — Francis Bacon · 1625George Canning1 quote
A steady patriot of the world alone,
The friend of every country but his own. — George Canning · 1821Martial1 quote
A man who lives everywhere lives nowhere. — Martial · 103Michel de Montaigne1 quote
Not because Socrates said so, but because it is in truth my own disposition-and perchance to some excess-I look upon all men as my compatriots, and embrace a Pole as a Frenchman, making less account of the national than of the universal and common bond. — Michel de Montaigne · 1580Socrates1 quote
I am not Athenian or Greek but a citizen of the world. — Socrates · 1783Thomas Paine1 quote
My country is the world, and my religion is to do good. — Thomas Paine · 1792William Lloyd Garrison1 quote
Our country is the world — our countrymen are all mankind. — William Lloyd Garrison · 1837