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  • And were your back as broad as heaven, and your purse full of gold, and did your compassion reach from here to hell itself, there is nothing you can do.

    Alan Paton (2003). “Cry, the Beloved Country”, p.62, Simon and Schuster
  • It is not permissible to add to one's possesions if these things can only be done at the cost of other men. Such development has only one true name, and that is exploitation.

    Men   Names   Add  
    ALAN PATON (1968). “Cry, the Beloved Country”
  • There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.

    Alan Paton (2003). “Cry, the Beloved Country”, p.2, Simon and Schuster
  • For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.

    Felicia Komai, Alan Paton (1955). “Cry, the beloved country: a verse drama”
  • Thus, only in a hopeful and confident temper, in a proud and constructive spirit, will we rescue the present and safeguard the future of our beloved country.

    Country   Hopeful   Proud  
  • Sorrow is better than fear. Fear is a journey,a terrible journey, but sorrow is at least an arrival. When the storm threatens, a man is afraid for his house. But when the house is destroyed, there is something to do. About a storm he can do nothing, but he can rebuild a house.

    Journey   Men   House  
    Alan Paton (2003). “Cry, the Beloved Country”, p.98, Simon and Schuster
  • We are bound no longer by the straitjacket of the past and nowhere is the change greater than in our profession of arms. What, you may well ask, will be the end of all of this? I would not know! But I would hope that our beloved country will drink deep from the chalice of courage.

    Change   Country   Past  
  • There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills. These hills are grass-covered and rolling, and they are lovely beyond any singing of it.

    Alan Paton (2003). “Cry, the Beloved Country”, p.2, Simon and Schuster
  • And money is not something to go mad about ... Money is for food and clothes and comfort, and a visit to the pictures. Money is to make happy the lives of children.

  • I have never thought that a Christian would be free of suffering, umfundisi. For our Lord suffered. And I come to believe that he suffered, not to save us from suffering, but to teach us how to bear suffering. For he knew that there is no life without suffering.

    Alan Paton (2003). “Cry, the Beloved Country”, p.204, Simon and Schuster
  • There is a man sleeping in the grass. And over him is gathering the greatest storm of all his days. Such lightening and thunder will come there has never been seen before, bringing death and destruction. People hurry home past him, to places safe from danger. And whether they do not see him there in the grass, or whether they fear to halt even a moment, but they do not wake him, they let him be.

    Home   Sleep   Past  
  • I am confident that when the facts and policies have been examined, when the record of performances have been reviewed, Barack Obama and Joe Biden will once again be elected to lead our beloved country to a better future.

    Country   Records   Biden  
  • Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that is the inheritor of our fear. Let him not love the earth too deeply... For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.

    Felicia Komai, Alan Paton (1955). “Cry, the beloved country: a verse drama”
  • The future may be made up of many factors but where it truly lies is in the hearts and minds of men. Your dedication should not be confined for your own gain, but unleashes your passion for our beloved country as well as for the integrity and humanity of mankind.

  • I only look to the gracious protection of the Divine Being whose strengthening support I humbly solicit, and whom I fervently pray to look down upon us all. May it be among the dispensations of His Providence to bless our beloved country with honors and with length of days; may her ways beways of pleasantness, and all her paths be peace.

    Country   Support   Honor  
    Martin Van Buren (1969). “Martin Van Buren, 1782-1862: chronology-documents-bibliographical aids”
  • Under the benignant providence of Almighty God the representatives of the States and of the people are again brought together to deliberate for the public good. The gratitude of the nation to the sovereign arbiter of all human events should be commensurate with the boundless blessings which we enjoy. Peace, plenty, and contentment reign throughout our borders, and our beloved country presents a sublime moral spectacle to the world.

    James K. Polk (2009). “Messages and Papers of the Presidents: James K. Polk, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, and Franklin Pierce”, p.2479, Wildside Press LLC
  • Again I admonish you not to be turned from your stern purpose of defending your beloved country and its free institutions by any arguments urged by ambitious and designing men, but stand fast to the Union and the old flag.

    Abraham Lincoln (2008). “The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln”, p.529, Wildside Press LLC
  • The truth is, our civilization is not Christian; it is a tragic compound of great ideal and fearful practice, of loving charity and fearful clutching of possessions.

    Alan Paton (2003). “Cry, the Beloved Country”, p.141, Simon and Schuster
  • Now God be thanked that the name of a hill is such music, that the name of a river can heal.

    Alan Paton (2003). “Cry, the Beloved Country”, p.56, Simon and Schuster
  • Let us pray that the great historic tragedy of our time may not have been enacted without instructing our whole beloved country through terror and pity; and may fulfillment verify in the end those expectations which kindle the bards of Progress and Humanity.

    Herman Melville (1866). “Battle-pieces and aspects of the war [poems].”, p.272
  • Strong hearts and helpful hands are needed, and, fortunately, we have them in every part of our beloved country.

    Country   Strong   Heart  
    William McKinley (2012). “A Supplement to A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents”, p.291, tredition
  • At long last, the battle has ended! And thus, Ghana, your beloved country is free forever!

    Country   Ghana   Long  
    Kwame Nkrumah's first independence speech, www.myjoyonline.com. March 6, 1957.
  • This Civil Rights Act is a challenge to all of us to go to work in our communities and our states, in our homes and in our hearts, to eliminate the last vestiges of injustice in our beloved country. So tonight I urge every public official, every religious leader, every business and professional man, every working man, every housewife - I urge every American - to join in this effort to bring justice and hope to all our people, and to bring peace to our land.

  • I not only rejoice, but congratulate my beloved country Texas is reannexed, and the safety, prosperity, and the greatest interest of the whole Union is secured by this great and important national act.

    Country   Texas   Safety  
  • We do not work for men. We work for the land and the people. We do not even work for money.

    Men   Land   People  
  • I am a weak and sinful man, but God put His hands on me, that is all.

    Alan Paton (2003). “Cry, the Beloved Country”, p.194, Simon and Schuster
  • We need to do more than win an election or win the House or win the presidency, my friends: we need to make this beloved country of ours God's country once again.

    Country   Winning   House  
  • For mines are for men, not for money. And money is not something to go mad about, and throw your hat into the air for. Money is for food and clothes and comfort, and a visit to the pictures. Money is to make happy the lives of children. Money is for security, and for dreams, and for hopes, and for purposes. Money is for buying the fruits of the earth, of the land where you were born.

    Dream   Children   Men  
  • Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that's the inheritor of our fear. Let him not love the earth too deeply. Let him not laugh too gladly when the water runs through his fingers, nor stand too silent when the setting sun makes red the veld with fire. Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing. Nor give too much of his heart to a mountain or a valley. For fear will rob him if he gives too much.

    Felicia Komai, Alan Paton (1955). “Cry, the beloved country: a verse drama”
  • I oppose the war in Vietnam because I love America. I speak out against it not in anger but with anxiety and sorrow in my heart, and above all with a passionate desire to see our beloved country stand as a moral example of the world.

    Country   War   Heart  
    Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “"In a Single Garment of Destiny": A Global Vision of Justice”, p.109, Beacon Press
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