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Toni Morrison 184
American writer 1931–2019Related quotes
Variant: And I can fight only for something that I love, love only what I respect, and respect only what I at least know.
Source: Mein Kampf
“You will be loved and respected only if you love and respect yourself.”
Source: Manuscript Found in Accra
“To love means to choose one's missing part, with which to confront, respect and complete oneself.”
Original: Amare vuol dire scegliere la propria parte mancante, con cui confrontarsi, rispettarsi e completarsi.
Source: prevale.net
Speech to the American Legion convention, New York City (27 August 1952); as quoted in "Democratic Candidate Adlai Stevenson Defines the Nature of Patriotism" in Lend Me Your Ears : Great Speeches In History (2004) by William Safire, p. 81 - 82
Context: It was always accounted a virtue in a man to love his country. With us it is now something more than a virtue. It is a necessity. When an American says that he loves his country, he means not only that he loves the New England hills, the prairies glistening in the sun, the wide and rising plains, the great mountains, and the sea. He means that he loves an inner air, an inner light in which freedom lives and in which a man can draw the breath of self-respect.
Men who have offered their lives for their country know that patriotism is not the fear of something; it is the love of something.
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