All wars are civil wars because all men are brothers... Each one owes infinitely more to the human race than to the particular country in which he was born.
I love my country better than my family; but I love humanity better than my country.
How dangerous it is for our salvation, how unworthy of God and of ourselves, how pernicious even for the peace of our hearts, to want always to stay where we are! Our whole life was only given us to advance us by great strides toward our heavenly country.
A good historian is timeless; although he is a patriot, he will never flatter his country in any respect.
