Territory is but the body of a nation. The people who inhabit its hills and valleys are its soul, its spirit, its life.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
A Country is not a mere territory; the particular territory is only its foundation. The Country is the idea which rises upon that foundation; it is the sentiment of love, the sense of fellowship which binds together all the sons of that territory.
A nation's culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people.
The territorial state is such an ancient form of society - here in Europe it dates back thousands of years - that it is now protected by the sanctity of age and the glory of tradition. A strong religious feeling mingles with the respect and the devotion to the fatherland.
To me, it seems a dreadful indignity to have a soul controlled by geography.
A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle and patriotism is loyalty to that principle.
This land, which we have watered with our tears and our blood, is now our mother country, and we are well satisfied to stay where wisdom abounds and gospel is free.
Any landscape is a condition of the spirit.
Land is everything.
The manner of the country makes the usage of life there, and the land will not be lived in except in its own fashion.
Every country can be defined through their food, their music and their language. That's the soul of a country.