Land Fatherland

Famous quotes containing the words land and/or fatherland:

    “The glacier knocks in the cupboard,
    The desert sighs in the bed,
    And the crack in the tea-cup opens
    A lane to the land of the dead.
    —W.H. (Wystan Hugh)

    A state always calls itself fatherland when it is ready for murder.
    Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921–1990)