Citizens of the world

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My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.

Thomas Paine

Rights of Man

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Citizens of the world Religion

Author

Thomas Paine

Source

Rights of Man

Genre

Philosophical literature Political literature

Language

English

Time

1792 1790s 18th century

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Paine, Thomas. Rights of man. Part the second. London: J. S. Jordan, 1792.

Current Citation

Paine, Thomas. "Rights of Man Part the second." Rights of Man, Common Sense, and Other Political Writings, edited by Mark Philp. Oxford University Press, 2009.

Our country is the world — our countrymen are all mankind.

William Lloyd Garrison

Quoted in The Liberator

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Citizens of the world Globalism

Speaker

William Lloyd Garrison

Source

The Liberator

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1837 1830s 19th century

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Citation

Garrison, William Lloyd. Motto of The Liberator. 1831.

I am not Athenian or Greek but a citizen of the world.

Socrates

Quoted in Moralia, by Plutarch

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Citizens of the world Nationalism

Speaker

Socrates

Author

Plutarch

Source

Moralia

Medium

Essay

Language

Greek

Time

1783 1780s 18th century

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Citation

Socrates. Quoted in "Περὶ φυγῆς [On Exile]." Written by Plutarch. Ἠθικά Ethika [Moralia]. c. 100 AD.

A man who lives everywhere lives nowhere.

Martial

Epigrams

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Citizens of the world Rootedness Place

Author

Martial

Source

Epigrams

Medium

Epigram

Language

Latin

Time

103 100s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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Original Citation

Martial. Epigrammata [Epigrams]. c. 102 AD, bk. 7, no. 73.

Current Citation

Martial. Epigrams, translated by Gideon Nisbet. Oxford University Press, 2015, bk. 7, no. 73.

Not because Socrates said so, but because it is in truth my own disposition-and perchance to some excess-I look upon all men as my compatriots, and embrace a Pole as a Frenchman, making less account of the national than of the universal and common bond.

Michel de Montaigne

Essays

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Citizens of the world

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Michel de Montaigne

Source

Of Vanity Essays

Medium

Essay

Language

French

Time

1580 1580s 16th century

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De Montaigne, Michel. "De la Vanite [Of Vanity]." Essais [Essays]. Paris: Simon Millanges and Jean Richer, 1580.

Current Citation

De Montaigne, Michel. "On Vanity." The Complete Essays, edited and translated by M. A. Screech. Penguin Classics, 1993.

A steady patriot of the world alone,
The friend of every country but his own.

George Canning

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Citizens of the world Patriotism Globalism

Author

George Canning

Source

New Morality

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1821 1820s 19th century

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Citation

Canning, George. "New Morality." Anti-Jacobin Magazine and Review, 1821.

If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world.

Francis Bacon

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Hospitality Citizens of the world

Author

Francis Bacon

Source

Of Goodness and Goodness of Nature Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1625 1620s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Bacon, Francis. "Of Goodness and Goodness of Nature." Essayes or Counsels, Civill and Morall. London: John Haviland, 1625.

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Bacon, Francis. "Essays, or Counsels, Civil and Moral (1625): Of Goodness and Goodness of Nature." Francis Bacon: The Major Works, edited by Brian Vickers. Oxford University Press, 2008.

I realise that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards any one.

Edith Cavell

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Patriotism Citizens of the world Interconnectedness of all people

Speaker

Edith Cavell

Source

LAST WORDS

Statement Type

Last words

Language

English

Time

1915 1910s 20th century

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Citation

Cavell, Edith. Final words. 12 Oct. 1915, National Shooting Range, Schaerbeek, Brussels, Belgium.