I love my motherland and my people. Without it and them, I would not be able to survive, let alone write. ——Ba Jin

I am honored to be a member of the Chinese nation and become a citizen of the world. I am the son of the Chinese people. I love my motherland and people deeply. ——Deng Xiaoping

The motherland is more important than life. It is our mother and our land. ——Neruda

I praise my current motherland, and I will praise its future three times more. ——Mayakovsky

It is natural to love one’s motherland. ——Heine

Motherland, I will always be loyal to you and devote myself to you. I will always sing and fight for you with the sound of my piano. ——Chopin

Love for the motherland is the purest, most sensitive, noblest, strongest, gentlest, most affectionate, tenderest and harshest emotion. A person who truly loves his country is a real person in every aspect. ——Suhomlinsky

I am yours, my motherland! It's all yours, my heart, this soul; if I don't love you, my motherland, who can I love? ——Petofi