1. People cannot live without bread; people cannot live without motherland. French writer Victor Hugo

2. Without a motherland, there is no happiness. Everyone must be rooted in the soil of the motherland. Russian 19th-century novelist Turgenev

3. A vain person looks at his own name; a glorious person looks at the cause of his motherland. Cuban poet and national hero José Martí

4. Breathing the same breath, sharing the same destiny, and connecting hearts is a true portrayal of the relationship between Macao and the motherland. Wen Jiabao

5. Loving the motherland and striving for the future of the motherland are the sacred responsibilities entrusted to us by the times. Su Buqing, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and mathematician

6. We must pass through the level of the motherland, and then go up to the next level to reach the height of mankind. French thinker and writer Romain Rolland

7. We Poles have no right to leave our motherland when our country is enslaved. French physicist and chemist Marie Curie

8. The general is within the part; whoever does not belong to his motherland does not belong to humanity. Russian Philosopher Belinsky's "The Biography of Pastor Wyke Pei"

9. I firmly believe that only moral citizens can pay an acceptable salute to their motherland. French Enlightenment thinker, philosopher, educator, and writer Rousseau

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

11. I am a descendant of the Chinese people, and it is natural that I should dedicate all the knowledge I have learned to my dear motherland. Geologist Li Siguang

12. I love China because it is my motherland, and especially because it is a country with such a respectable and lovely culture. Wen Yiduo

13. Patriotism is the deepest feeling for one's motherland that has been consolidated over thousands of years. Lenin

14. I will never choose any other country to be my motherland, even if I have great freedom of choice. Klopsrock

15. My motherland is China, and my career is in China. I want to dedicate my talents to my motherland. Lu Yongxiang

16. It is the most glorious thing to be able to devote yourself to the cause of your motherland and fight for the realization of your ideals. Wu Yuzhang