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There is, however, an even greater threat to the realization of Charles de Gaulle's loftily imprecise dream of a Europe des patries�a Europe of the fatherlands.

From Time Magazine Archive

Alien to me, and a mockery, are the present-day men, to whom of late my heart impelled me; and exiled am I from fatherlands and motherlands.

From Thus Spake Zarathustra A book for all and none by Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm

Exiles shall ye be from all fatherlands and forefather-lands!

From Thus Spake Zarathustra A book for all and none by Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm

He did not hate men, but predatory institutions, false fatherlands, and all slave-drivers.

From Red Fleece by Comfort, Will Levington

Will they stand with folded arms and see their fatherlands attacked?

From New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, June, 1915 April-September, 1915 by Various