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Foreign Land Quotes on War, Distance, and Home

Duty far from home

These quotes examine what it means to serve or travel far from America, framing a foreign land as both an obligation and an unfamiliar test.

I think science is a foreign land for many people, so I think of my role as an ambassador's job.

Quotes by Marcus du Sautoy

Why did we go to war? Why did we pick people from South Carolina, California, and all the places in between to go to a foreign land and risk their lives and have some die? To make sure that Saddam...

Quotes by Lindsey Graham

To prepare for the future, we must be willing to test new concepts. This means we must acquire enough information to evaluate these concepts and not be like travelers in a foreign land who compare everything with their own hometown.

Quotes by Jacque Fresco

As Commander in Chief of the United States Military, I will never send our sons and daughters and our brothers and sisters to die in a foreign land without telling the truth about why they're going there.

Quotes by Howard Dean

America Quotes

Today, the rich bottom land of the Misssissippi is under water and no foreign land has sent a dollar to help.

Quotes by Gordon Sinclair

America always seemed to me this foreign land that I imagined I could escape to if I needed to get away - and I think that came both from the fact that I was born there and from watching so...

Quotes by Andrew Garfield

Frequently Asked Questions

How do these quotes describe science as unfamiliar territory?
One speaker compares science to an unfamiliar foreign land for most people, describing their own role as something like an ambassador helping others understand it.
What do the quotes say about sending troops overseas?
One quote questions why people from different states were sent abroad to face danger, tying the decision directly to removing a specific foreign leader from power.
Is travel discussed as more than just tourism?
Yes, one quote warns against approaching new concepts the way careless travelers judge a foreign land, constantly comparing it unfavorably to what they already know.
Do any quotes address military leadership directly?
One quote, framed as a promise from a military leader, insists that families deserve an honest explanation before their children are sent into danger abroad.
Are these quotes tied to any particular era of filmmaking?
Not directly, though the themes of duty and distance echo storytelling patterns common in American Movies about war and homecoming.

Several speakers confront the possibility that loved ones could Die in a foreign land, using that risk to argue for honesty about why wars are fought.