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 The line of red are lines of blood, nobly and unselfishly shed by 
men who loved the liberty of read more 
 The line of red are lines of blood, nobly and unselfishly shed by 
men who loved the liberty of their fellowmen more than they loved 
their fellowmen more than they lover their own lives and 
fortunes. God forbid that we would have to use the blood of 
America to freshen the color of the flag. But if it should ever 
be necessary, that flag will be colored once more, and in being 
colored will be glorified and purified. 
 I hope to find my country in the right: however I will stand by 
her, right or wrong.  
 I hope to find my country in the right: however I will stand by 
her, right or wrong. 
 'Twere sweet to sink in death for Truth and Freedom!
 Yes, who would hesitate, for who could bear
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 'Twere sweet to sink in death for Truth and Freedom!
 Yes, who would hesitate, for who could bear
  The living degradation we may know
   If we do dread death for a sacred cause? 
Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every read more
Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every other country.
Oh Lord, forgive the misprints!
Oh Lord, forgive the misprints!
 There are no points of the compass on the chart of true 
patriotism.  
 There are no points of the compass on the chart of true 
patriotism. 
 The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield 
and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all read more 
 The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield 
and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over 
this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when 
again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of 
our nature. 
 Our country is the common parent of all.
 [Lat., Patria est communis omnium parens.]  
 Our country is the common parent of all.
 [Lat., Patria est communis omnium parens.] 
Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.
Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.