Scarce one tall frigate walks the sea
Or skirts the safer shores
Of all that bore to read more

Scarce one tall frigate walks the sea
Or skirts the safer shores
Of all that bore to victory
Our stout old Commodores.

Patriotism is in political life what faith is in religion.

Patriotism is in political life what faith is in religion.

There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured with
what is right in America.

There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured with
what is right in America.

Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

We join ourselves to no party that does not carry the flag and I
keep step to the music read more

We join ourselves to no party that does not carry the flag and I
keep step to the music of the Union.

Patriotism is easy to understand in America; it means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.

Patriotism is easy to understand in America; it means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.

Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy.

Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy.

This heroism at command, this senseless violence, this accursed bombast of patriotism--how intensely I despise them!

This heroism at command, this senseless violence, this accursed bombast of patriotism--how intensely I despise them!

The whole earth is the brave man's country.
[Lat., Omne solum forti patria est.]

The whole earth is the brave man's country.
[Lat., Omne solum forti patria est.]