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A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.
A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.
Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
 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. 
 Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam,
 His first best country ever is at home.  
 Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam,
 His first best country ever is at home. 
 Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations, may she 
always be in the right; but our country, right read more 
 Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations, may she 
always be in the right; but our country, right or wrong. 
 Our land is the dearer of our sacrifices. The blood of our 
martyrs sanctifies and enriches it. Their spirit read more 
 Our land is the dearer of our sacrifices. The blood of our 
martyrs sanctifies and enriches it. Their spirit passes into 
thousands of hearts. How costly is the progress of the race. It 
is only by the giving of life that we can have life. 
I am not a Virginian but an American.
I am not a Virginian but an American.
 The die was now cast; I had passed the Rubicon. Swim or sink, 
live or die, survive or perish read more 
 The die was now cast; I had passed the Rubicon. Swim or sink, 
live or die, survive or perish with my country was my unalterable 
determination. 
Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.
Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.