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I would die for my country . . . but I would not let my country die for me.
I would die for my country . . . but I would not let my country die for me.
 A brave man's country is wherever he chooses his abode.
 [Lat., Patria est ubicumque vir fortis sedem elegerit.]  
 A brave man's country is wherever he chooses his abode.
 [Lat., Patria est ubicumque vir fortis sedem elegerit.] 
 Again to the battle, Achaians!
 Our hearts bid the tyrants defiance!
  Our land, the first garden of read more 
 Again to the battle, Achaians!
 Our hearts bid the tyrants defiance!
  Our land, the first garden of liberty's tree--
   It has been, and shall yet be, the land of the free. 
 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.] 
 Our land, the first garden of liberty's tree--
 It has been, and shall be, the land of the free.  
 Our land, the first garden of liberty's tree--
 It has been, and shall be, the land of the free. 
 I was born an American; I live an American; I shall die an 
American!  
 I was born an American; I live an American; I shall die an 
American! 
 If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign 
troop was landed in my country read more 
 If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign 
troop was landed in my country I never would lay down my 
arms,--never! never! never! 
 That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain 
force upon the plain of Marathon, or read more 
 That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain 
force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow 
warmer among the runs of Iona. 
 To preserve the life of citizens, is the greatest virtue in the 
father of his country.
 [Lat., Servare read more 
 To preserve the life of citizens, is the greatest virtue in the 
father of his country.
 [Lat., Servare cives, major est virtus patriae patri.]