They know no country, own no lord,
Their home the camp, their law the sword.

They know no country, own no lord,
Their home the camp, their law the sword.

One flag, one land, one heart, one hand,
One Nation evermore!
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.,

One flag, one land, one heart, one hand,
One Nation evermore!
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.,

In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary, patriotism is defined as the last refuge of a scoundrel. With all due respect to read more

In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary, patriotism is defined as the last refuge of a scoundrel. With all due respect to an enlightened but inferior lexicographer, I beg to submit that it is the first.

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.

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.

Patriotism has become a mere national self assertion, a
sentimentality of flag-cheering with no constructive duties.

Patriotism has become a mere national self assertion, a
sentimentality of flag-cheering with no constructive duties.

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.]

For what were all these country patriots born?
To hunt, and vote, and raise the price of corn?

For what were all these country patriots born?
To hunt, and vote, and raise the price of corn?

Thank God, I--I also--am an American!

Thank God, I--I also--am an American!