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    From distant climes, o'er wide-spread seas we come,
    Though not with much eclat or beat of drum;
    True patriots all; for be it understood
    We left our country for our country's good.
    No private views disgraced our generous zeal,
    What urged our travels was our country's weal.

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Iraq is an unjust war.
(spoken on the Diane Rehm Show twice..
stated in articles written for NY Times.. printed
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Iraq is an unjust war.
(spoken on the Diane Rehm Show twice..
stated in articles written for NY Times.. printed
in USA Today).

by Jimmy Carter Found in: Patriotism Quotes,
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I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.

I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.

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And how can man die better
Than facing fearful odds,
For the ashes of his fathers
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And how can man die better
Than facing fearful odds,
For the ashes of his fathers
And the temples of his gods?

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Our country, right or wrong! When right, to be kept right; when
wrong, to be put right!

Our country, right or wrong! When right, to be kept right; when
wrong, to be put right!

by Carl (karl) Schurz Found in: Patriotism Quotes,
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He held it safer to be of the religion of the King or Queen that
were in being, for read more

He held it safer to be of the religion of the King or Queen that
were in being, for he knew that he came raw into the world, and
accounted it no point of wisdom to be broiled out of it.

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Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.

Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.

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Liberty, equality, fraternity.
[Fr., Liberte, egalite, fraternite.]

Liberty, equality, fraternity.
[Fr., Liberte, egalite, fraternite.]

by Motto Found in: Patriotism Quotes,
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Our country--whether bounded by the St. John's and the Sabine, or
however otherwise bounded or described, and be the read more

Our country--whether bounded by the St. John's and the Sabine, or
however otherwise bounded or described, and be the measurements
more or less;--still our country, to be cherished in all our
hearts, and to be defended by all our hands.

by Robert C. Winthrop Found in: Patriotism Quotes,
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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.

by Rev. E.j. Young Found in: Patriotism Quotes,
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