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 Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to 
all others because you were born in it.  
 Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to 
all others because you were born in it. 
 You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out 
of the human race.  
 You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out 
of the human race. 
Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.
Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.
 The line of red are lines of blood, nobly and unselfishly shed by 
men who loved the liberty of read more 
 The line of red are lines of blood, nobly and unselfishly shed by 
men who loved the liberty of their fellowmen more than they loved 
their fellowmen more than they lover their own lives and 
fortunes. God forbid that we would have to use the blood of 
America to freshen the color of the flag. But if it should ever 
be necessary, that flag will be colored once more, and in being 
colored will be glorified and purified. 
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!
A man's feet must be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.
A man's feet must be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.
 Our spirit is . . . to show ourselves eager to work for, and if 
need be, to die read more 
 Our spirit is . . . to show ourselves eager to work for, and if 
need be, to die for the Irish Republic. Facing our enemy we must 
declare an attitude simply. . . . We ask for no mercy and we will 
make no compromise. 
 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. 
Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every read more
Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every other country.