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 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! 
He serves his party best who serves the country best.
He serves his party best who serves the country best.
Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy
Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy
 Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for 
your country.  
 Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for 
your country. 
You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who read more
You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it.
 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. 
 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. 
 There are many different voice and languages; but there is but 
one voice of the peoples when you are read more 
 There are many different voice and languages; but there is but 
one voice of the peoples when you are declared to be the true 
"Father of your country."
 [Lat., Vox diversa sonat: populorum est vox tamen una,
  Cum verus Patriae diceris esse Pater.] 
 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?