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The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.
A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.
 Our country is the common parent of all.
 [Lat., Patria est communis omnium parens.]  
 Our country is the common parent of all.
 [Lat., Patria est communis omnium parens.] 
 I wish I was in de land ob cotton,
 Ole times dar am not forgotten,
  Look-a-way! Look-a-way! read more 
 I wish I was in de land ob cotton,
 Ole times dar am not forgotten,
  Look-a-way! Look-a-way! Look-a-way, Dixie Land!
   . . . .
    Den I wish I was in Dixie, Hooray! Hooray!
     In Dixie Land I'll take my stand
      To lib and die in Dixie. 
 I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me 
liberty, or give me death!  
 I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me 
liberty, or give me death! 
Breathes there the man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native read more
Breathes there the man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land!
 Father of his country.
 [Lat., Pater pariae.]  
 Father of his country.
 [Lat., Pater pariae.] 
 I do love
 My country's good with a respect more tender,
  More holy and profound, then mine read more 
 I do love
 My country's good with a respect more tender,
  More holy and profound, then mine own life,
   My dear wife's estimate, her womb increase,
    And treasure of my loins. 
 Strike--for your altars and your fires;
 Strike--for the green graves of your sires.
  God--and your native land!  
 Strike--for your altars and your fires;
 Strike--for the green graves of your sires.
  God--and your native land!