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.

We join ourselves to no party that does not carry the flag and I
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We join ourselves to no party that does not carry the flag and I
keep step to the music of the Union.

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?

'Twere sweet to sink in death for Truth and Freedom!
Yes, who would hesitate, for who could bear
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'Twere sweet to sink in death for Truth and Freedom!
Yes, who would hesitate, for who could bear
The living degradation we may know
If we do dread death for a sacred cause?

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.

"My country, right or wrong," is a thing that no patriot would
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"My country, right or wrong," is a thing that no patriot would
think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying,
"My mother, drunk or sober."

A savior of the silver-coasted isle.

A savior of the silver-coasted isle.

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

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.