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 Our country is wherever we are well off.
 [Lat., Patria est, ubicunque est bene.]  
 Our country is wherever we are well off.
 [Lat., Patria est, ubicunque est bene.] 
 A brave man's country is wherever he chooses his abode.
 [Lat., Patria est ubicumque vir fortis sedem elegerit.]  
 A brave man's country is wherever he chooses his abode.
 [Lat., Patria est ubicumque vir fortis sedem elegerit.] 
 "My country, right or wrong," is a thing that no patriot would 
think of saying except in a desperate read more 
 "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." 
 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. 
 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.] 
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!
Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
 To preserve the life of citizens, is the greatest virtue in the 
father of his country.
 [Lat., Servare read more 
 To preserve the life of citizens, is the greatest virtue in the 
father of his country.
 [Lat., Servare cives, major est virtus patriae patri.] 
 We, that would be known
 The father of our people, in our study,
  And vigilance for their read more 
 We, that would be known
 The father of our people, in our study,
  And vigilance for their safety, must not change
   Their ploughshares into swords, and force them from
    The secure shade of their own vines, to be
     Scorched with the flames of war.