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 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. 
Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy.
Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy.
'My country, right or wrong,' is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except in a desperate case. 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.'
 And have they fixed the where, and when?
 And shall Trelawny die?
  Here's thirty thousand Cornish men
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 And have they fixed the where, and when?
 And shall Trelawny die?
  Here's thirty thousand Cornish men
   Will know the reason why! 
 Patriotism is voluntary. It is a feeling of loyalty and 
allegiance that is the result of knowledge and belief. read more 
 Patriotism is voluntary. It is a feeling of loyalty and 
allegiance that is the result of knowledge and belief. A patriot 
shows their their patriotism through their actions, by their 
choice. 
Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.
Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.
 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. 
 From distant climes, o'er wide-spread seas we come,
 Though not with much eclat or beat of drum;
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 From distant climes, o'er wide-spread seas we come,
 Though not with much eclat or beat of drum;
  True patriots all; for be it understood
   We left our country for our country's good.
    No private views disgraced our generous zeal,
     What urged our travels was our country's weal. 
 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.