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    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.

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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!

by Albert Einstein Found in: Patriotism Quotes,
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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!

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Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Patriotism Quotes,
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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.]

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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.

by Philip Massinger Found in: Patriotism Quotes,
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Our country, however bounded.

Our country, however bounded.

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'Twas for the good of my country that I should be abroad.
Anything for the good of one's country--I'm read more

'Twas for the good of my country that I should be abroad.
Anything for the good of one's country--I'm a Roman for that.

by George Farquhar Found in: Patriotism Quotes,
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Father of his country.
[Lat., Pater pariae.]

Father of his country.
[Lat., Pater pariae.]

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'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.'

by G. K. Chesterton Found in: Patriotism Quotes,
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