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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.]
If you can't get them to salute when they should salute and wear the clothes you tell them to wear, read more
If you can't get them to salute when they should salute and wear the clothes you tell them to wear, how are you going to get them to die for their country?
Where's the coward that would not dare
To fight for such a land?
Where's the coward that would not dare
To fight for such a land?
Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.
Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.
'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.'
Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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.]
Our country is the world--our countrymen are all mankind.
Our country is the world--our countrymen are all mankind.
A man who won't die for something is not fit to live.
A man who won't die for something is not fit to live.
