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Our federal Union: it must be preserved.
Our federal Union: it must be preserved.
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.
Be Briton still to Britain true,
Among oursel's united;
For never but by British hands
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Be Briton still to Britain true,
Among oursel's united;
For never but by British hands
Maun British wrangs be righted.
In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary, patriotism is defined as the last refuge of a scoundrel. With all due respect to read more
In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary, patriotism is defined as the last refuge of a scoundrel. With all due respect to an enlightened but inferior lexicographer, I beg to submit that it is the first.
They know no country, own no lord,
Their home the camp, their law the sword.
They know no country, own no lord,
Their home the camp, their law the sword.
One flag, one land, one heart, one hand,
One Nation evermore!
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.,
One flag, one land, one heart, one hand,
One Nation evermore!
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.,
The line of red are lines of blood, nobly and unselfishly shed by
men who loved the liberty of read more
The line of red are lines of blood, nobly and unselfishly shed by
men who loved the liberty of their fellowmen more than they loved
their fellowmen more than they lover their own lives and
fortunes. God forbid that we would have to use the blood of
America to freshen the color of the flag. But if it should ever
be necessary, that flag will be colored once more, and in being
colored will be glorified and purified.
One of the great attractions of patriotism - it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we read more
One of the great attractions of patriotism - it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we are able, vicariously, to bully and cheat. Bully and cheat, what's more, with a feeling that we are profoundly virtuous.
Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.
Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.
