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.
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Liberty, equality, fraternity.
[Fr., Liberte, egalite, fraternite.]
Liberty, equality, fraternity.
[Fr., Liberte, egalite, fraternite.]
I wish I was in de land ob cotton,
Ole times dar am not forgotten,
Look-a-way! Look-a-way! read more
I wish I was in de land ob cotton,
Ole times dar am not forgotten,
Look-a-way! Look-a-way! Look-a-way, Dixie Land!
. . . .
Den I wish I was in Dixie, Hooray! Hooray!
In Dixie Land I'll take my stand
To lib and die in Dixie.
I do love
My country's good with a respect more tender,
More holy and profound, then mine read more
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.
The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield
and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all read more
The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield
and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over
this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when
again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of
our nature.
I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.
I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.
Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.
Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.
Our spirit is . . . to show ourselves eager to work for, and if
need be, to die read more
Our spirit is . . . to show ourselves eager to work for, and if
need be, to die for the Irish Republic. Facing our enemy we must
declare an attitude simply. . . . We ask for no mercy and we will
make no compromise.
Thank God, I--I also--am an American!
Thank God, I--I also--am an American!
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!
