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Put none but Americans on guard tonight.
Put none but Americans on guard tonight.
 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. 
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.
 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. 
Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.
Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.
 Who fears to speak of Ninety-Eight?
 Who blushes at the name?
  When cowards mock the patriot's fate,
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 Who fears to speak of Ninety-Eight?
 Who blushes at the name?
  When cowards mock the patriot's fate,
   Who hangs his head for shame? 
 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. 
Our country, however bounded.
Our country, however bounded.
 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?