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Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations, may she
always be in the right; but our country, right read more
Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations, may she
always be in the right; but our country, right or wrong.
Patriotism is in political life what faith is in religion.
Patriotism is in political life what faith is in religion.
'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.'
And bold and hard adventures t' undertake,
Leaving his country for his country's sake.
And bold and hard adventures t' undertake,
Leaving his country for his country's sake.
Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy
Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy
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.
Father of his country.
[Lat., Pater pariae.]
Father of his country.
[Lat., Pater pariae.]
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.
The whole earth is the brave man's country.
[Lat., Omne solum forti patria est.]
The whole earth is the brave man's country.
[Lat., Omne solum forti patria est.]
