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 I was born an American; I live an American; I shall die an 
American!  
 I was born an American; I live an American; I shall die an 
American! 
 I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me 
liberty, or give me death!  
 I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me 
liberty, or give me death! 
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.
 Our country, right or wrong! When right, to be kept right; when 
wrong, to be put right!  
 Our country, right or wrong! When right, to be kept right; when 
wrong, to be put right! 
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.
 And how can man die better
 Than facing fearful odds,
  For the ashes of his fathers
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 And how can man die better
 Than facing fearful odds,
  For the ashes of his fathers
   And the temples of his gods? 
 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. 
 A brave man's country is wherever he chooses his abode.
 [Lat., Patria est ubicumque vir fortis sedem elegerit.]  
 A brave man's country is wherever he chooses his abode.
 [Lat., Patria est ubicumque vir fortis sedem elegerit.] 
 Patriotism is voluntary. It is a feeling of loyalty and 
allegiance that is the result of knowledge and belief. read more 
 Patriotism is voluntary. It is a feeling of loyalty and 
allegiance that is the result of knowledge and belief. A patriot 
shows their their patriotism through their actions, by their 
choice.