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.

Our ships were British oak,
And hearts of oak our men.

Our ships were British oak,
And hearts of oak our men.

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 a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy

Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy

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?

I am not a member of any organized party--I am a Democrat.

I am not a member of any organized party--I am a Democrat.

All parties without exception, when they seek for power, are varieties of absolutism.

All parties without exception, when they seek for power, are varieties of absolutism.

I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends.... That if they will top telling read more

I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends.... That if they will top telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.

Iraq is an unjust war.
(spoken on the Diane Rehm Show twice..
stated in articles written for NY Times.. printed
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Iraq is an unjust war.
(spoken on the Diane Rehm Show twice..
stated in articles written for NY Times.. printed
in USA Today).