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Socrates said he was not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of
the world.
Socrates said he was not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of
the world.
Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.
Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.
Thank God, I--I also--am an American!
Thank God, I--I also--am an American!
A man who is good enough to shed his blood for his country is good enough to be given a read more
A man who is good enough to shed his blood for his country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards. More than that no man is entitled to, and less than that no man shall have.
A man's feet must be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.
A man's feet must be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.
Hear me profess sincerely: had I a dozen sons, each in my love
alike, and none less dear than read more
Hear me profess sincerely: had I a dozen sons, each in my love
alike, and none less dear than thine and my good Marcius, I had
rather have eleven die nobly for their country than one
voluptuously surfeit out of action.
'Twere sweet to sink in death for Truth and Freedom!
Yes, who would hesitate, for who could bear
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'Twere sweet to sink in death for Truth and Freedom!
Yes, who would hesitate, for who could bear
The living degradation we may know
If we do dread death for a sacred cause?
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.
My country is the world, and my religion to do good.
My country is the world, and my religion to do good.