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Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it.
Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it.
Be Briton still to Britain true,
Among oursel's united;
For never but by British hands
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Be Briton still to Britain true,
Among oursel's united;
For never but by British hands
Maun British wrangs be righted.
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?
Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for
your country.
Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for
your country.
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.
You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race.
You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race.
A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a read more
A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards.
Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
For what were all these country patriots born?
To hunt, and vote, and raise the price of corn?
For what were all these country patriots born?
To hunt, and vote, and raise the price of corn?