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    That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain
    force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow
    warmer among the runs of Iona.

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If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign
troop was landed in my country read more

If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign
troop was landed in my country I never would lay down my
arms,--never! never! never!

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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.

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Thank God, I--I also--am an American!

Thank God, I--I also--am an American!

by Daniel Webster Found in: Patriotism Quotes,
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Is it an offence, is it a mistake, is it a crime to take a
hopeful view of the read more

Is it an offence, is it a mistake, is it a crime to take a
hopeful view of the prospects of your own country? Why should it
be? Why should patriotism and pessimism be identical? Hope is
the mainspring of patriotism.

by David Lloyd George Found in: Patriotism Quotes,
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Let our object be, our country, our whole country, and nothing
but our country.
- Daniel read more

Let our object be, our country, our whole country, and nothing
but our country.
- Daniel Webster,

by Daniel Webster Found in: Patriotism Quotes,
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Patriotism has become a mere national self assertion, a
sentimentality of flag-cheering with no constructive duties.

Patriotism has become a mere national self assertion, a
sentimentality of flag-cheering with no constructive duties.

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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.

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Again to the battle, Achaians!
Our hearts bid the tyrants defiance!
Our land, the first garden of read more

Again to the battle, Achaians!
Our hearts bid the tyrants defiance!
Our land, the first garden of liberty's tree--
It has been, and shall yet be, the land of the free.

by Thomas Campbell Found in: Patriotism Quotes,
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Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

by Oscar Wilde Found in: Patriotism Quotes,
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