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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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Our native land charms us with inexpressible sweetness, and never
never allows us to forget that we belong to read more

Our native land charms us with inexpressible sweetness, and never
never allows us to forget that we belong to it.
[Lat., Nescio qua natale solum dulcedine captos
Ducit, et immemores non sinit esse sui.]

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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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There are no points of the compass on the chart of true
patriotism.

There are no points of the compass on the chart of true
patriotism.

by Robert C. Winthrop Found in: Patriotism Quotes,
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'My country, right or wrong,' is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except in a desperate case. read more

'My country, right or wrong,' is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying, 'My mother, drunk or sober.'

by G. K. Chesterton Found in: Patriotism Quotes,
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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?

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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.

by Abraham Lincoln Found in: Patriotism Quotes,
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I wish I was in de land ob cotton,
Ole times dar am not forgotten,
Look-a-way! Look-a-way! read more

I wish I was in de land ob cotton,
Ole times dar am not forgotten,
Look-a-way! Look-a-way! Look-a-way, Dixie Land!
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Den I wish I was in Dixie, Hooray! Hooray!
In Dixie Land I'll take my stand
To lib and die in Dixie.

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Liberty, equality, fraternity.
[Fr., Liberte, egalite, fraternite.]

Liberty, equality, fraternity.
[Fr., Liberte, egalite, fraternite.]

by Motto Found in: Patriotism Quotes,
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And for our country 'tis a bliss to die.

And for our country 'tis a bliss to die.

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