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    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.

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Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome
nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism - how read more

Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome
nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism - how passionately I
hate them!

by Stephen Decatur Found in: Patriotism Quotes,
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Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations, may she
always be in the right; but our country, right read more

Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations, may she
always be in the right; but our country, right or wrong.

by Stephen Decatur Found in: Patriotism Quotes,
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A brave man's country is wherever he chooses his abode.
[Lat., Patria est ubicumque vir fortis sedem elegerit.]

A brave man's country is wherever he chooses his abode.
[Lat., Patria est ubicumque vir fortis sedem elegerit.]

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He serves me most who serves his country best.

He serves me most who serves his country best.

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He serves his party best who serves the country best.

He serves his party best who serves the country best.

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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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Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam,
His first best country ever is at home.

Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam,
His first best country ever is at home.

by Oliver Goldsmith 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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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.

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