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    I do love
    My country's good with a respect more tender,
    More holy and profound, then mine own life,
    My dear wife's estimate, her womb increase,
    And treasure of my loins.

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Our true nationality is mankind.

Our true nationality is mankind.

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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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We, that would be known
The father of our people, in our study,
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We, that would be known
The father of our people, in our study,
And vigilance for their safety, must not change
Their ploughshares into swords, and force them from
The secure shade of their own vines, to be
Scorched with the flames of war.

by Philip Massinger Found in: Patriotism Quotes,
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From distant climes, o'er wide-spread seas we come,
Though not with much eclat or beat of drum;
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From distant climes, o'er wide-spread seas we come,
Though not with much eclat or beat of drum;
True patriots all; for be it understood
We left our country for our country's good.
No private views disgraced our generous zeal,
What urged our travels was our country's weal.

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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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Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.

Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.

by Mark Twain Found in: Patriotism Quotes,
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This heroism at command, this senseless violence, this accursed bombast of patriotism--how intensely I despise them!

This heroism at command, this senseless violence, this accursed bombast of patriotism--how intensely I despise them!

by Albert Einstein Found in: Patriotism Quotes,
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The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the
nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise, is read more

The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the
nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise, is gone!

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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.

by Plutarch Found in: Patriotism Quotes,
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