I would die for my country . . . but I would not let my country die for me.

I would die for my country . . . but I would not let my country die for me.

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.

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.

Where's the coward that would not dare
To fight for such a land?

Where's the coward that would not dare
To fight for such a land?

The die was now cast; I had passed the Rubicon. Swim or sink,
live or die, survive or perish read more

The die was now cast; I had passed the Rubicon. Swim or sink,
live or die, survive or perish with my country was my unalterable
determination.

It is the patriotic duty of every man to lie for his country.

It is the patriotic duty of every man to lie for his country.

Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

"My country, right or wrong," is a thing that no patriot would
think of saying except in a desperate 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."

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,