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" For what were all these country patriots born? To hunt, and vote, and raise the price of corn? "

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" I am willing to serve my country, but do not wish to sacrifice the brave men under my command. "

" It is very iniquitous to make me pay my debts, you have no idea of the pain it gives one. "

" During times of war, hatred becomes quite respectable even though it has to masquerade often under the guise of patriotism. "

" Next to the love of God, the love of country is the best preventive of crime. "

" I am sure of nothing so little as my own intentions. "

" Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves. "

" A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn't know. "

" For you are the makers of the flag and it is well that you glory in the making. "

Franklin Knight Lane

" Then stirs the feeling infinite, so felt In solitude, where we are least alone. "

" Patriotism was a living fire of unquestioned belief and purpose. "

" Here's how I see obesity: as a symptom. The larger problem is over-consumption. In a society that identifies consumption with patriotism, valorizes 'growth' above all else and assigns status according to how much you consume, we compete with each other to see who can consume the most. "

" I have no consistency, except in politics; and that probably arises from my indifference to the subject altogether. "

" Let's give some substance to patriotism. It may take a generation. "

Richard Dreyfuss

" I think that economic patriotism is the very foundation of a European vision. "

Dominique de Villepin

" Let none think to fly the danger for soon or late love is his own avenger. "

" Every year in late June, Custer's Last Stand is reenacted on the high plains of Montana. When Custer led out the 7th Cavalry in 2003 - the year I witnessed it - the audience stood and cheered with turbo-charged patriotism. "

" They are patriotic in time of war because it is to their interest to be so, but in time of peace they follow power and the dollar wherever they may lead. "

Henry A. Wallace

" Saving petrol is saving India's money. This is a sense of patriotism. The country can be energy-independent by energy conservation. I appeal to the other ministers also to do this. "

" Truth is always strange, stranger than fiction. "

" There is no such thing as a life of passion any more than a continuous earthquake, or an eternal fever. Besides, who would ever shave themselves in such a state? "

" Where there is mystery, it is generally suspected there must also be evil. "

" There's a fine line between patriotism and corn. "

David L. Wolper

" The patriot blood of my father was warm in my veins. "

" One certainly has a soul; but how it came to allow itself to be enclosed in a body is more than I can imagine. I only know if once mine gets out, I'll have a bit of a tussle before I let it get in again to that of any other. "

" If we must have a tyrant, let him at least be a gentleman who has been bred to the business, and let us fall by the axe and not by the butcher's cleaver. "

" Patriots don't let their nation default. "

" The American patriots of today continue the tradition of the long line of patriots before them, by helping to promote liberty and freedom around the world. "

" Though I love my country, I do not love my countrymen. "

" I would rather have a nod from an American, than a snuff-box from an emperor. "