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" It used to upset me - now it makes me sad - to see people use patriotism and our troops as a pawn in their political argument. Because I know personally, growing up in a military family, the sacrifice that is made on a daily basis. "

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Tamron Hall

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" Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every other country. "

" It's a tough town, it's a loving town, it's a supportive town, and that's why so many great news people, journalists have come through Chicago or are from Chicago. "

" I love my job and my relationship with the viewers who watch my shows. "

" Patriots don't let their nation default. "

" I love Jidenna and Leon Bridges. "

" One of my favorite memories was one time Prince picked me up and said we were going to Michael Jordan's birthday party. "

Tamron Hall

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" Peasants, who after the liberation of the country became the masters of their lands and their country under the benevolence of Comrade Kim Il Sung, launched the campaigns for increasing agricultural production and donating cereals out of patriotism, and thus faithfully supported the Party's line of nation building. "

" I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth, and I am a citizen of the world. "

" Each nation feels superior to other nations. That breeds patriotism - and wars. "

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

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

" All the evils of France have been produced less by the perversity of the wicked and the violence of fools than by the hesitation of the weak, the compromises of conscience, and the tardiness of patriotism. Let every deputy, every Frenchman show what he feels, what he thinks, and we are saved! "

" Gentlemen have talked a great deal of patriotism. A venerable word, when duly practiced. "

" True patriotism is loving your country and countrymen enough to want to make it better. "

" My father valued patriotism above all other social obligations, but he had his own particular interpretation of just how true patriotism was meant to function. "

" The highest patriotism is not a blind acceptance of official policy, but a love of one's country deep enough to call her to a higher plain. "

" I remember reading the cruelest, most awful thing about my hair online. A person speculated about who I was as a person and even read into my personal life based solely off my hairstyle. He or she said I must be lazy because I have short hair. It was just devastating. "

" Patriotism in America, as I understand it, is a matter of suffering, when the country fails to live up to its promises, or actively betrays them. "

Greil Marcus

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" When I was a kid growing up, I always thought I would be a journalist, and I thought, you know, I'd cover stories about other people, and we're always taught never to make the story about yourself. "

" I will never answer that question of what are the challenges I face. You speak it into existence, and I choose to use that air for other things. "

" When a nation is filled with strife, then do patriots flourish. "

" I am followed in department stores. I have walked in dressed professionally or dressed in jeans, and I have walked into stores, and instantly, security is on my back. "

Tamron Hall

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" Although the war in which you fought took place more than half-a-century ago, your courage, your sacrifice and your patriotism reaches through the decades and inspires us today. "

" The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border? "

" The commercial spirit is the spirit of profit, not patriotism; of credit, not honor; of individual gain, not national prosperity; of trade and dickering, not principle. "

" Legislation is the only lasting solution for the men and women brought to this country through no fault of their own who want to perform the ultimate act of patriotism in defending America. "

" No matter where people stand on the policies that led to the conflicts, Americans recognize the depth of sacrifice and patriotism of our men and women in uniform. Everyone agrees these heroes deserve every advantage we can give them. "

" Politics is too partisan, and sometimes patriotism is cast aside. Patriotism is honor and love of your country and your brothers and sisters. With politics I get the impression that it's all about what's good for the party and not necessarily what's good for the country. "

" In every society in human history, including the United States, those in power seek to imbue themselves with the attributes of religion and patriotism as a way of getting greater support for their policy and insulating themselves from any criticism. "