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" The same ambition can destroy or save, and make a patriot as it makes a knave. "

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" I don't think a lot of people are able to relate to genuine patriotism, a genuinely good feeling about our country and its meaning to the rest of the world. "

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" 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. "

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" Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it. "

" You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race. "

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" I gave my heart to the Americans and thought of nothing else but raising my banner and adding my colors to theirs. "

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" Get place and wealth, if possible with grace; if not, by any means get wealth and place. "

" True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can. "

" 'My country, right or wrong' is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying 'My mother, drunk or sober.' "

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" The concept of patriotism is not incompatible with that of humanity; on the contrary, let me state emphatically that he who best serves pacifism serves patriotism best. The nation is and can be no more than the vital basic unit of any international league. "

" Nationalism is a silly cock crowing on his own dunghill. "

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" I want to tell you that if the Great Spirit had chosen anyone to be the chief of this country, it is myself. "

" Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing. "

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" For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight, His can't be wrong whose life is in the right. "

" Patriotism is a love of country. If you love your country, you should love your countrymen and women. It doesn't mean you always agree with them or even like them. It is understanding that we have interwoven destiny. "

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