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" The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. "
Thomas Jefferson
Time
Patriotism
Tree
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" I find that he is happiest of whom the world says least, good or bad. "
Thomas Jefferson
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Find
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" I am delighted with the strong vote I have received. My message of positive leadership, patriotism and commitment clearly was resonating with tens of thousands of ordinary Irish people. "
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" 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! "
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Conscience
Fools
Violence
" Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing. "
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Want
Doing
" True patriotism is better than the wrong kind of piety. "
Abraham Lincoln
Wrong
True
Patriotism
" Whereas nationalism still seeks power, honour, and glory through means that endanger other countries, patriotism knows that a country's strength and honour can only be permanently safeguarded through concourse with other countries. And whereas nationalism scoffs at the idea of international laws and regulations, patriotism seeks to create such. "
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" Our platform calls for a balanced deficit reduction plan where the wealthy pay their fair share. And when your country is in a costly war, with our soldiers sacrificing abroad and our nation facing a debt crisis at home, being asked to pay your fair share isn't class warfare - it's patriotism. "
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Home
War
Plan
" An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes. "
Thomas Jefferson
Says
Enemy
Generally
" Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning. "
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Health
Say
Reading
" If military movies were automatically successful we'd make nothing but military movies. But seriously, patriotism is one thing that all Americans have in common. "
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" I do think the patriotic thing to do is to critique my country. How else do you make a country better but by pointing out its flaws? "
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Better
Flaws
" 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. "
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Love
Acceptance
Deep
" To work hard. To open new doors for our kids, for our grandkids. To renew our spirit. That's what America is about. "
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Work
America
Work Hard
" Every presidential candidate highlights patriotism, but Mr. Romney's is backed by the Mormon belief that the United States was chosen by God to play a special role in history, its Constitution divinely inspired. "
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Constitution
Patriotism
God
" One, if you attack my integrity, I will defend myself. If you attack my patriotism, I will defend myself. If you come after my family, I will counter-attack viciously, I will destroy you. "
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Myself
Family
Integrity
" The earth belongs to the living, not to the dead. "
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Dead
Living
Belongs
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Thomas Jefferson
He
Alone
Because
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Confident
Wisdom
Government
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Only
Bad
Government
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Stand
Brainy
Matters
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Spot
Strong
Attachment
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Firm
Go
God
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Too Much
Self
Bag
" Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. "
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Moment
Without
Government
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Human Mind
Mind
Natural
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General
Think
Today