I will fight for my country, but I will not lie for her.
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Patriotism does not oblige us to acquiesce in the destruction of liberty. Patriotism obliges us to question it, at least.
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When a whole nation is roaring Patriotism at the top of its voice, I am fain to explore the cleanness of its hands and the purity of its heart.
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The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border?
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If you want a symbolic gesture, don't burn the flag; wash it.
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The nation is divided, half patriots and half traitors, and no man can tell which from which.
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Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.
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A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends, and when the sound of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance.
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Unless our conception of patriotism is progressive, it cannot hope to embody the real affection and the real interest of the nation.
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During times of war, hatred becomes quite respectable, even though it has to masquerade often under the guise of patriotism.
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