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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."
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"Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it."

"Patriotism is an instant reaction that fades away when the war starts."

"Our flag represents every American and it should not be hidden away as a result of property agreements."

"A nationalist will blindly follow his country to his death out of love for it. A patriot will stand up for and even against his country to his death out of love for it."

"With a good conscience our only sure reward with history the final judge of our deeds let us go forth to lead the land we love asking His blessing and His help but knowing that here on earth God's work must truly be our own."

"What else do we have to ensure our sanity except our love for something beyond ourselves-our love for our families, our love for our fatherland?"

"Live for your country, die to yourself; live for yourself, die to your country."

"True patriotism is doing something for your country."

"Let America first praise mediocrity even, in her children, before she praises... the best excellence in the children of any other land."

"As the wine went down in the bottles, patriotism arose in the three men. And when the wine was gone they went down the hill arm in arm for comradeship and safety, and they walked into Monterey. In front of an enlistment station they cheered loudly for America and dared Germany to do her worst. They howled menaces at the German Empire until the enlistment sergeant awakened and put on his uniform and came into the street to silence them. He remained to enlist them."
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"Damn the great executives, the men of measured merriment, damn the men with careful smiles oh, damn their measured merriment."


"He who has seen one cathedral ten times has seen something; he who has seen ten cathedrals once has seen but little; and he who has spent half an hour in each of a hundred cathedrals has seen nothing at all."


"There are two insults no human being will endure: that he has no sense of humor, and that he has never known trouble."
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