"True patriotism isn't cheap. It's about taking on a fair share of the burden of keeping America going."

Patriotism, America, Burden

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"True patriotism isn't cheap. It's about taking on a fair share of the burden of keeping America going."

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"Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

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"What this country needs what every country needs occasionally is a good hard bloody war to revive the vice of patriotism on which its existence as a nation depends."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

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"The greatest service which can be rendered any country is to add a useful plant to its culture.--The Fruit Hunters."

Thomas Jefferson, American President

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"I'm a universal patriot...my country is the world."

Charlotte Bronte, British Novelist

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"The English nation is never so great as in adversity."

Benjamin Disraeli, British Statesman

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"We Americans... bear the ark of liberties of the world."

Mark Twain, American Author

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

Mark Twain, American Author

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"Large countries' patriotism is different: they are buoyed by their glory, their importance, their universal mission. The Czechs loved their country not because it was glorious but because it was unknown; not because it was big but because it was small and in constant danger. Their patriotism was an enormous compassion for their country."

Milan Kundera, Czechoslovakian Writer

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"It is always a pride to die as an American."

M.F. Moonzajer, Afghan Author

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"People not only stood to respect it but perhaps their thoughts and heartbeats came to standstill, and only inspiration and patriotism was flowing through their veins."

Amit Kalantri, Indian Author

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"There will always be a business cycle, and white-collar workers will get hit in the next recession like they always do in recessions."

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"We do not want to live in a theocracy. We should maintain that barrier and government has no business telling someone what they ought to believe or how they should conduct their private lives."

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"Globalization and free trade do spur economic growth, and they lead to lower prices on many goods."

Growth, Globalization, Trade

"The liberal ideal is that everyone should have fair access and fair opportunity. This is not equality of result. It's equality of opportunity. There's a fundamental difference."

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"A lot of attention has been going to social values - abortion, gay rights, other divisive issues - but economic values are equally important."

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"Our moral authority is as important, if not more important, than our troop strength or our high-tech weapons. We are rapidly losing that moral authority, not only in the Arab world but all over the world."

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"The silent majority really is a liberal majority, even though the word liberal has taken a real beating over the last 20 years by radical conservatives."

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"Your most precious possession is not your financial assets. Your most precious possession is the people you have working there, and what they carry around in their heads, and their ability to work together."

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"The largest party in America, by the way, is neither the Democrats nor the Republicans. It's the party of non-voters."

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"A leader is someone who steps back from the entire system and tries to build a more collaborative, more innovative system that will work over the long term."

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