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Many a bum
show has been saved by the flag.
-- George M. Cohan
1878-1942, American Actor,
Dramatist, Director
Patriotism is
easy to understand in America; it means looking out for
yourself by looking out for your country.
-- Calvin Coolidge
1872-1933, Thirtieth
President of the USA
A man's
country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers,
and woods, but it is a principle; and patriotism is loyalty
to that principle.
-- George William Curtis
1824-1892, American
Journalist
The love of
their country is with them only a mode of flattering its
master; as soon as they think that master can no longer
hear, they speak of everything with a frankness which is the
more startling because those who listen to it become
responsible.
-- Marquis De Custine
1790-1857, French Traveler,
Author
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Our country right or wrong.
-- Stephen
Decatur
1779-1820,
American Naval Commander
Our country! In her intercourse with foreign
nations, may she always be in the right; but our
country, right or wrong.
-- Stephen
Decatur
1779-1820,
American Naval Commander
Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely
ever outlasts the particular threat to society
that aroused it.
-- Denis Diderot
1713-1784, French
Philosopher
Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.
-- John Dryden
1631-1700,
British Poet, Dramatist, Critic
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