#patriot

Next to the love of God, the love of country is the best preventive of crime. ↗

— George Borrow

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For a writer only one form of patriotism exists: his attitude toward language. ↗

— Joseph Brodsky

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Mutual forbearance and reciprocal concessions: thro' their agency the Union was established - the patriotic spirit from which they emanated will forever sustain it. ↗

— Martin Van Buren

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A steady patriot of the world alone, The friend of every country but his own. ↗

— George Canning

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A good historian is timeless; although he is a patriot, he will never flatter his country in any respect. ↗

— Francois Fenelon

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I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone. ↗

— Edith Cavell

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Although the war in which you fought took place more than half-a-century ago, your courage, your sacrifice and your patriotism reaches through the decades and inspires us today. ↗

— Mike Ferguson

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The name America has definitely grown on me. I wish there was a big patriotic story behind it, but the truth is that my grandfather was a librarian who knew all sorts of random facts. ↗

— America Ferrera

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I'm an advocate of the great Dr. Johnson, the English man of letters who said that patriotism was the last refuge of the scoundrel. ↗

— George Galloway

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The war, as I felt it and a lot of my compatriots felt it, was a creative act. ↗

— Lawrence Halprin

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